Chinese-Chess

Chinese Chess board game written using Java and JavaFX

Audience

Players of Chinese Chess who want to play the board game on the computer rather than on a real life board.

Experience

The user compiles the java files and opens the start screen to be greeted with four buttons: 'Start', 'About', 'Load', and 'Exit'. Clicking the 'Start' button brings the user to another screen with the game board and two other buttons: 'Save' and 'Exit'. The player can click on the pieces to see their possible behaviors and the winner is greeted with a screen announcing their victory.

Starting the Game

How to Compile and Start the Application

• Clone the repository and use the terminal or command prompt to navigate to the folder that the cloned repository is in.
• Enter the 'Chinese-Chess' folder followed by the 'chinese_chess' folder with the command 'cd /Chinese-Chess/chinese_chess'.
• In the folder, compile the java files with the command 'javac *.java'.
• Start the application with the command 'java StartScreen'.

Game Buttons Explanation

• Start Screen
  • Start - starts a new game of Chinese Chess
  • About - explains the behaviors of the pieces and the rules of the game
  • Load - loads a previously saved game
  • Quit - exits the application
• Game Screen
  • Save - saves the existing game, allowing it to be loaded at a later time
  • Quit - exits the application

Technical

Views

• Start Screen
• About Screen
• Game Screen
• Victory Screen

Languages

Front-End

• JavaFX
• CSS

Back-End

• Java