Rewind

Multiplayer sailing game: offshore races against real historical wind conditions, accelerated in time. Ride weather systems around the world in minutes.

Features

• Real wind data - Historical GRIB wind forecasts from Vendée Globe 2020
• Multiplayer - WebRTC peer-to-peer racing with lobby system
• Realistic physics - IMOCA 60 polar diagrams for boat speed
• 3D globe - Interactive Earth with wind visualization (particles + heatmap)
• Boat controls - Arrow keys to steer, space to tack, up arrow to lock TWA

Development

Create a .env at root from sample.env.

Prerequisites

Install cargo-watch for auto-reload:

cargo install cargo-watch

Start Services

Start database and tile server:

./server/bin/container up

Run migrations and start the server:

cd server
cargo run -- db migrate
./bin/dev-server

Start the client:

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

Ports:

• Client: http://localhost:3000
• Server: http://localhost:3001
• PostgreSQL: localhost:25432
• Minio: http://localhost:9000

Container Commands

./server/bin/container up       # Start db and minio
./server/bin/container down     # Stop containers
./server/bin/container logs     # Follow logs
./server/bin/container psql     # PostgreSQL shell
./server/bin/container migrate  # Run migrations
./server/bin/container destroy  # Remove containers and volumes

Tech Stack

Client:

• React 18 + TypeScript
• Vite
• D3.js for globe projection and zoom/pan
• WebGL for wind texture rendering
• WebRTC for peer-to-peer multiplayer
• Tailwind CSS

Server:

• Rust with Tokio async runtime
• Warp web framework (HTTP + WebSocket)
• PostgreSQL 16 + PostGIS 3.4 for wind raster data

Scripts

Import Vendée Globe 2020 GRIB files:

./server/scripts/vlm-vg20.sh