A java program written for Parallel and Distributed Systems. It uses the TCP and a client-server model to play a game with multiple players. The game is called Ball and Stick. Players take turns removing either a ball or a stick, removing a ball removes all adjacent sticks. The player that removes the last piece, a ball or a stick, loses.
Navigate to the src folder and compile the server program with:
javac BnsServer.java
and the client program with:
javac Bns.java
Then run the server program with:
java BnsServer <host> <port>
where host and port are the host and port number, you can use localhost as host and 5678 as port.
Open another command prompt and run a client program with:
java Bns <host> <port> <name>
where host and port are the same as above and name is the player's name.
BnsServer must be run first to establish a server for players to play on and it must be left running until the players are done. Each game requires two players so Bns must be run twice to start a game (a game window will still appear for one player but they will not be able to play). The players do not need to have unique names.
