- NodeJS 6.x
- NPM
- Modify configuration in
settings.js, especially theserversub-settings. npm installto install required packages (root privilege may be required)- To successfully do this, please ensure all file in
bin/has executive permission bychmod +x bin/*
- To successfully do this, please ensure all file in
npm startto start the master server & listening on port 3000- On other console/machine, run
nodejs ./bin/launch-game-server.js [available-port]to launch at least one game server.
Members: Hailiang Xu (hailianx), Chunan Zeng (chunanz), Leiyu Zhao (leiyuz)
We would like to build an online multi-player game similar to paper-io.com. Basically, each player can move up, down, left and right on a canvas. Once the route of the movement encloses, it area inside the route is assigned to the player. The process is called "enclosure". A player can either enclose empty areas or other players' places. The score is determined by the percentage of a player's enclosed area to the total area of the canvas.
There are 3 ways a player can go die:
- The unenclosed route is touch by any player, including the owner.
- Two players collide with each other.
- The player touches any wall.
We want to extend the original game with features we like:
- Player accounts that records historical rankings
- Players can choose specific rooms to play with friends
- Players can play in teams
- Different maps with different patterns of walls
- Special items that can change attributes of some players
- Multiple playing modes: survival or timed
- Players can enter observe mode to watch other players playing
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Frontend:
- jQuery + H5: convinient yet powerful frontend technologies
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Backend:
- Node.js + express.io: lightweight, shared memory model, easy to implement
- nginx: reliable listener for port 80
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Frontend-backend communication:
- Websocket: full duplex communication
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Database:
- MongoDB: NoSQL, easy to store unstructured data, like map information.