local network play

One of the things that I struggled with is that this will be a local network game only, unless we can get a dedicated computer to run the server. I have thought about making it a java web app (which i may eventually do) but that seemed more complicated, and for now i want to keep it simple.

I came across this application that will allow the game to be played over networks. The Hamachi server seems to be the answer to all the network problems, at least for now.

Starting over from scratch

Now that school is out, I have had a little time to start back up with the game. I read over these first posts, and it is a lot more complicated than I ever imagined it to be. As I learned more about networking, I realized that my first attempt was a good effort, but only that. So, while stealing some of the game playing code, I started a new project from scratch.

I currently am at the point where 4 clients can join a server, the game is automatically started, dealing and displaying the cards on the client application. I am close to done with the bidding aspect, and then i will just have to finish up with the game play.

This will be good to be done with.