Snow Ball Fight - Server

Godot server project for the Snow Ball Fight game.

Setup

1. Clone the repository.
2. Download the Godot Engine 4.3 if you haven't already.
3. Run a new instance of the Godot Engine.
4. Import and run the cloned project in the Godot Project Manager.
5. Run the server with the Play button.

Deploying Custom Server

1. Install the Export Templates from the Editor menu if you haven't already by going to Editor/Manage Export Templates... then clicking Install.
2. Export the project as .pck file from the Linux Export Preset with the name of your choice eg. snow_ball_fight_server.pck.
3. Open exports template folder by going to Editor/Manage Export Templates then clicking Open Folder.
4. Copy the export template file which represents the platform and architecture of your export, assuming the exported pck file was for Linux platform with .x86_64 architecture with debug option on so select linux_debug.x86_64 file.
5. Copy and paste the file to the folder of exported pck file.
6. Rename the linux_debug.x86_64 file to match the name of the pck file excluding the file extension, something like this snow_ball_fight_server.x86_64
7. Setup your Linux server either by yourself on a local machine with static IP address or by purchasing a suitable plan from a VPS provider such as Linode.
8. After your Linux server is ready, take a note of your IP address using ip addr command if you have set it up on a local machine or by using your VPS provider's dashboard if you have set it up using a VPS provider such as Linode.
9. Copy those two selected files and paste them to your server, you can use FileZilla to transfer files to your server.
10. SSH into your server, you can use PuTTY to do that.
11. Update permissions on the snow_ball_fight_server.x86_64 to make it executable using chmod +x snow_ball_fight_server.x86_64 command.
12. Run the snow_ball_fight_server.x86_64 file with ./snow_ball_fight_server.x86_64 --headless
13. You can then create a systemd service for the server to keep it running, read more here.
14. Follow Deploying Custom Server section from SnowBallFight repository.