Browser game to demonstrate TyphoonAE's Web Socket Service.

Copyright 2011 Tobias Rodaebel

This software is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Google App Engine is a trademark of Google Inc.

The Google App Engine SDK will be installed by zc.buildout. See the buildout.cfg file.

Since Silly Swarm requires TyphoonAE's Web Socket Service, buildout automatically patches the SDK. Keep in mind that the productive GAE environment does not support the Web Socket Service. See http://code.google.com/p/typhoonae/wiki/WebSockets for further information.

Buildout needs Python and the tools contained in /bin and /usr/bin of a standard installation of the Linux operating environment. You should ensure that these directories are on your PATH and following programs can be found:

• Python 2.5.2+ (3.x is not supported!)

In order to set up a development environment for Silly Swarm, just follow these steps.

Get the sources:

$ git clone http://github.com/rodaebel/sillyswarm.git

Build the application:

$ cd sillyswarm
$ python bootstrap.py --distribute
$ ./bin/buildout

Run the Web Socket service:

$ python parts/google_appengine/tornado_websocket.py

Run the development appserver (from another shell):

$ ./bin/dev_appserver parts/sillyswarm

Then access the application using a web browser with the following URL:

http://localhost:8080/