Football Match - Using football simulation engine

I recently created a football simulation engine for npm which I talked about here.

I also posted a youtube video of me demonstrating the code, and after some interest I thought I would upload the helper code I used in order to visualise the match!

You can access the github page here: https://github.com/GallagherAiden/footballsimulationexample



Here's the read me:
# Football Simulation Example

## Install
1. Download the project onto your system ({dir})
2. cd {dir}
3. run ``npm install``
---
## Run the Game
1. load your team into the {dir}/teams directory (you can use an existing team as an example)
2. in '{dir}/server.js' change either
```
readFile("teams/team1.json").then(function (team1) {
```
to your newly created .json file i.e.
```
readFile("teams/myTeam.json").then(function (team1) {
```
3. Set the pitch size by changing the ``pitchWidth`` and ``pitchHeight`` in '{dir}/server.js'
*Note: Any changes will need changes made to the start positions of the players*
4. run ``npm start``
5. Go To ``http://localhost:1442/match.html``
---
## Playing A Match
1. Press ``start match``
- This starts a new match where the pitch size is displayed on the screen and the players are in their correct positions.
2. Press ``play match``
- This runs '10' iterations, moving the players and give iteration logs for each iteration.
i.e. `Iteration 50: Closest Player to ball: Louise Johnson,Closest Player to ball: Aiden Smith`
3. Press ``play match`` until the iterations reach 5,000
- We can make this quicker by changing the number of iterations per "play" in {dir}/public/js/match.js
```
function getMatch() {
var iterations = 10;
for (i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
movePlayers("/movePlayers");
}
}
```
to
```
function getMatch() {
var iterations = X;
for (i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
movePlayers("/movePlayers");
}
}
```
where X is the number of iterations to do at a time.
4. Press ``start second half``
- This flips the players to opposite sides
5. Press ``play match`` until the iterations reach 10,000
6. Record the results

Game Example Results:

Match 1 - Team1: 5 - 3 :Team2  (same json)

Match 2 - Team1: 3 - 4 :Team2  (same json)

Match 3 - Team1: 9 - 2 :Team2  (same json)

Match 4 - Team1: 2 - 5  :Team2  (team2 higher skills)

Match 5 - Team1: 0 - 7  :Team2  (team2 higher skills)

Match 6 - Team1: 8 - 1 :Team2  (team1 higher skills)

Match 7 - Team1: 3 - 0 :Team2  (team1 higher skills)

Have fun! Let me know if you need any help: aiden.g@live.co.uk