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Nodekick is a realtime, multiplayer fighting game built using NodeJS, socket.io, and pixi.js.
This codebase is a cleaned up version of what our team built for Node Knockout 2013. Out of 385 teams, we placed 15th overall and 6th in the "fun/utility" category.
You can play online here.
#Screenshots and Instruction to deploy your own Nodekick.
##jump
##attack
##kill
##victory
##Run Locally
Due to the use of websockets (and time sensitive game events over those sockets), this game server will not perform well on a Windows machine (tested on Windows 7).
Install all the dependencies:
npm install (you may need to prefix this with sudo if you're on Mac)
Run the app:
node server.js
Then navigate to http://localhost:3000 (use chrome or firefox).
##Signing up, and deploying to Nodejitsu
###Documentation
The documenation was available on the front page (right under the sign up for free button): https://www.nodejitsu.com/getting-started/
Install the Nodejitsu Package
npm install jitsu -g (you may need to prefix this with sudo if you're on Mac)
Register via the command line:
jitsu signup (yes you can sign up via the command line)
You'll get a confirmation email with a command to type in:
jitsu users confirm [username] [confirmation-guid]
If you've already registered, you can login with:
jitsu login
After you confirm your email, you can login (the confirm command should prompt you to log in).
Change the subdomain value in package.json, to reflect the url you want to deploy to:
{
"name": "nodekick",
[...],
"subdomain": "nodekick" <--- this value
}
now deploy:
jitsu deploy
And your app should be up on Nodejitsu.
##Signing up, and deploying to Heroku
###Documentation
From heroku.com, click Documentation, then click the Getting Started button, then click Node.js from the list of options on the left...which will take you here: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/nodejs
Install Heroku toolbelt from here: https://toolbelt.heroku.com/
Sign up via the website (no credit card required).
Login using the command line tool:
heroku login
Create your heroku app:
heroku create
Git deploy your app:
git push heroku master
Assign a dyno to your app:
heroku ps:scale web=1
Enable websockets (currently in beta):
heroku labs:enable websockets
Open the app (same as opening it in the browser):
heroku open
And your app should be up on Heroku.