README

A simple maze game written in JavaScript.
Uses node.js, socket.io, express, and mongoose/MongoDB for the server side.

There's a live server under active development (hence likely to be
flaky) at:

  http://jsmaze.com/

The Git archive does NOT include required modules. To get them:

  cd /path/to/jsmaze   # or a parent directory. I use $HOME
  npm install socket.io express mongoose optimist

To run the server:

  cd /path/to/jsmaze/server
  node index.js --port=<port> --uid=<uid> --gid=<gid>

All parameters are optional:

  <port> is the port to listen on for browser and server requests.
         default: 6239 (MAZE)
         Alternative spelling: "-p <port>"
  <uid>  A user ID to switch to after doing the listen.
         Alternative spelling: "-u <uid>"
  <gid>  A group ID to switch to after doing the listen.
         Alternative spelling: "-g <gid>"

For example:

  cd ~/jsmaze/server
  sudo node index.js -p 80 -u ubuntu -g ubuntu

jsMaze serves its own client pages, but you could use another web
server on port 80, and connect to the jsMaze server on another port.