To start the Game Engine simply run the FiancoGameEngine.GameEngine Class. If you want to connect with an AIClient run the ServerStructure.GameClient Class. When you start the FiancoGameEngine.GameEngine Class the game is not already running so you will have to press the Start/Restart Button. When you do this the game waits for Moves to be made by either a human Player through the GUI or through a connected Client. You can also undo moves using the Undo Button, but the Game pauses when you do it and you will have to hit the Continue button to continue.
If you want to utilize this Engine for your own AI and develop using Java you can simply let your AI implement the AI.IAgent Interface and inject it into a ServerStructure.GameClient Object. When you do so the generateMove method, has to take the current BoardState represented as a 2D integer Array as an Argument and return the BoardState after the AI's move has been made.
It is also possible to use different Programming Languages. You only need to connect to the Server using a TCP connection, send a Message containing your PlayerID (either "player1" or "player2"). After Connection, the Server will ask you to generate a Move by sending you a Message with the following pattern:
"Your Move:[[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1][0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0][0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0][0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0][0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0][0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0][0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0][0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0][2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2]]"
To which the Client will answer with the new Boardstate in the same Format but without the "Your Move:" Prefix