Interested in developing a game, or hosting your own version of Gamebot? Here's how to get your very own copy.
Requirements
Gamebot runs on Node.js. You’ll need to install Node.js if you want to run the bot. The latest version of Gamebot is compatible with version 10.x of Node.js. You should use nvm to manage multiple versions of Node.
Node.js v10.18.0 - Recommended for Gamebot
Node.js latest release - Not recommended - will run into errors
You should also have Git installed to clone the repo, but it's not required.
Getting the bot code
First, you should clone this repository. Then open it using cd gamebot.
git clone https://github.com/zeroclutch/gamebot.git
cd gamebot
Create your Discord bot
After that, you will have to create your own Discord bot account. Use this straightforward guide by discord.py to learn how to create a bot. You should also add your new bot to a Discord server.
Configure the settings
Once you have your account, you’ll need to make an environment variables file so your bot can log in. Create a new file in your working directory and name it .env. Paste this into your .env file:
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE
OWNER_ID=YOUR_DISCORD_ID_HERE
LOGGING_CHANNEL=YOUR_CHANNEL_ID_HERE
DISCORD_BOT_PREFIX=&
BASE_URL=http://localhost:5000
Replace YOUR_TOKEN_HERE with the token you got from the Discord Developer Portal in the linked guide above. Your token should look something like NzAwMjY2KDM4MDxdADMDNzZz.X0pgcjA.zDtrqfmQa5J-abcdefGh123Ijklmn.
Also, replace YOUR_DISCORD_ID_HERE with your Discord ID. If you don’t know how to get your ID, see this article.
Next, change YOUR_CHANNEL_ID_HERE to be the ID of the Discord channel you want to send logs to. It must be a server text channel, not a DM or voice channel. Make sure the bot is able to send messages to this channel. If you need help getting this ID, see the linked article in the previous step.
You can change the prefix if you like.
Get it running
Now in your command line, you should install dependencies and run the bot.
npm install
npm run dev
Whenever you want to run the bot, use npm run dev.