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Overview

Hackatron is a multiplayer game developed as a submission for nwHacks 2016.

This repository is forked from our original submission, which was developed alongside:

@mingchia-andy-liu	@wesleytsai	@ericmuyser
@stellafang	@chan-kelv	@angiecho

Installation

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/tony-dinh/hackatron.git

Install dependencies:

cd hackatron
npm install

Spin up a local server:

node server.js

Open localhost:8080 in your browser & enjoy! :)

Accomplishments

Within 24 hours, our team was able to familiarize ourselves with the following web/game development technology to deliver a 2D multiplayer game:

• node.js for dependency management
• phaser.io game engine to do the heavy lifting
• express.js to handle routing/server
• socket.io to enable multiplayer

What We Learned

1. Javascript syntax
2. Dependency management using node.js
3. Simple game-networking design allowing communication between multiple clients
4. How to set up a web application
5. How to deploy a project to heroku
6. How to stay awake for 24+ hours