Network play

Pasang Emas version 3.0.0 comes with a new feature. It is now possible to play against your friends across the network. Here is a screen shot of the network dialog:

The game server was running in the same computer from which I took the screen shot, thus the name "localhost" for the server. The server currently does not perform authentication, thus the missing entry box for password.

Five other players were already logged in. The three players with status "Waiting" were really netcat session. I used netcat to debug the game protocol and preserve my sanity. The two players with status "Playing" were actual Pasang Emas sessions running on separate computers in a lab.