Deepest World Starter

Deepest World (https://deepestworld.com/) is a browser sandbox MMORPG intended to be played by bots. This can be a starter to enter the game.

Steps to get up and running:

1. install Node.js & NPM from https://nodejs.org/en/download or any package manager you like
2. create an account & a character on https://deepestworld.com/
3. checkout repository (choose one option) & install dependencies

# Option 1: Checkout using GIT & HTTPS
git clone https://github.com/kevinsandow/deepestworld-starter.git
# Option 2: Checkout using GIT & SSH
git clone [email protected]:kevinsandow/deepestworld-starter.git
# Option 3: Checkout using GitHub CLI
gh repo clone kevinsandow/deepestworld-starter

# Install dependencies
cd deepestworld-starter
npm install

4. create a .env file or copy the .env.example file add edit it accordingly, so it contains your credentials like so:

DW_USERNAME=myUserName
DW_PASSWORD=secretPassword
DW_CHARACTER=Charactername

You might wonder how you would create a .env file under Windows, you can use this to create an empty one:

echo. > .env

5. start Electron via:

npm start

6. go to src/starter.js and change the first line to:

let attackMode = true

7. make further changes to adjust your bot or start a new one from scratch, I'd suggest using a different file

8. (optional) check out the src/starter.ts and use TypeScript

Working with Multiple Files

Using esbuild code will be transpiled (even TypeScript) and bundled together

Create your Functions in Separate Files

foo.js / foo.ts

export default function foo() {
  console.log('Hello World')
}

Import in Your Main File

bar.js / bar.ts

import foo from './foo'

foo()

Run & Enjoy

npm start bar.js # for JavaScript
npm start bar.ts # for TypeScript

Electron - What Is It and Why Is It Used

Electron is basically a limited version of a browser, but it also has an additional benefit: regular browsers tend to throttle (slow down) JavaScript execution when their window/tab is no longer focussed. This is usually a good thing, it preserves resources (CPU and energy consumption). But slowing down you AI code will probably most likely result in poor performance or death for your character.

FAQ

"Help, my code gets updated, but nothing is happening."

Have you checked out the developer tools of Electron? You can do so via Ctrl + Shift + I under Windows/Unix or Option + Command + I, there might be an error.

A common pitfall for beginners is that your JavaScript code is not available in strict mode. (For further information see here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Strict_mode)

Dependencies

• @types/node - type support for build-in Node.js modules
• dotenv - library to parse the .env files, you also can use regular environment variables, if you prefer those
• electron - browser like app to prevent throttling
• esbuild - bundler to produce one output file
• typescript - to improve your coding experience