Requirements

[louh]

I think this is doable.

Back end

• Node.js / Express server hosted via AWS or Azure
• Websocket and Redis pub/sub system for real time server-client communication
• Blockchain action log
• PostgreSQL database

Front end // UI

• React / Redux client side single-page application (with Babel)
• Asset bundling via Webpack
• Testing / code correctness via Jest / Typescript
• Game map created from real-world boundaries in GIS, cached as map tiles at various resolutions
• Tangram for WebGL-based rendering and animation (Leaflet base)
• Period-influenced (1920s?) in-game artwork and UI

Absolutely necessary features

• Character creation system
• User accounts
• Animation (water, turns)

[slifty]

This is an excellent list; I would like us to eventually consider adding map animations for the UI -- both in terms of having the water look like it moves but also animating turns -- to the Absolutely necessary features.

[louh]

Yes and yes. Added!

[louh]

I've ported most of these things to the Projects system.