Taifin / ChitChat

Semester project at HSE SPb - client-server QT application with voice chat and arcade games

ChitChat - virtual space to hangout with friends and play simple arcades

Decriprion:

ChitChat is a QT-based C++ application, that allows people to visit virtual rooms, talk with friends via voice chat and play videogames, such as Arkanoid, Hangman, etc. It is a semester project made by first-year bachelors of HSE SPb AMI.

Building and using:

ChitChat comes with three major parts, that have to be built and used separately: server-side application, client-side application and games in form of shared libraries.

• Server: cmake --build $DIR --target ChitChatServer, compile with -DLOCAL flag to run server on localhost.
• Client: cmake --build $DIR --target ChitChatClient, compile with -DLOCAL flag to connect to server on localhost.
• Games: cmake --build $DIR -- target "name".

Dependencies:

Server:

• postgresql 15 - PostgreSQL database.
• libpqxx 7.1.1 - official C++ PostgreSQL library.
• Qt 5 with modules 'Widgets', 'Multimedia' and 'Network' - GUI, voice module and network.
• protobuf 3.21.1 - serialization for client-server interaction.

Client:

• Qt 5 with modules 'Widgets', 'Multimedia' and 'Network' - GUI, voice module and network.
• Arkanoid shared library.
• Hangman shared library.
• protobuf 3.21.1 - serialization for client-server interaction.

Games:

• Qt 5 with modules Widgets and Network - GUI and network.