3 files changed, 71 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/engine/utils/coding.ts b/engine/utils/coding.ts
index 283844f..d0904fe 100644
--- a/engine/utils/coding.ts
+++ b/engine/utils/coding.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import { compatto } from './compatto';
+import dictionary from './dictionary';
+
+const { compress, decompress } = compatto({ dictionary });
+
 const replacer = (_key: any, value: any) => {
   if (value instanceof Map) {
     return {
@@ -31,10 +36,17 @@ const reviver = (_key: any, value: any) => {
 };
 
 // "deterministic" stringify
-export const stringify = (obj: any) => {
+
+export const stringify = (obj: any): string => {
   return JSON.stringify(sortObj(obj), replacer);
 };
 
-export const parse = <T>(str: string) => {
-  return JSON.parse(str, reviver) as unknown as T;
+export const serialize = (obj: any): Uint8Array => {
+  //return new Uint8Array(new TextEncoder().encode(stringify(obj)));
+  return compress(stringify(obj));
+};
+
+export const parse = <T>(serialized: Uint8Array): T => {
+  //return JSON.parse(new TextDecoder().decode(serialized), reviver) as T;
+  return JSON.parse(decompress(serialized), reviver) as T;
 };
diff --git a/engine/utils/compatto b/engine/utils/compatto
new file mode 160000
+Subproject 68628ac6f173f50b81cc2d83a75de176484b2c7
diff --git a/engine/utils/dictionary.ts b/engine/utils/dictionary.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a19c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/utils/dictionary.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// basically a list of common strings between network components to help in compression
+// can't be longer than 254 "words"
+export default [
+  '{',
+  '}',
+  ',',
+  '"',
+  "'",
+  ',',
+  '1',
+  '2',
+  '3',
+  '4',
+  '5',
+  '6',
+  '7',
+  '8',
+  '9',
+  '0',
+  '.',
+  'Map',
+  '[',
+  ']',
+  'BoundingBox',
+  'args',
+  'height',
+  'width',
+  'name',
+  'body',
+  'Velocity',
+  'Control',
+  'Component',
+  'NEW_ENTITIES',
+  'REMOVE_ENTITIES',
+  'UPDATE_ENTITIES',
+  'NEW_INPUT',
+  'REMOVE_INPUT',
+  'boundingBox',
+  'dTheta',
+  'id',
+  'Forces',
+  ':',
+  'control',
+  'controllableBy',
+  'dimension',
+  'rotation',
+  'forces',
+  'velocity',
+  'center',
+  'dCartesian',
+  'x',
+  'y',
+  '"body":[{"args":{',
+  'controlVelocityComponent',
+  '"boundingBox":{"center":'
+];