Cave Runner is a 3D endless runner game built with Threejs. The player can use different characters to run, slide and jump through obstacles. The player will also be able to save and retrieve his or her game data online and compete with different players around the world with PlanetScale.

This project is my submission for the PlanetScale Hackatkon on hashnode

Three.js is a powerful JavaScript library and API used to create and render 3d applications in the browser.

PlanetScale is an easy-to-use MySQL-compatible serverless database platform.

Netlify is a cloud computing company that offers hosting and serverless backend services for web applications and static websites.

Vite is an extremely fast JavaScript build tool for modern web projects.

Make sure you have Nodejs installed. I used version 16.16.0 to build this project. Then clone the repo:

gh repo clone tope-olajide/cave-runner

navigate to the root directory on your CLI and run:

npm install

This will install all the project dependencies.

Yeah, it's possible to start the game now, without setting up the serverless functions but some features might not work locally and you won't be able connect to the PlanetScale's server to save the game's data.

To start the game, without setting up the serverlss functions run the following command on your CLI:

npm run dev

• Signup for a new Account at planetscale.com
• create a new database
• You need the database URL to connect to the server. To get the base URL, locate the connect button in your PlanetScale dashboard and click on it.
• Select Nodejs on the dropdown in front of the connect with options and copy the long URL strings under the .env tab. Copy the the string into you notepad.

There's a console in your PlanetScale's dashboard, we're going to use it to create the players table. Copy and Paste the following SQL's Command:

  CREATE TABLE `players` (
	`player_id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
	`username` VARCHAR(255),
	`password`VARCHAR(255),
	`country` VARCHAR(255),
   `scores` INT DEFAULT 0,
   `coins` INT DEFAULT  0,
   `characters` TEXT
  );

The above command will create a new table called player.

Next, you will create a .env file at root of the directory and add the following object to it:

DATABASE_URL=add-the-database-url-string-you-copied-earlier-here
JWT_SECRET=add-your-jwt-secret-here

You need the Netlify CLI to test the serverless functions, run the project locally, and deploy to the server.

Install the Netlify CLI by running the following Command:

npm install netlify-cli --global

Once Netlify has been installed, use the following command to login to your Netlify account, or create one if you don't have

netlify login

Run the following command to connect the project with Netlify:

netlify init

Finally, to start locally on your system run the following command:

netlify dev

This will launch the game on localhost:8888.

If you need to do more with the Netlify CLI, you can visit their docs for more information.

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

Temitope Olajide - @your_twitter - [email protected]

Project Link: cave-runner.netlify.app

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