What is happening why would a loving god create such a thing

I think npm start in each directory should run the app

build log

brew tap libsql/sqld
brew install sqld-beta
to run cast npm start in each directory
node initialize_db.js node populate_db.js
npm install should install all dependencies
also you need nginx. brew install nginx and then ln -s the-forest.nginx.conf /usr/local/etc/nginx/servers/the-forest.nginx.conf or wherever it needs to go