The game server currently runs on nodejs v0.4.7 (but should run fine on the latest stable as well) and requires the latest versions of the following npm libraries:
- underscore
- log
- bison
- websocket
- websocket-server
- sanitizer
- memcache (only if you want metrics)
All of them can be installed via npm install -d (this will install a local copy of all the dependencies in the node_modules directory)
The server settings (number of worlds, number of players per world, etc.) can be configured.
Copy config_local.json-dist to a new config_local.json file, then edit it. The server will override default settings with this file.
In order to deploy the server, simply copy the server and shared directories to the staging/production server.
Then run node server/js/main.js in order to start the server.
Note: the shared directory is the only one in the project which is a server dependency.
The server has a status URL which can be used as a health check or simply as a way to monitor player population.
Send a GET request to: http://[host]:[port]/status
It will return a JSON array containing the number of players in all instanced worlds on this game server.