Gomoku Game

About

This game revolves around a turn-based two player format, where each player takes turns in placing a single black/white stone on an empty intersection within a grid board. After these stones are placed, they can no longer be moved. The main objective is to create a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of exactly five stones before your opponent. A row with six or more counts as a draw.

The current application will prompt the user several setting options before starting the game:

To play against a human player or computer - medium level computer by default
Difficulty level of the computer player (if computer is chosen in #1) - medium by default
To play as black or white stone (black always goes first) - user goes first by default
Set the board size (9/13/15/19) - 15x15 by default
Total time for the game (1 - 60 mins) - 5 mins by default (option not available in the text-based version)
No undo (true/false) - no undo by default

A class diagram is included with the public folder (public/gomoku-class-diagram.png).

For Eclipse User (Our program evolves through 3 iterations)

Iteration 1 (Basic Text Application)

The basic game logic implementation of this application is found under iteration-1 branch.
When cloning the repository to Eclipse, on the Local Destination page: set initial branch to iteration-1.
Click on the project folder (CPSC_233_Group11_Project) in Package Explorer, then run the game by clicking on the green run icon in the tool bar.
Follow instructions to play the game and have fun!
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Iteration 2 (Basic GUI Application)

The basic GUI implementation is found under iteration-2 branch.
When cloning the repository to Eclipse, on the Local Destination page: set initial branch to iteration-2.
Add external libraries to the project module path: JavaFX SDK and User Library (JavaFX).
Navigate to application.GomokuGUI in the project src folder and run as Java application.
Follow instructions to set up and play the game.
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Iteration 3 (Full Functionalities Implemented in Both Text ad GUI applications)

The completed text/GUI applications are found under iteration-3 branch.
When cloning the repository to Eclipse, on the Local Destination page: set initial branch to iteration-3.
Add external libraries to the project module path: JavaFX SDK and User Library (JavaFX).
GUI app: Navigate to application.GomokuGUI in the project src folder and run as Java application.
Text app: Navigate to application.GomokuText in the project src folder and run as Java application.
Follow instructions to set up and play the game.
Presentation