Banopoly (WIP)

Play MONOPOLY using the Banano cryptocurrency.

Installation

1. Create a Spotify application and get a refresh token
2. Install MongoDB locally or set up a remote instance like MongoDB Atlas

Self-Hosting (e.g. on a VPS)

3. Clone this repository and move to its directory (e.g. git clone https://github.com/jschoedl/banopoly.git && cd banopoly)
4. Install other dependencies using npm install
5. Copy .env.local.example to .env.local and edit it if necessary

Managed Hosting with Vercel

3. Start a new project with this repository
4. Add all environment variables from .env.local.example and set their values as needed

Development

npm dev

Production Build

npm build
npm start

Troubleshooting

No connection to a self-hosted MongoDB instance

• check sudo service mongod status
  • is inactive:

    sudo service mongod start

  • fails with status 14:

    sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
    sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
    sudo service mongod restart

To do

Feel free to submit a pull request.

• fix contact download before game start
• do not add already joined players on reload
• move fun facts to external URL
• fix animation on balance change
• replace BananoJS with another API that supports binding to balance change
• add other UI languages (currently German only)
• add instructions on securing the MongoDB database
• add an authorization dialog for Spotify
• clear database records at end of game
• use long polling for names on the invite page
• add an option to remove joined players