Ever wanted to make a game you can play with your friends, but not wanted to deal with the hassle of network code? pbem-engine is designed to handle network communications in a principled manner, allowing developers to focus on game code. The engine supports any game or software which may be implemented as a simultaneous, asynchronous turn-based game.

1. Install docker
2. Run "docker run --rm couchdb:2.3.1"

(This section under construction; saving notes later for this).

pbem-engine is designed for the creation of . That means that whatever games are made may be run in the browser, or downloaded to a user's phone or other device.

If you only want to test your application, running it in development mode, forwarding the appropriate ports, and sharing your IP address with friends should be sufficient. However, for production, you'll need HTTPS support, or users will not be able to install your PWA onto a device. This is required as it additionally secures your application and protects your users. The most economical and straightforward way of doing this involves:

1. A free, dynamic DNS service such as . This allows you to point a webservice name, such as "mygame.ddns.net", towards a computer you have access to.

2. An HTTPS certificate. is a helpful repository.

3. That should be it?

Notes:

• In tsconfig.json, lib: "dom" was added until DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped#36082 is resolved.

TODO:

• When remote game starts, there's an index error...
• Allow actions to opt-out of wait-for-network behavior (game can specify default mode of user-space actions).