the-forest/readme.md

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

I think npm start in each directory should run the app

Environoment variables!

• SESSION_DATA_PASSWORD for encrypting session cookies
• USER_CREATION_PASSWORD to set the extra password required for account creation
• GHOST_CHARACTER_OBJECT for the object to represent logged out viewers.

build log

• install nvm and then node 20.18.0 i think
• cast npm install in each directory
• 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
• also need nvm for running.