Animal Game

2D browser board game, with Java-backend. Catch the gold items, while running from the snakes (yellow) and police (blue).

Technology stack

• Java 21
• Spring Boot
• WebSockets
• JQuery & HTML

How to start

Prerequisites: installed applications:

• Java JDK 11 or up (tested with 15, 17, 21)
• Maven 3

Start application Java back-end by:

• Compiling it firstly, by executing: mvn package
• Starting it by executing: java -jar target/animal-game-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Start application in front-end by:

• Open the following URL in your browser: http://localhost:8080/

Game Controls

You can control your own animal (purple color) by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. If you hit a gold item, you get rewarded with 1 point.

About me

I am a Java Developer. I just created this game for fun and for experimenting with Websockets. Feel free to play or use it.

License

See LICENSE.md file