Dark Forest Client

Development Guide

Installing Core Dependencies

Node (v12.18.0)
Yarn (Javascript Package Manager)
Ganache CLI

Installing The Correct Node Version Using NVM

Dark Forest is built and tested using Node.js v12.18.0 and might not run properly on other Node.js versions. We recommend using NVM to switch between multiple Node.js version on your machine.

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash
nvm install

After the installation is finished, you can run node --version to verify that you are running v12.18.0

Installing Yarn & Other Dev Dependencies

Refer to Yarn's official documentation for the installation guide.

After you have Yarn installed, run the following commands in the root director install the remaining dev depencies:

yarn global add ganache-cli
yarn install

Client Development Setup

All of our client related code are located in the /client directory.

Currently, after following the setup below, you will be able to have a locally running client that will point towards the current playtest contract on Ropsten. The production contract address is stored in /client/src/utils/prod_contract_addr.ts.

Navigate to the /client folder and run the following commands: