readme.md

Codex Naturalis - board game

Built by

• Lorenzo Bardelli 10831941 [email protected]
• Pietro Pizzoccheri 10797420 [email protected]
• Alex Hathaway 10829946 [email protected]
• Mattia Brianti 10773859 [email protected]

Functionalities

Feature	state
complete ruleset	✅
socket handling	✅
GUI interface	✅
CLI interface	✅
in-game chat	✅

documentation

Requirements

• A working LAN connection is required to play with multiple pc.
• to build and run: OpenJDK 21
• to test: Junit 4.13.1

Getting started

in command line navigate to the deliverables folder and run the following commands:

1. first launch the serverApp and choose the default port when asked in the command line
   to start Server:

   java -jar CodexBoardGame.jar --ser

2. then launch the clients in the desired mode (omit arguments to play in default mode GUI)
   to start CLI:

   java -jar CodexBoardGame.jar --cli

   to start GUI:

   java -jar CodexBoardGame.jar --gui

3. lastly create or join a game

• to create a game use the port displayed by the serverApp in the console.
• to join a game use the correct ip address and port of the person hosting the game (the network interfaces are also displayed in the console by the serverApp)

How to play

• codex rulebook
• the controls are displayed in the view based on the graphic mode

Demos