ShallowRed / mnio

a multiplayer coloring game

MNIO

MNIO is a real-time multiplayer drawing canvas on the web.

• The server is built with Node.js, Express, Socket.io;
• The client uses Socket.io-client and is bundled through Vite.

Development

1. Install dev dependencies

npm run install

2. Bundle client in dev mode & start developpement server

• A MySql / mariadb database connection is required
• You can provide db credentials as environment variables

npm run dev

Production

• Requires Node.js 14+ running on your server
• A MySql / mariadb database connection is required
• You can provide db credentials as environment variables

1. Bundle client

npm run build

2. Upload the following files to your server

• package.json
• package-lock.json
• dist/
• lib/
• shared/
• views/

3. Install dependencies on production server

npm run install

Eventually install pm2 globally if planning to run app with it (recommended)

npm install pm2 -g

Start application

npm run start

or with pm2 (recommended)

pm2 start ecosystem.config.js

License

MIT