checkers-backend

Server for my game SpaceCheckers, a multiplayer Checkers game for Windows, MacOS and Linux, now available on itch.io. The game is free to play, and gets updated regularly.

You can self-host this server locally, or in the Cloud, for use with the game client. The game client is available on this repo

Requirements

• Golang 1.24 or newer. Get it from official site

How to build

• Simply open up your terminal (or Powershell) at this project root directory and run the following command.

    go build --ldflags="-s -w" .

• Start the server with the following command:

    ./checkers-backend

• You can set ENV variable for PORT which the server will listen to. Default 9876
• Alternatively, you can use the provided Dockerfile.

License

MIT License © 2024, Davis T.