D-Zone is a graphical, isometric simulation that visualizes Discord users as autonomous agents in a virtual world based on real-time activity.

This is a fork of the original d-zone project. The client has been rewritten in TypeScript, using ES Modules, and is designed for versioned static deployment (see GitHub Pages).

⚠️ The backend has been completely separated and rewritten in Python: 👉 nntin/d-back

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• Full TypeScript rewrite
• ES Module (ESM) support
• OAuth2 login flow handled by external backend
• GitHub Pages versioned deployment
• custom WebSocket URL

• Unit testing (with Vitest)
• E2E testing (with Playwright)
• Vercel deployment (for previewing webclient + allure test report)

The progress of that can be seen in the develop branch or feature/e2e

⚠️ Because of the unstable develop branch PR are also accepted into master. Develop is however preferred.

npm install

npm run build:prod

The built client is output to dist/static/. This is what you'll deploy to your static host (e.g. GitHub Pages, Netlify).

To run in development mode with live rebuild:

npm run dev

This concurrently:

• Bundles the client (watch mode)
• Starts a local server (server.mjs)

This client communicates with the D-Zone backend, now implemented in Python:

📦 nntin/d-back

The backend handles:

• Discord OAuth2 authentication
• WebSocket connections
• Discord server activity monitoring

Refer to the d-back repository for configuration and hosting instructions.

Originally created by Devin Spikowski
Modern fork maintained by Tin Nguyen

“An ambient life simulation driven by user activity within a Discord server”