GoTanks

A tech demo of a js - golang stack for building simple 2D multiplayer games.

This project is heavily inspired by TankTrouble. It currently only supports singleplayer mode but multiplayer is coming very soon.

Installation instructions

Requirements

• npm(v18.0+)/docker
• golang (1.25.7+)/docker

Instructions

1. Clone the repository
2. Build the typescript files
   • 2a (with docker) run the build.sh script or the command inside
   • 2b (native npm) run cd game && npm install --no-save && npx tsc
3. Run the golang server
   • 3a (with docker) run docker compose up
   • 3b (native golang) run go run . or compile and run go build . && ./tanks
4. Connect on localhost:8080 (changing the port will be available in the future)