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name: dev description: Full development environment - builds the project and runs 1 server plus 4 clients. Use when the user wants to test multiplayer, simulate 4-player co-op, or run the complete dev environment.

Development Environment

Builds the project and runs a full development environment with 1 server and 4 clients.

Instructions

1. Run the dev command:

   Copymake dev
   

What This Does

1. Builds the project (if needed)
2. Starts 1 server instance on 0.0.0.0:1234
3. Waits 1 second for server to initialize
4. Starts 4 client instances with 1-second delays between each
5. Waits for you to press Enter to stop all processes

Expected Behavior

You should see:

CopyStarting Gambit development environment...
  - 1 Server (0.0.0.0:1234)
  - 4 Clients (connecting to 127.0.0.1:1234)

Press Ctrl+C to stop all processes...

Starting server...
Starting 4 clients...

Development environment running!
PIDs: 12345 12346 12347 12348 12349

Then 4 game windows will open, each with a different colored player (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow).

Stopping the Environment

• Press Ctrl+C to stop all processes and close all windows
• All server and client processes will be terminated automatically
• All game windows will close cleanly

Notes

• This simulates a 4-player multiplayer game
• Each client gets a unique color assigned by the server
• Perfect for testing networked gameplay features
• The server and clients run in the background
• All processes are cleaned up when you press Enter