moli13337/pokerfate-1.6

PokerFate 1.6 is a private server implementation for a game called Poker Fate, written in Go. Instead of connecting to the game's official servers, this project lets someone run their own server on their own machine and have the game client talk to it instead. The repository ships as a set of downloadable packages rather than as a project you build from scratch: patch scripts for updating the client, ready made patched client files, the Go server source code, a compiled server you can run directly, and a full copy of the game client for people who do not already own the original. Setting up the server involves installing PostgreSQL and Redis, creating a database and a database user, running a series of migration files to set up the tables, then either running the provided compiled server program or building it yourself from the Go source with the standard Go build command. A configuration file lets you change default passwords and secret keys before running it for real. On the client side, three files get copied into the game's installation folder so it points at a local server address instead of the real one. One of the files disables a game update mechanism, and another swaps in an identifier for an unrelated public test application from Steam so that a normal Steam client is not required to launch the game. The project is small, comes with just a few screenshots for documentation, and states directly in its README that it is intended for educational and research purposes only.