Scrabble in Java is a network computer game, based on the widely known Scrabble game, written in the Java programming language. The game can be played simultaneously by up to 4 players via a network.
 
Special features of the Scrabble in Java game:

• Improved Java GUI that includes toolbar, status bar and scrolling panels (application can be resized to any size).
• 16 bit color graphics.
• Communication between players.
• Possibility to ‘Kick’ a player out of the game.
• Word checking with or without a dictionary.
• Game can be saved and continued later.
• Game continues if one of the players disconnects.
• The maximum number of players can be changed before compiling the program (the default is 4).

Currently it will run properly only on a Windows NT/95 operating system, using Sun's JDK1.0.2.

Lior Shadhan & Yaakov Fruchtnis are both 4th year students in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Both will receive a B.Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1998.

The project was supervised by Dr. Ilana David.

Installation Instructions:

  1. Unzip Scrabble.zip to a directory on your HD.

  2. Edit the 'Scrabble.bat'  file as described inside the file itself.

  3. Run 'Scrabble.bat'.

Please note that in order to run the game, Sun's JDK1.0.2 must be installed in your computer.

Additional files (optional):

• Project book (Word 7.0 Format) (600.67Kb).