Valkyrie

PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS FOR A REVIVAL PROJECT, THIS IS HORRIBLY WRITTEN AND WE'RE MAKING A BETTER VERSION PROPERLY NOW, THIS WAS JUST A LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Description

Valkyrie is your ultimate platform for creating and sharing immersive gaming experiences. Join us to relive your childhood memories and create new ones.

Features

• User Authentication: Secure signup and login with email verification.
• Profile Management: Customize your profile with a blurb and profile image.
• Messaging System: Send and receive messages with other users.
• Friend System: Add friends and manage friend requests.
• Game Creation: Create and share your own games.
• Responsive Design: Built with Bootstrap for mobile-friendly layouts.
• Maintenance Mode: Easily toggle site availability.
• More Coming Soon...

Technologies Used

• Frontend:
  • HTML5
  • CSS3 (Bootstrap, Bootswatch)
  • JavaScript (jQuery)
• Backend:
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • MongoDB
  • Mongoose
• Other:
  • Nodemailer
  • JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
  • dotenv

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/Valkyrie.git
   cd Valkyrie

2. Install dependencies

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables

   Create a .env file in the root and make the environment variables.

4. Create Admin User

   npm run create-admin

5. Run the application

   npm run dev

   The server will start on http://localhost:3000.

Deployment

Valkyrie can be deployed using Vercel. Ensure that environment variables are set in the Vercel dashboard.

We migrated to a new hosting provider, so the site is now deployed on a private server. You can use whichever provider you want as long as they support nodejs.

Asset Hosting

To save stuff like .rbxl files, thumbnails, images, etc, you can use AWS S3 Buckets.

1. Create an S3 bucket in your AWS account.

2. Configure your bucket to let public access if needed

3. Add your AWS credentials to the .env file

Database

We use MongoDB Atlas for the DB. Don't know how reliable it is, but it's what we have for now and it's free. Plan to migrate to a self-hosted solution in the future.

note to self

mrbobbilly keep updating this readme as we add more stuff so we can have documentation for the future