Runback

Broadcast graphics for fighting games
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Screenshots
3. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Building
4. Usage
5. Roadmap
6. Contributing
7. License

About The Project

Runback is a broadcast graphics system designed for fighting games tournaments, featuring:

• Scoreboard and commentator overlays
• Player management
• Player import and export
• Player detail overrides for on-the-fly editing
• Auto gamertag Latinization for non-Latin scripts
• smash.gg integration
  • Import tournament entrant data
• Light and dark mode
• Windows, macOS, Linux support

Built With

• NodeCG
• Electron
• Vue.js

Screenshots

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

Prerequisites

• git
• npm
• yarn
• node

Building

1. Clone NodeCG

   git clone https://github.com/nodecg/nodecg

2. Install NodeCG npm packages

   cd nodecg && npm install --production

3. Clone runback

   cd bundles && git clone https://github.com/opeik/runback
   cd runback && git submodule update --init --recursive

4. Install runback npm packages

   yarn install

5. Build runback

   yarn watch

6. Start the NodeCG server

   node ../..

7. Open http://localhost:9090/

Usage

Installing

• Download runback from the releases page
• Once installed, open runback; the Dashboard tab will open

Importing overlays

• Open the Graphics tab
• Click and drag from the "Drag into OBS" button into OBS for the overlay you wish to import
  • If you're on macOS, click and drag isn't supported in OBS; use the settings below
• Edit the newly created Browser Source, set:
  • FPS to 60
  • Shutdown source when not visible to ON
  • Refresh browser when scene becomes available to ON
• Screenshot for reference

Setup smash.gg integration

• Create a smash.gg API key
• Enter the key in Settings→Set API Keys

Import players from smash.gg

• Open the Dashboard tab
• Click "Set Tournament" and enter the tournament URL
• Click "Fetch Entrants"
  • The players will be imported and can be found in the Players tab

Roadmap

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).

Contributing

Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the GPLv3 License. See LICENSE.md for more information.