Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (at least v12)
• VS Code (or any other code editor of your choice)
• (optional) MongoDB (for the saving functionality)

Installing

1) Download the files Choose one:

• Run npx create-gmof-app in the terminal [Recommended]
• (OR) Download and unpack the .zip files from the latest release - one for server and one for client
• (OR) Download and unpack the .zip files from the Releases/ folder

2) Install the dependencies

• Navigate to the server folder
• Run npm i to install everything

Configuring

• Server configuration can be found in the config.js file
• Client configuration can be found in the __NetworkingConfig.gml file
• You can switch between server configurations by appending --env=prod/--env=dev command line arguments when running
• You can switch between client configurations by clicking the Target icon in top right and selecting a Config there
• [Important!] if you don't have MongoDB installed locally / you don't need it for your purposes - you have to set db_enabled to false in config.js, otherwise the server won't run and throw an error

Running

• [TypeScript] Run npx tsc to compile the server (or npx tsc -w for watch mode)

• Run node . to run the server

• Run the client as a regular GameMaker project

DONE!