The "Big Two" game is a popular card game of four players.
"Big Two Game with Java", as the name suggested, is powered by Java.
This game supports the following features:
- Pleasant UI/UX
- Multi-player via Socket I/O (both localhost/LAN/WAN)
- Shortcut Keys
Multiple shortcuts are supported for better enjoying the game:
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
<SHIFT> + <RETURN> |
Play |
<SPACE> |
Pass |
<CTRL> + <RETURN> |
Hint |
<RETURN> |
Chat |
- Game Hints
Got stuck of what can be played? No problem, a hinter comes to rescue:
- Asynchronous Chatting
Chat with your friends while gaming!
Before proceed, you should make sure you have a working Java distribution
of version greater than JSE-6. To obtain a latest copy, one may
visit the Oracle's JSE page.
First, clone this repo using git:
git clone https://github.com/zjiayao/BigTwoGame
Then one may compile from source:
cd BigTwoGame/src && javac BigTwoClient.java && javac BigTwoServer.java
That's all!
Big-Two Game supports multi-player, and can be invoked in a LAN environment. In
this section, we run the server and clients on localhost for illustration.
First compile the source (see previous section) and navigate
to the src folder:
cd src
then invoke the server:
java ./BigTwoServer &
On a Windows machine, the command is analogous:
run java ./BigTwoServer
This command spawns a dedicated server window,
by default, listens to the socket at localhost
with port being 2397.
Noted each game requires four players, hence we run four clients:
java ./BigTwoClient &
# ...
First specify your name and join the server:
After game ends, the result is prompted:
After all players view the result, a new game is about to begin.
You are welcome to submit a PR, be sure to check the thorough documentation of the implementation.
Essentially, the game is modeled by a handful of classes and interfaces, concretely:
A much more detailed class diagram can also be found
in the doc/doc-files subfolder, which listed
all major APIs.
As such, the core use cases are summarized below:
The core philosophy for the design is simplicity,
which infact turns out pretty well. The GUI is powered
by java.swing, mostly JPanel and its subclasses.
An overview of the components is outlined below:
This project has been submitted in partial fulfillment for the course OOP and Java offered by HKU, 2016-17.