A Board Game

A Board Game where multiple players compete to acquire maximum number of squares on the board

Setup Steps

1. Install latest version of node and npm
   • You can download it from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
2. Install pm2 and webpack npm modules
   • npm install -g pm2
   • npm install -g webpack
3. Install all the required npm modules
   • cd board-game
   • npm install
4. Run webpack bundler
   • webpack

Note: you should be within the board game directory

5. Start the game server

   • /opt/node/bin/pm2 start --no-daemon bin/www -i 2

6. Go to http://localhost:8000 to play the game

Configuration

Before starting the game server you can configure some of the parameters like size of the board, minimum number of players and block time.

You can find these configurations in config.js file. Modify the config as you require and start the game server.

Docker

For ease of deployment you can also start the game within a docker container.

You can use the Dockerfile given in the code base to build a custom docker image and create docker container

Docker Image Setup

• cd docker
• docker build -t "board-game:0.0.1" --rm=true --no-cache .
• docker run --name board-game -p 8000:8000 -v /path/to/board-game/:/board-game/ -d board-game:0.0.1

NOTE: You have to provide the absolute path to the source code of board-game before running the docker run command

Demo

You can find the working demo at http://rdkrish.in:8000