README.md

cede.io

A true time tower defense browser game

http://cede.io/ (the home page) is hosted via GitHub Pages in the gh-pages branch of this repository

http://cedegame.com/ (the game itself) is hosted via Heroku and worked on in the master branch of this repository

To install on Mac w/ homebrew

• Install homebrew http://brew.sh/
• Clone the repository
• Install mongodb via homebrew https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.2/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/#install-mongodb-community-edition-with-homebrew
• Install node via homebrew brew install node
• Make sure your npm permissions are set up correctly https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions
• Create up a .env file in the repository based off the included .envexample file
• Navigate to the repository in your terminal
• Run npm install to install all requirements
• In a separate terminal, start MongoDB via mongod
• Go back to the terminal that's inside the repository, and run npm start
• cede.io should now be running on localhost:3000

Notes

• To make SASS files, run make sass while you have node-sass installed globally
  • Install node-sass globally via npm install node-sass -g

To install on Heroku

• Create a Heroku app
• Add a mLab MongoDB Heroku add-on to the app
• Add a SESSION_SECRET to your Heroku app's environment variables
• Push the repository to Heroku
• That's it!