How to start with development

Here is described few nasic steps how to start with game developmen.

Requirements

following tool should be installed before you start:

  • java JDK at least 1.6
  • maven at least 3.*
  • git

How to get spacewar and run it

Following steps should be executed:

  1. Check out source code from repository 
    git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/space-war-2/git space-war-2
  2. Go to directory with source code and compile and start game: 
    cd space-war-2-git/spacewar-game/
  3. Start game application: 
    mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.jirout.spacewar.viewwindow.SpaceWarApplication"

    Now game should start.

  4. Look at following chapters to learn about application architecture.