I couldn’t find instructions for deploying non-express Node apps.

This will help you deploy a node app to Heroku without a framework.

1. Create Heroku App

heroku create

2. Add Procfile

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web: node scripts/web-server.js

Tell Heroku how to start your server.

3. Add package.json

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{
  "name": "build-a-twitter-game",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "dependencies": {
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": "0.8.0",
    "npm": "1.1.1"
  }
}

List your dependencies

4. Use Heroku PORT

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...
var DEFAULT_PORT = process.env.PORT || 8000;
...

Give port preference to Heroku wth the process.env.PORT environment variable

Notes

• Make sure that you commit your changes before pushing.

• You may need to run heroku restart after deploying.