This is the server half of SPACE GAME!
To use it properly, you should get the SPACE GAME! client as well.
This is super alpha. There's a lot going on here, and it'll change all the time, most likely. So be aware that this documentation probably isn't 100% accurate, but I'll try to keep it updated as best I can.
- Ubuntu 12.04.3 64bit (used in development)
- Node.js (version 0.10 or higher)
- Node.js Module: Socket.io (tested using version 0.9.16)
- Node.js Module: Mongolian (tested using version 0.1.18)
- Node.js Module: sigil (tested using version 0.0.1)
- MongoDB (tested using version 2.4.6)
- SIGIL (tested using version 0.0.2)
Install Node.js, MongoDB, and SIGIL...
Install Node.js via apt:
apt-get install python-software-properties
add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
apt-get update
apt-get install nodejs
Install Go via godeb: (this can actually be skipped for now, not using SIGIL yet)
wget https://godeb.s3.amazonaws.com/godeb-amd64.tar.gz
tar zxf godeb-amd64.tar.gz
./godeb install
Install SIGIL via git: (this can actually be skipped for now, not using SIGIL yet)
apt-get install git-core mercurial
mkdir /opt/sigil
cd /opt/sigil
export GOPATH=`pwd`
mkdir src pkg bin
git clone https://github.com/cyle/sigil.git src/
go get code.google.com/p/gorest
cd src/
go run db.go
Install MongoDB via apt:
apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
apt-get update
apt-get install mongodb-10gen
That's all, you should have the necessary dependencies now.
Clone the repository for this server into a directory, such as /opt/spacegame
mkdir /opt/spacegame
git clone https://github.com/cyle/spacegame-server.git /opt/spacegame/
cd /opt/spacegame/
npm install socket.io mongolian sigil
Make sure MongoDB and SIGIL are running.
That should be it!
Pretty simple: node server.js for now. Players connecting with their browser-based clients must enter the IP or hostname of this server.
If you are just starting, you need to run node utils/build-start-area.js to build the starting area, or else players won't have anywhere to spawn.
- keeps track of all players currently connected
- on a returning player, sends where they are and whatnot
- on a new player, creates a new record in the starting area
- updates all players on each others' positions (this should be limited per area sometime)
- sends area information based on queries or connecting players
- a lot of things...