Chinese Checkers

This project combines server- and client- side of Chinese Checkers game. It is being developed for Computer Science course and will be progressively updated with new requirements.

Deployment

In Project directory, to execute client run:

java -cp target/classes org.example.ClientMain

To execute server run:

java -cp target/classes org.example.ServerMain

Usage/Examples

If the server starts correctly, you will see:

> java -cp target/classes org.example.ServerMain

Hello World from Server!
Binding at port 8045
Server bound

Similarly, in the client application you will see this popup:

> java -cp target/classes org.example.ClientMain

Welcome to the Client Application!

Options:
1. Connect to server
2. Exit
Enter your choice:

you can then connect to the server:

Enter your choice: 1
Enter server host: localhost
Enter server port: 8045
Connected to the server successfully.

Once another client is connected (there are two players connected to the server), you can start the game:

Enter your choice: 1
Enter your message: /start_game
Message sent: COMMAND [start_game]
Command sent successfully.
Menu:
1. Send Message
2. Disconnect from Server
3. Exit

Message received: STRING Game started!

Once the game is started, your next message will be the move you want to perform, which will be synchronized with all clients:

Enter your choice: 1
Enter your message: a1 b2
Message sent: MOVE [a1, b2]
Move sent successfully.
Message received: GAMESTATE Game is running.
Last move: a1 -> b2
MOVES:
a1 -> b2

You can change the amount of players by using /set_player_count command followed by the amount of players (default board allows 2, 3, 4 or 6 players).

Enter your choice: 1
Enter your message: /set_player_count 2

Features

• Connecting to the server
• Setting desired player count
• Starting the game
• Synchronizing mock up moves across the server to other clients

Authors

• Mateusz Prowans @osicat10 @MattProv
• Wiktor Koczkodaj @WuKaKa95