The game manifest will include the necessary information to re-render each move in the game. Viewers should be able to play back moves and rounds to understand how the map came to be.

See also: http://peerjs.com/

References:
https://tangrams.github.io/tangram-frame/?noscroll&url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/burritojustice/f4aae82a0bd4a0cd985a3e263d5a9057/raw/scene.yaml#7/54.902/11.239
https://mapzen.com/blog/assult-on-copenhagen/

I think this is doable.

Back end

• Node.js / Express server hosted via AWS or Azure
• Websocket and Redis pub/sub system for real time server-client communication
• Blockchain action log
• PostgreSQL database

Front end // UI

• React / Redux client side single-page application (with Babel)
• Asset bundling via Webpack
• Testing / code correctness via Jest / Typescript
• Game map created from real-world boundaries in GIS, cached as map tiles at various resolutions
• Tangram for WebGL-based rendering and animation (Leaflet base)
• Period-influenced (1920s?) in-game artwork and UI

Absolutely necessary features

• Character creation system
• User accounts
• Animation (water, turns)

boardgame.io makes this easy, but we still need a Node.js server-side component.

Add Express?

Options:

• AWS (if / when we get credits through Civic Hall)
• Azure
• Heroku
• Now.sh

As mentioned in 47b9a4d, not every directive laid out in http://www.diplom.org/dpjudge/new/?page=Map is currently supported by the json and the script to generate json.

For example, power restrictions, one way restrictions, etc.

From the game rules:

Conversations, deals, schemes, and agreements among players will greatly affect the course of the game. During diplomatic negotiations, players may say anything they wish. Some players usually go to another room or organize private groups of two or three. They may try to keep their conversations secret. They may try to overhear the conversations of others. These conversations usually consist of bargaining or joint military planning, but they may include exchanges of information, denouncements, threats, spreading of rumors, and so on. Public announcements may be made and documents may be written, made public, or kept secret, as the players see fit. These discussions and written agreements, however, do not bind a player to anything he or she may say Deciding whom to trust as situations arise is an important part of the game.

While we can easily cover all of this through other conversation channels (e.g. Slack, Discord, Hangouts, phone calls, etc), these rules allow for really robust spy game mechanics to be built inside the game itself. Imagine if we had a way to have conversations, but also ways to spy on conversations, counter-spy, spread misinformation, propaganda, or lies through the game UI itself. This can be an entire self-contained sub-project of the main game project so I'll set up a new project tracker for this.

Couple of choices:

• Standard JS my personal favorite; no semicolons
• AirBnb extremely rigid, but mostly reasonable

In addition:

• Prettier, which automatically formats code so you really don't have to worry about it. It can be used in conjunction with the eslint configs above, or on its own.

People should be able to comment on specific moves within the game via twitter, allowing crowd contributions to the games overall narrative

See this: https://github.com/geovation/tiler

Also: https://github.com/naturalatlas/tilestrata