Life is all about ebb and flow
I recently came across a beautiful little npm package called heartbeats.
Source
The following code is how I am currently using it.
This service handles the heartbeat of the game, and instantiates that process on startup.
var heartbeats = require('heartbeats');
var heart = heartbeats.createHeart(1000);
module.exports = {
init: function() {
heart.createEvent(5, function(count, last){
var globalheartage = heart.age;
Game.update({'id':'58dc05bdd6c3d89b075f9cc9'},
{age: globalheartage}).exec(function afterwards(err, updated){
if (err) {
return err;
}
});
Game.publishUpdate('58dc05bdd6c3d89b075f9cc9', {
age: globalheartage
});
});
}
}
If you have any questions please feel free to drop them in the comments.