https://github.com/pdxjohnny/dist-rts

A mircoservice oriented rts using websockets to connect them
https://github.com/pdxjohnny/dist-rts

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A mircoservice oriented rts using websockets to connect them

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pdxjohnny/dist-rts
• Owner: pdxjohnny
• Created: 2015-08-01T16:18:28.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-09-14T05:40:03.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-16T06:51:34.040Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 359 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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Dist RTS

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An attempt to use websockets to mircoserviceize an rts game

Ideas

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Rather than setup mircoservices in the way I have seen before (with each having

their own port they are hosted on and then being connected to) This project

will explore their use through websockets. The idea is for the game to work

on any platform by providing the information needed to render assets.

This project is the evolution of [pdxjohnny/js-rts][js-rts] and will attempt

to distribute the heavy lifting and game logic of the rts game.

For example the Unit service will handle a certian number of units and if that

number is exceeded a new service will be launched to distribute the load.

> But how will it distribute the load if its all on one computer?????

It won't be! the beauty of using websockets to connect the mircoservices is that

users can run the swarm service and contribute their computing power! If we had

take the classic approch then the services would have to be exposed to any who

need to access them. That works great for a backend of a large system but

we need any computer to be able to connect to the game and contribute to running

it faster.

Outline

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- Websocket server which sends messages to appropriate clients / mircoservices

- Go microservices to process the updates of game objects

  - Swarm service to mange number and types of services needed

  - Unit service

  - Construction service

- Javascript client to render game

Building

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```bash

./script/build

#fast way

SKIP_BUILD=1 SKIP_IMAGE=1 ./script/build -osarch="linux/amd64"

```

Testing

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To run tests the Websocket server must be up.

Docker

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Running with Docker

```bash

./script/build

docker run -d -p 8081:8081 pdxjohnny/dist-rts

```

[js-rts]: https://github.com/pdxjohnny/js-rts