Welcome to SimCity, a full-stack strategy game where players build their empires, join factions, and battle for supremacy! 🚀

• 🔐 Authentication: Secure User Login & Registration.
• ⚔️ Faction System: Choose your side and fight for your team's glory.
• 🏗️ City Building: Manage resources and build up your city (Infrastructure, Economy, Military).
• ⚔️ War & Battles: Engage in attacks against other players or factions.
• 🛡️ War State Control: Global war state that can be enabled/disabled by admins.
• 🏆 Leaderboard: Real-time rankings to see who dominates the server.
• 🛒 Shop: Buy upgrades and items to boost your progress.
• 📖 dynamic Help: Interactive "How to Play" and "Help" guides.

• ⚛️ Framework: React (Vite)
• 🎨 Styling: Tailwind CSS v4
• 🛣️ Routing: React Router Dom
• 🔥 BaaS: Firebase (Auth)
• ✨ Icons: Lucide React
• 📡 API: Axios

• 🟢 Runtime: Node.js
• ⚡ Framework: Express.js
• 🗄️ Database: MongoDB (Mongoose)
• 🔐 Auth: JWT & Bcrypt
• 🐳 Containerization: Docker support

• Node.js (v16+)
• MongoDB (Local or Atlas)
• Git

git clone https://github.com/devprashant19/simcity_backend
cd simcity_backend

Navigate to the backend folder:

cd simcity_backend

Install dependencies:

npm install

Configuration (.env): Create a .env file in simcity_backend with the following:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
# Add other backend specific env vars here

Database Seeding: To populate the game with initial data:

node seed_game.js

War State Management:

• Enable War: node enableWar.js
• Disable War: node disableWar.js

Start the Server:

npm start # or node server.js

Server will run on http://localhost:5000 (default)

Open a new terminal and navigate to the frontend folder:

cd simcity

Install dependencies:

npm install

Configuration (.env): Create a .env file in simcity:

VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:5000
# Add Firebase config if needed

Start the Development Server:

npm run dev

App will open at http://localhost:5173

• Frontend: Deployed on Vercel ▲
• Backend: Deployed on Google Cloud ☁️

ssity/
├── 📁 simcity/             # Frontend (React + Vite)
│   ├── 📁 src/
│   │   ├── 📁 components/  # Reusable UI components
│   │   ├── 📁 pages/       # Game pages (Game, Shop, Attack, etc.)
│   │   ├── 📁 contexts/    # React Context (Auth, Game State)
│   │   └── ...
│   └── ...
├── 📁 simcity_backend/     # Backend (Express + Node)
│   ├── 📁 src/
│   │   ├── 📁 models/      # Mongoose Models (User, Battle, etc.)
│   │   ├── 📁 controllers/ # Game Logic
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── 📜 server.js        # Entry point
│   └── ...
└── 📁 end/                 # Additional web assets or landing page

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the project.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Happy Building! 🏗️