Evan
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**Add approved & assigned issue number here:** N/A — maintainer refactor. ## Description: Replaces the theme class hierarchy (`BaseTheme`/`PastelTheme`/`ColorblindTheme`) with theme JSON files — `default-theme.json` and `colorblind-theme.json` — combined with `render-settings.json` at runtime into a single graphics-configuration pipeline (`settings.theme`). One `SettingsTheme` class keeps the algorithms (color allocation, team-variation generation, LAB-contrast structure colors) and reads all data from `ThemeSettings`; adding a theme is now just adding a JSON file. Colorblind mode (#4150) is fully preserved: - Same palettes — the 32-color CVD-safe pool and Okabe-Ito team colors are baked into `colorblind-theme.json` - The relative border rule (`l × 0.6`) is expressed as a `borderLightnessScale` knob alongside the default theme's absolute `borderDarken` - The mid-game re-theme wiring (`refreshPlayerColors`/`refreshPalette`) and the affiliation/friend-foe tint overrides are unchanged; `applyGraphicsOverrides` now also swaps the `settings.theme` slice - `deepAssign` replaces arrays wholesale so differing palette lengths survive theme switches Verified against the previous implementation with an equivalence test (since removed): default-theme colors are byte-identical including allocation order; colorblind team/derived colors are byte-identical, and FFA assignment may permute within the same palette (hex baking rounds upstream's fractional-RGB colord objects, which can flip the allocator's greedy delta-E ordering — rendered colors round identically either way). Also removes dead theme surface (`terrainColor`, `backgroundColor`, `falloutColor`, `font`, `textColor`, spawn-highlight variants, `PastelThemeDark`) — GL terrain colors and dark mode were already handled in the renderer. Note this means the colorblind terrain bands from #4150 were dead code (nothing calls `terrainColor`; GL terrain comes from `ColorUtils.encodeTerrainTile`); wiring CVD-safe terrain into the terrain texture would be a follow-up. ## Please complete the following: - [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates — N/A, no UI changes (verified color-identical) - [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText() and I've added it to the en.json file — N/A, no user-visible text - [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory — `tests/Colors.test.ts` updated for the new pipeline (team colors from theme JSON, colorblind palette/border tests) ## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or regression is found: evanpelle 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
OpenFront.io is an online real-time strategy game focused on territorial control and alliance building. Players compete to expand their territory, build structures, and form strategic alliances in various maps based on real-world geography.
This is a fork/rewrite of WarFront.io. Credit to https://github.com/WarFrontIO.
License
OpenFront source code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Current copyright notices appear in:
- Footer: "© OpenFront and Contributors"
- Loading screen: "© OpenFront and Contributors"
Modified versions must preserve these notices in reasonably visible locations.
See the LICENSE for complete requirements.
For asset licensing, see LICENSE-ASSETS.
For license history, see LICENSING.md.
🌟 Features
- Real-time Strategy Gameplay: Expand your territory and engage in strategic battles
- Alliance System: Form alliances with other players for mutual defense
- Multiple Maps: Play across various geographical regions including Europe, Asia, Africa, and more
- Resource Management: Balance your expansion with defensive capabilities
- Cross-platform: Play in any modern web browser
📋 Prerequisites
- npm (v10.9.2 or higher)
- A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.)
🚀 Installation
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/openfrontio/OpenFrontIO.git cd OpenFrontIO -
Install dependencies
npm run instDo NOT use
npm installnornpm ibut instead use ournpm run inst. It runs the safernpm ci --ignore-scriptsto install dependencies exactly according to the versions inpackage-lock.jsonand doesn't run scripts. This can prevent being hit by a supply chain attack.
🎮 Running the Game
Development Mode
Run both the client and server in development mode with live reloading:
npm run dev
This will:
- Start the webpack dev server for the client
- Launch the game server with development settings
- Open the game in your default browser (to disable this behavior, set
SKIP_BROWSER_OPEN=truein your environment)
Client Only
To run just the client with hot reloading:
npm run start:client
Server Only
To run just the server with development settings:
npm run start:server-dev
Connecting to staging or production backends
Sometimes it's useful to connect to production servers when replaying a game, testing user profiles, purchases, or login flow.
To replay a production game, make sure you're on the same commit that the game you want to replay was executed on, you can find the
gitCommitvalue viahttps://api.openfront.io/game/[gameId]. Unfinished games cannot be replayed on localhost.
To connect to staging api servers:
npm run dev:staging
To connect to production api servers:
npm run dev:prod
🛠️ Development Tools
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Format code:
npm run format -
Lint code:
npm run lint -
Lint and fix code:
npm run lint:fix -
Testing
npm test
🏗️ Project Structure
/src/client- Frontend game client/src/core- Deterministic game simulation/src/server- Backend game server/resources- Static assets (images, maps, etc.)
🤝 Contributing
Contributions and translations are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for the workflow, the approved-issue process, project governance, and translation info.