Dark Chat

Dark Chat is a Java group chat program with a variety of fun features!

Features

• Initialize a new chat room by entering + when prompted

• Join an existing chat room by providing an access code to the chat room when prompted

• Whisper to only specified users within a chat room by typing a message in the terminal following this format:

  psst/<user1 user2 user3 ...>/<whisper message>

  For example: psst/Amy Vicki John/this is a secret!

• Send a message to all users in the chat room by typing message in the terminal followed by enter

More features coming soon

Installation

1. Make sure that Java 10 is installed on your local machine
2. Clone the DarkChat repository onto your local machine
3. Open the project using a Java IDE
4. Make sure that the src directory is set as the Source Root

Setup

1. Build the project
2. Run DarkServer and make sure that darkchat server is running ... appears in your IDE terminal
3. Run DarkClient to connect a client to the Dark Chat server
4. Follow the prompts that appear on your IDE terminal for further setup