cyberia

CYBERIA

Network Object Layers

Stackable Rendering Layers as a Unified Tokenized Reality

Cyberia is an MMORPG extension built on the Underpost Platform. The platform owns the toolchain, deployment surface, PWA delivery, and base infrastructure. Cyberia adds a three-service MMO runtime: engine-cyberia, cyberia-server, and cyberia-client.

engine-cyberia is the sidecar-backed data layer: a Node.js sidecar that owns content, validation, persistence, the gRPC/REST data services, and asset metadata. It backs the authoritative Go server and the WASM client with data — it does not run the simulation or the presentation.

Ecosystem at a glance

                         ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
                         │              UNDERPOST PLATFORM               │
                         │  toolchain · deploy · PWA build · static      │
                         │  delivery · cluster/image/db · monitoring     │
                         │                                               │
                         │   underpost CLI  ──▶  builds & deploys all    │
                         └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                                            │  hosts / delivers
                                            ▼
   ╔═══════════════════════════════ CYBERIA MMO ═══════════════════════════════════╗
   ║                                                                               ║
   ║   ┌──────────────────┐   gRPC    ┌──────────────────┐   WebSocket             ║
   ║   │  engine-cyberia  │ ────────▶ │  cyberia-server  │ ───────────┐            ║
   ║   │     (Node.js)    │           │       (Go)       │            │            ║
   ║   │                  │           │                  │            ▼            ║
   ║   │ content          │           │ authoritative    │    ┌──────────────────┐ ║
   ║   │ validation       │           │ simulation       │    │  cyberia-client  │ ║
   ║   │ persistence      │           │ world tick       │    │    (C / WASM)    │ ║
   ║   │ gRPC/REST data   │           │ AOI replication  │    │                  │ ║
   ║   │ asset metadata   │           │                  │    │ rendering        │ ║
   ║   └──────────────────┘           └──────────────────┘    │ input            │ ║
   ║            │                                             │ prediction       │ ║
   ║            └──────────────── REST (content/assets) ─────▶│ presentation     │ ║
   ║                                                          └──────────────────┘ ║
   ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

   One source of truth per concern:
     content & world config ── engine-cyberia
     real-time world state  ── cyberia-server
     presentation & input   ── cyberia-client

1. Toolchain and base infrastructure

Underpost Platform is the operational backbone and the source of truth for deploy IDs, runtime selection, host/path layout, generated client assets, and environment resolution.

Area	What it owns
Toolchain	underpost CLI, build, deploy, release, metadata, secrets, environment selection
Infrastructure	bare metal, LXD, Kubernetes, K3s, kubeadm, images, SSH, runners
Data operations	MongoDB, MariaDB where needed, backups, cron, monitoring
Delivery	static build, SSR views, PWA packaging, service worker generation, host/path routing

underpost is the shared control surface for everything infrastructural. Cyberia-specific work belongs in the cyberia CLI, never in parallel platform commands. When a concern already exists in underpost, reuse it instead of forking a Cyberia variant.

2. PWA workflow

Every deployed client ships as a static application shell with PWA support. The pipeline has exactly two inputs:

• the deploy ssr configuration in underpost.config.dd-*.js (or conf.ssr.json)
• the service worker source in src/client/sw/core.sw.js

Everything else — index.html pages, sw.js, the precache list — is generated during the client build. Treat them as outputs only; never hand-edit them.

Runtime service-worker behavior:

Request	Strategy
static assets	stale-while-revalidate
API GET	network-first + short cache
API mutations	network-only + background replay
navigation	network-first + fallback shells

Fallback selection: offline network → offline fallback view; origin/server failure → maintenance fallback view. Only fallback-marked views are guaranteed precached.

3. Cyberia MMO extension

Responsibility split

Service	Owns	Must not own
engine-cyberia	content, validation, persistence, gRPC/REST data services, asset metadata	authoritative simulation, render policy
cyberia-server	authoritative simulation, world tick, gameplay mutation, AOI replication	content authority, presentation metadata
cyberia-client	rendering, input, prediction, interpolation, presentation	authoritative world state, gameplay authority

Two boundaries are non-negotiable:

• Do not move authoritative logic into the client.
• Do not move content-authority logic into the Go runtime.

Data flow

engine-cyberia ──gRPC──▶ cyberia-server ──WebSocket──▶ cyberia-client
engine-cyberia ──REST──────────────────────────────▶ cyberia-client

engine-cyberia as the sidecar-backed data layer

engine-cyberia is the only Cyberia service that owns content-backed data and asset metadata.

• Boot-time world configuration flows from engine-cyberia to cyberia-server over gRPC GetFullInstance.
• Client-facing assets, object layers, dialogues, and presentation hints flow from engine-cyberia to cyberia-client over REST.
• Simulation never migrates into the sidecar, and presentation policy never migrates out of the client.

