Games Integration

Goal

• To create the functionality for a first-class games integration so the application can track game completion/scores for students

Context

EndsideOut maintains a library of custom React games outside of this application. Each game has a unique URL slug and is built for a specific ContentModule in the EndsideOut curriculum.

This integration lets EndsideOut admins manage the explicit link between an externally-hosted game and a ContentModule in our app. Creating a Game record associates it with a ContentModule — so once a course/classroom is built using that module, the linked game becomes available to students in that module, the same way a Link is today.

Rather than sending students off-site, we iframe the game on a show page within our own app so students never leave the app to play. Because the games post their session/score data back to us via JSON endpoints, our app becomes the source of truth for game results — which student played which game, and what they scored.

This replaces the existing game option on Link#link_type — games get their own model and their own management flow instead of being a generic link.

Included Features

• Adding a new Game model, associated with a ContentModule, with a unique slug
• Removing the game link_type on Link in favor of Game
• Adding a new GameSession model to track a student's play of a game
• Adding CRUD actions for game sessions
• Adding JSON endpoints so EndsideOut games can post session/score events to our app

Start by reviewing the existing Link and ContentModule flows, then trace how externally hosted games currently use Link#link_type. The work is complete when Game and GameSession records, game management and session CRUD actions, and JSON score-event endpoints support the iframe integration described in the issue.