pont is an online game based on Qwirkle (by Mindware Games)

Notably, both the client and server are written in Rust; the only Javascript is a shim to load the WebAssembly module.

It's easiest to run the whole application on a single VM, using NGINX to both serve static content and to act as a secure proxy for websocket communication. The latter means we don't need SSL support in the game server itself.

The system looks something like this:

I'm hosting a copy of the game at https://pont.mattkeeter.com, using a $5/month droplet from Digital Ocean and Dreamhost for domain registration.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essentials libssl-dev pkg-config
curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh

sudo apt install nginx
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

sudo certbot --nginx

(read and follow certbot's instructions)

sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw allow http
sudo ufw allow https
sudo ufw allow 8081
sudo ufw enable

git clone https://github.com/mkeeter/pont.git
cd pont/pont-client
wasm-pack build --target web

sudo cp pont.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/pont.conf
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
sudo nginx -s reload

This won't work out of the box, because the configuration assumes the url is pont.mattkeeter.com, which won't be true for you; edit it accordingly.

cd pont/pont-server
cargo run --release

(leave this in a screen session for easy persistence!)

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