INSTALLATION (partly OS X specific) $ brew install node npm $ npm install underscore vows socket.io websocket-client Plus, in your .profile: export NODE_PATH=/usr/local/lib/node/:$NODE_PATH Then source YOUR_PROFILE RUNNING A DEMO chmod u+x *.sh ./run-random-contenders.sh ./run-server.sh Open http://localhost:9999/ (tested OK with Chrome, Safari. FAIL with Firefox 3.6.8, 4.0 RC) Click on the logo. Watch the show. RUNNING TESTS ./run-tests.sh RUNNING SERVER ./run-server.sh Server will read configuration and round configuration from config/config.json and config/round-config.json. If you want to use different configuration, you can specify your configuration files on the command line, like here: ./run-server.sh myconfig.json myroundconfig.json