Codex Naturalis is a digital implementation of the homonymous board game published by Cranio Creations, developed as the final project for the Software Engineering course at Politecnico di Milano (A.Y. 2023-2024). The game was built in Java by a team of 4 students, following a Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture and supporting both a Graphical User Interface (GUI with JavaFX) and a Terminal User Interface (TUI). Networking is handled via Java RMI and Socket, allowing multiple players to connect and play simultaneously across different machines.

	SimoPolimi	Simone Rodari
	SummaCristian	Cristian Summa
	gabrielepignataro	Gabriele Pignataro
	Mailp99	Mathias Rodigari

✅: Completely Done
☑️: Partially Done
❌: Not Done

⭐️: Additional Feature

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To launch the Game, first navigate your Terminal to the folder where the file is located. From here you have 3 options:

1. Open the Launcher's GUI using the default command:

   

   From there you can pick between Graphical and Textual Mode.

2. Open the Launcher's TUI using the following command:

   

   From there you can pick between Graphical and Textual Mode.

3. Open the GUI Client directly from Terminal, using the following command:

   

4. Open the TUI Client directly from Terminal, using the following command:

   

Server can be launched in 4 different ways:

1. Open the Launcher Window with the following command , then click on Open Server:

   

2. Open the Launcher's TUI with the following command, then select server or server_tui

   

3. Enter the following command to open the same GUI:

   

4. Enter the following command to open a TUI version of Server:

   

From the Launcher, select Graphical Mode to open the Login Screen. Alternatively, GUI can be directly launched directly from Terminal, or from the Terminal's Launcher (see Instructions). Once there, choose a Nickname, enter the Server's IP Address in the bottom left corner, and choose between RMI and Socket as a network mode. Then, press Play to see a list of all the available matches, and choose to either join one, or create a new one.

From the Launcher, select Textual Mode to open the Terminal User Interface. Alternatively, TUI can be directly launched directly from Terminal, or from the Terminal's Launcher (see Instructions). Once there, you will be asked to pick one of the 3 Graphics Modes supported by TUI:

• Fancy Mode Uses the full Unicode charset to display the UI using unique characters, colors and emojis. Not all Terminals support this mode: please make sure you can see the full Card in the beginning, otherwise choose another Mode.

• Enhanced Mode Uses the standard charset, to be more widely compatible, but adds a bit of personality using colors. Most Terminals out there should support the Unicode colors, so it's highly likely that this Mode works correctly, but if you have problems visualizing the test Card, please consider using the Mode that works best.

• Standard Mode Uses the standard charset without any colors or additional feature. This ensures it will be compatible with virtually any Terminal and font out there. The Test Card for this Mode looks exactly like the one for Enhanced Mode, but with no colors.

After choosing the Graphics Mode, TUI will guide you through the initial onboarding process, asking to choose between RMI and Socket, to pick a Nickname, and finally to either join an existing Game or create a new one yourself.

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