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heli.js

Heli.js is a project mainly written in ..., it's free.

Helicopter multiplayer game javascript client and server. html5 canvas, node.js, socket.io

Heli.js

This project was created during the 48H Hackathon februari 18-20 2011 in Malmö Sweden. (http://stpln.com/blog/)

  1. Authors

    Authors: Filip Lagerlov Martin Sandgren

Kudos goes out to Jörgen Lundgren and Oskar.

  1. Dependencies

Server:

  • Node.js
  • Socket.io

Client:

  • HTML5 canvas compatible browser (Most modern are)
  1. Usage

Download the code to a folder. Go to the folder with your favorite terminal. Start the server with node.js in a terminal:

node server.js

NOTE: Socket.io uses ports in the range below 1000 and might need root-acess in order use them. If an error is presented just start it with root acess.

In Ubuntu:

sudo node server.js

Now use your browser to surf in to the server on port

  1. The adress should be:

    http://localhost:8080/

Thats it!

If something is not working check the terminal for debugging messages or clues.