Chinese Checkers - Users Manual

Overview

Chinese Checkers is a java application that connects you to a server where you can play the game against other users.

Game Play

To login open the command prompt and enter the command :

appletviewer http://208.59.136.44:8080/ChineseCheckers/LoginScreen.html

After registration/login, the game is started when the user (using the mouse) clicks the "create" button and selects the number of players in the game. The game board will then be presented. When the appropriate number of players have joined, each in turn should click the "start" button.

To move the pegs across the board, the user should click the peg in question then click the slot where he/she would like to move it to. Players' turn is indicated by names being shown in red.

You can invite another user to play by clicking on their name in the user list, and then clicking the "invite" button. They can accept or decline your invitation. If they accept, you begin playing. You can play until the game is over ("Match"), or resign at any point.

You also have the option of watching a game in progress. Simply select the game you would like to watch and click the "watch" button.

The rules of the game are as follows:

Each player uses a different colored set of pegs and places them into a point of the star. The idea of the game is to manipulate your pegs across the board to occupy the star point directly opposite. Never remove a peg after a jump is made. All pegs stay on the playing board. The player getting all pegs across first wins.

The game is started by anyone and the play continues to the right of the starter. One can move or jump in any direction as long as one follows the lines. As in checkers, move only one hole or jump only one peg. Successive jumps are permissible wherever they can be made in any direction.

Screen Shots

LoginScreen
RegistrationScreen
MainBoard
GameBoard
InviteDialog