Digital version of the board game Masters of Renaissance, implemented in Java.

Project

Final Project of Software Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, A.Y. 2020/2021. Prof. Alessandro Margara.

Grade: 30 with Honors.

Team AM49

• Damiano Amatruda ([email protected])
• Alessandro Atanassov ([email protected])
• Marco Ciarrocca ([email protected])

Requirements

The project consists in developing a digital version of the board game Masters of Renaissance (Maestri del Rinascimento), using the Java programming language.

The game needs to be implemented as a distributed system, with a single server and multiple clients that connect to it.

The system must be based on the MVC architecture.

Implemented features

Feature	Implemented
Complete game rules	✔️ 1+ players supported (see Configuration Files)
CLI-based client	✔️
GUI-based client	✔️
Communication protocol ("Socket")	✔️
Advanced functionality 1	✔️ Multiple games
Advanced functionality 2	✔️ Local game
Advanced functionality 3	✔️ Resilience to disconnections

Screenshots

Compile

To compile the software:

1. Install Java SE 16 (earlier versions will not work)
2. Install Maven
3. Clone this repository
4. In the cloned repository folder, run: mvn package -DskipTests
5. The compiled packages (-server and -client JAR files) will be inside the /target folder.

Run the Client

Usage: java -jar AM49-1.2-client.jar [--cli]

Options:
  --cli                 run in text mode (if omitted the GUI will start instead)

(Windows) The CLI uses colored text, therefore for the CLI the default Windows terminal is not supported and WSL is necessary.

Run the Server

Usage: java -jar AM49-1.2-server.jar [--port PORT] [--config FILE]

Options:
  --port PORT           network listening port (default 51015)
  --config FILE         path of the custom configuration file

Docker

A Dockerfile and a docker-compose.yml are available to build and deploy a docker container running the server.

To build the container:

1. Place the server JAR in the same folder as the Dockerfile
2. Rename the JAR file to server.jar
3. Run docker build -t ingsw-server .

To deploy the container, run docker-compose up -d in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml file.

Configuration Files

The default configuration file can be found at src/main/resources/config/config.json.

This file contains all the necessary parameters and the game data needed for the game model to work.

Custom configuration files can be specified from within the clients for Offline games, by going to the Options menu. The custom configuration files loaded in the Options menu will work only for local games, as during Online games clients automatically download the configuration file loaded in the server. To know more about how the game data is synchronized when a client joins an Online game, see the specification of the Communication Protocol.

(Disclaimer) As stated above, the configuration file contains all the game data. The model is completely parameterized, therefore all parameters are necessary and must be specified. Since custom configurations were not a requirement for the project, this functionality has been implemented but not fully tested in all possible configurations.

License

This project is developed in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and Cranio Creations.