This is a version of the Game "2048" made in Java with JavaFX for its GUI.
It also has a Leaderboard-Server that can be Self-Hosted. There is also a version hosted by me at game.lukas-hannawald.net.
The Client GUI is made with JavaFx ant therefor requires the Libraries for your Plattform. These files can be Downloades here.
To use them set the following options when running the client:
--module-path <path-to-javafx-sdk>/javafx-sdk-21.0.2/lib
--add-modules javafx.base,javafx.controls,javafx.graphics,javafx.media,javafx.fxml
The Server uses a sqlite JDBC to interface with the database. The Java Archives sqlite-jdbc-3.46.0.0.jar and slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar need to be included via classpath at compile time. Instructions can be found here.
To run/host the Server, it requires the path (recommended: absolute) to the directory containing the sqlite database file (important exclude the last /). Therefore it is recommended to run the file from a Terminal:
java -jar 2084-Gameserver.jar <path-to-db-dir>
To run the server in the background without forking the process, you can create a systemd service for Linux systems using systemd.service.
Template for a systemd service file:
[Unit]
Description=2048 Leaderboard Server service
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=<path-to-jar-dir>
ExecStart=/bin/java -jar 2048-Gameserver.jar <path-to-db-dir>
User=<user-to-run-server> #The user that runs the programm must have read access to the .jar file and read-write access to the database file
Type=simple
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
For further information on systemd.service, please refer to the systemd.service man pages or other documentation on systemd.service.