X Million Monkeys

X Million Monkeys is a massively multiplayer online creative writing game, created in less than 48 hours during the HTML5 Game Jam back in july 2014 by @AlexisMoroz (game design) and @ClementBourgoin (code). The game jam theme was "Once Upon A Time".

Demo: https://xmm.clemlatz.dev/

Run using docker

Attach MySQL database with --env DB=mysql://user:pass@host/base or with a .env file.

docker run -d -p 3300:8080 \
  --env-file=.env \
  --restart=unless-stopped \
  --name xmm \
  iwazaru/x-million-monkeys

Run locally from source

1. Install node & yarn
2. Install npm & bower dependencies: yarn
3. Start app: PORT=3000 DB=mysql://user:pass@host/base yarn start

Build docker image from source

docker build -t iwazaru/x-million-monkeys:latest .

Changelog

0.24.9 (25/02/2023)

• Updated sequelize dependency to fix security vulnerabilty

0.24.8 (09/04/2021)

• Updated socket.io dependency to fix security vulnerability

0.24.7 (24/07/2020)

• Updated sequelize dependency to fix security issue
• Fix installing bower dependencies in docker image

0.24.6 (26/11/2019)

• Updated sequelize dependency to fix security flaw

0.24.5 (29/07/2019)

• Allowed to run in a Docker container
• Allowed to use any MySQL database
• Fixed non-capitalized table name in SQL query

0.24.4 (18/07/2019)

• Fixed getting ordered pages (Sequelize v5 breaking change)
• Removed unused dependencies
• Upgraded outdated dependencies
• Fixed navigating pages

0.24.3 (18/07/2019)

• Upgraded dependencies to fix multiple security flaws

0.24.2 (07/02/2015)

• Added link to GitHub repository

0.24.1 (30/12/2014)

• added ClearDB MySQL support
• route to oldest page by default
• various bug fixes and memory optimizations

0.24 (29/12/2014)

• new router rule: create a new page if all are crowded (>= 4 monkeys)
• disabled touch navigation on non-touch devices
• fixed share on twitter box
• revamped database transaction
• revamped config management
• added postgresql support
• added bower support

0.23.2 (04/11/2014)

• fixed monkey count in log

0.23.1 (29/10/2014)

• comma bug fixed

0.23 (29/10/2014)

• node.js revamp

0.22.2 (12/07/2014)

• negative word count bug fixed

0.22.1 (12/07/2014)

• removed ponctuation characters from random theme
• 5-letters or more words for random theme
• plurals
• character to stick input to the previous one

0.22 (07/07/2014)

• random page theme generator
• admin commands (reload, theme, broadcast)

0.21.3 (06/07/2014)

• server-crashing bug fix

0.21.1 (07/06/2014)

• various bug fixes

0.21 (06/06/2014)

• real time input preview
• added ‘.fr’, ‘.com’ & ‘.net’ to forbiddent input list

0.20.5 (06/06/2014)

• page -1 bug fixed
• monkey is not destroyed on client disconnection if there is still monkeys for this client

0.20.4 (04/06/2014)

• scroll to input when changing page
• added swipe threshold
• key stroke sound now only plays for current page update
• getting « too slow » for other pages update fixed

0.20.3 (03/06/2014)

• home button fix
• better alerts
• smartphone width fixed
• iOS sound fixed
• touch devices : swipe to change page

0.20.2 (01/06/2014)

• « Page 7 » server bug workaround for the client

0.20.1 (01/06/2014)

• « Everyone keeps writing on my page » bug fix

0.20 (01/06/2014)

• websocket (real-time updates)
• new invite/tutorial

0.19.6 (25/05/2014)

• input history fix (again)

0.19.5 (25/05/2014)

• input history fix

0.19.4 (25/05/2014)

• input history
• b&w Twitter & Facebook logo
• Twitter logo links to #xmm tweets
• new tweet model
• iphone bottom margin fixed
• gzip compression

0.19.3 (23/05/2014)

• Facebook button fix

0.19.2

• Facebook button fix

0.19.1

• Facebook button
• Twitter icon

0.19 (22/05/2014)

• highlight system
• share on Twitter
• browser wide-highlight bug fixed
• new forbidden character : ^

0.18 (21/05/2014)

• new router rules
• new duplicate protection
• text selection bug
• do not add space before characters . , and -
• do not add space and character before character _
• forbidden characters : /|@#[]{} http www

0.17.2 (19/05/2014)

• new server

0.17.1 (15/05/2014)

• navigation quickfix

0.17 (15/05/2014)

• navigation shortcut : Ctrl+H (home page)
• page change bug fixed
• shorts tooltip
• in-page logo with link to homepage
• 30 characters limit and spaces allowed
• total player count in title and footer

0.16 (14/05/2014)

• navigation shortcut : Ctrl+J (previous page) / Ctrl+K (next page)

0.15

• ajax navigation
• new router rules
• page stats fade in when filled

0.14

• server stats
• page navigation
• open graph elements

0.13

• pages system and router
• dynamic favicon
• cosmetic adjustments
• scroll to page bottom on load
• pull interval maximum to 5 second

0.12

• correct font for input field
• fade to black top and bottom

0.11

• not updated text (span) bug fix

0.10

• update mechanism
• 34 character limit
• break-word
• accents fixed
• apostrophe fixed

0.9

• various bug fixes

0.8

• change word / letter mode

0.7

• word mode
• touch here to write

0.6

• messages d’erreurs intégré
• géré la perte de connexion
• autocapitalisation off (iOS)
• curseur clignotant rouge
• viré le « are » et remplacer par text, centré
• sons intégrés