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+# Alai Server
+
+This is the server which will host the Alai game binaries, backend API that receives game data, and maybe at some point a frontend for all of that.
+
+## Authors
+
+- Christohper Cromer
+- Martín Araneda Acuña
+
+## Backend API
+
+The backend is written in *go* and uses gorm to handle its database schema.
+
+## Game
+
+The directory game should contain the binaries for Alai which will be exposed through nginx for downloading.
+
+## Build and run
+
+```
+docker-compose up -d --build
+```
+
+## Stop the server
+
+```
+docker-compose down
+```
+
+## License
+The server is licensed under the [3-Clause BSD License](LICENSE).
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