Runtime / health model

Three supervised processes run in parallel, each with its own monitor and reconnect loop. Gameplay is live only when all three are healthy at once.

        ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
        │                    SUPERVISION (parallel)                    │
        │                                                              │
        │   engine-cyberia        cyberia-server        cyberia-client │
        │   ┌────────────┐        ┌────────────┐        ┌────────────┐ │
        │   │  monitor   │        │  monitor   │        │  monitor   │ │
        │   │ +reconnect │        │ +reconnect │        │ +reconnect │ │
        │   └─────┬──────┘        └─────┬──────┘        └─────┬──────┘ │
        │         │                     │                     │        │
        │         └──────────┬──────────┴──────────┬──────────┘        │
        │                    ▼                     ▼                   │
        │            all three up & connected?                         │
        └────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┘
                                      │
                ┌─────────────────────┼─────────────────────┐
                ▼                     ▼                     ▼
          ┌───────────┐        ┌───────────┐         ┌───────────┐
          │  HEALTHY  │        │ DEGRADED  │         │  STANDBY  │
          │ all 3 up  │        │ ≥1 service│         │ gameplay  │
          │ gameplay  │        │ reconnect-│         │ paused    │
          │ live      │        │ ing / down│         │ until all │
          │           │        │           │         │ 3 healthy │
          └───────────┘        └───────────┘         └───────────┘

State	Meaning
healthy	all three Cyberia services are up and connected
degraded	at least one service is reconnecting or unavailable
standby	gameplay is paused because the full three-service set is not healthy

User commands

Use underpost for platform, infrastructure, build, and deploy. Use cyberia for MMO content and extension workflows. Both share the same helpers — never duplicate config, env, or path logic.

Platform (underpost)

# Bootstrap a new app (local app serves on http://localhost:4001)
underpost new app-name

# Build the client bundle / static + PWA output
underpost client
npm run build            # node bin client

# Deploy and operate
underpost deploy <deploy-id>
underpost monitor

Cyberia (cyberia) — bin/cyberia.js

Group	Command	Purpose
ol	cyberia ol [item-id]	ObjectLayer import, procedural generation, atlas/sprite
instance	cyberia instance [instance-code]	export / import / drop a Cyberia instance and its data
client-hints	cyberia client-hints [instance-code]	per-instance presentation hints (palette, camera, icons)
chain	cyberia chain <sub>	Hyperledger Besu + ERC-1155 ObjectLayerToken lifecycle
run-workflow	cyberia run-workflow <name>	named maintenance/build scripts from scripts/

Common examples:

# Object layer content
cyberia ol hatchet,sword --client-public --import # import specific items from the asset tree
cyberia ol --client-public --import-types skin    # batch import by type (or: all)
cyberia ol hatchet --to-atlas-sprite-sheet        # build atlas sprite sheet
cyberia ol --drop --client-public                 # drop data and asset folders

# Instance data
cyberia instance FOREST --export ./backup
cyberia instance FOREST --import ./backup
cyberia instance FOREST --drop

# Presentation hints
cyberia client-hints cyberia-main --seed-defaults

# Chain / token lifecycle
cyberia chain deploy --chain-id 777771
cyberia chain status
cyberia chain register / mint / transfer / burn / pause / unpause

# Content artifact (the cyberia-content checkout or CYBERIA_CONTENT_ROOT)
cyberia content status
cyberia content audit --dev
cyberia content import --dev
cyberia content import --saga <saga-code> --dev

# Product repositories: build, pin in the deployment lock, publish
cyberia release build --commit
cyberia release lock --commit
cyberia release publish

# Named workflows
cyberia run-workflow import-content
cyberia run-workflow build-server-dashboard

Run the MMO services

# engine-cyberia (Node.js data/content services)
npm start                                          # node src/server

# cyberia-server (Go authoritative simulation)
cd cyberia-server && go run main.go                # dev
cd cyberia-server && go build -o cyberia-server . && ./cyberia-server

# cyberia-client (C / WASM presentation)
cd cyberia-client && make -f Web.mk clean && make -f Web.mk web
cd cyberia-client && make -f Web.mk serve-development     # serves on :8082

Operational guardrails

• Prefer one source of truth for config, deploy IDs, runtime selection, startup behavior, and generated assets.
• Reuse existing helpers and conventions instead of creating parallel implementations.
• Do not duplicate parsing, env resolution, or path normalization logic across modules.
• Treat generated artifacts (sw.js, static pages, atlases, README, manifests) as outputs only.
• Host-level changes must be idempotent, reversible, and explicit; validate before mutating; keep orchestration scripts safe to rerun.
• engine-private/ is a private external dependency. Reference it only as private input; never assume its contents exist locally.