SpaceInvaders-clone

VŠB-TUO — School project · Java I & II

A two-semester recreation of the classic Space Invaders arcade game. The Java I phase delivers core gameplay with OOP design, interfaces, and collections. The Java II extension wraps it in a client-server REST architecture with JPA persistence, log4j2 logging, CompletableFuture concurrency, multilingual support, Lombok, and Maven packaging.

Features

• Classic Space Invaders gameplay
• Client-server architecture via REST
• Persistent leaderboard via JPA
• Console and file logging with log4j2
• Async processing with CompletableFuture
• Multilingual support (i18n)
• Executable JAR via Maven

Requirements

• Java 17+
• Maven 3.x

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Firestone82/SpaceInvaders-clone.git
   cd SpaceInvaders-clone

2. Build:

   mvn clean package -DskipTests

3. Start the server:

   java -jar target/*-server.jar

4. Start the client (separate terminal):

   java -jar target/*-client.jar

License

This project was created as a school assignment at VŠB-TUO.