Real Time Graphical Chinese Chess Game Agents Based on the Client and Server Architecture

Abstract

The client and server architecture is currently widely used in industry; therefore, it is worthwhile to perform further investigations into its usefulness in different applications. To accomplish this, this paper will demonstrate its appropriateness by implementing an Internet based Chinese chess game using client and server architecture. This paper also has value for developers who would like to develop similar applications, such as Western chess, Internet Relay Chat, etc. In implementing the game application, the server program is developed with Java technology while the client program is implemented in C++ with the help of MFC to facilitate the development of a 2D graphical user interface. In the future, the client program can be modified to be a web application. Importantly, the Internet-based graphical Chinese chess agent system can be used to teach students to understand intelligent agents and game playing in an artificial intelligence class, networks, graphics and other relevant techniques in other computer science classes.