Deploy and Host Terraforming on Railway

This is an open-source online implementation of the great board game Terraforming Mars. It is not affiliated with FryxGames, Asmodee Digital or Steam in any way.

Note: This project has no affiliation with "Rebalanced Mars", whose authors have refused to open-source their code. We believe this is both a violation of our GPL3 license, and also of the spirit of collaboration that this project tries to foster. Note that any new features you see on this repo made available on that server are without our permission.

The board game is great and this repository highly recommends purchasing it for personal use.

About Hosting Terraforming

Terraforming is a full-stack web application that provides online multiplayer gameplay for Terraforming Mars. Hosting Terraforming requires running the Node.js application server, serving the web client, and maintaining a PostgreSQL database for game state, users, and historical data. Railway simplifies deployment by managing infrastructure, networking, environment variables, and database provisioning in a single platform. Whether you're hosting a private server for friends, a community instance, or a public deployment, Railway makes it easy to launch, scale, and maintain a reliable Terraforming server without managing your own virtual machines or container infrastructure.

Common Use Cases

• Host a private Terraforming server for friends and gaming groups.
• Run a public community instance with persistent user accounts and saved games.
• Deploy a development or testing environment for contributors and custom modifications.

Dependencies for Terraforming Hosting

• Node.js (application runtime)
• PostgreSQL (persistent database)

Deployment Dependencies

• Terraforming source code repository
• PostgreSQL database connection string
• Environment variables for application configuration
• Railway account and project

Implementation Details

Example Railway environment variables:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@host:5432/database
NODE_ENV=production
PORT=3000

Typical deployment workflow:

npm install
npm run build
npm start

Railway can automatically build and deploy new versions whenever changes are pushed to your connected Git repository.

Why Deploy Terraforming on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying Terraforming on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.