Can Java be used for this?

Hi. As a hobby, I have built a game with a development tool called Macromedia Director.The game is a 'virtual tabletop' that allows people to play a variety of role playing games over the internet that are traditionally played in a face to face setting at a real table.
Due to some shortcomings with Director I am looking for another language to program the game.I currently use an old version of Director and upgrading is expensive. Director also has limited cross platform support (no Linux). Finally, the future of Director is in question as Macromedia was acquired by Adobe and they have already end-of-lifed some of the acquired products.
My game consists of some basic features. One user runs a server application that accepts connections from the client application. Once connected the cleints can do basis text chat. There is die rolling function. Finally there is a feature for the referee to send pregenerated images to the players, typically some sort of map. The image can be hidden from the players and revealed in pieces by the referee. I also plan on adding a shared whiteboard feature for creating on the fly images.
I have done some preliminary investigation and it seems that Java is one of the obvious choices. The socket programming seems to be straight forward and allow you to create a similar client/server application. Swing covers building the GUI. What I am not clear on is the graphics capability of Java. Director has a fairly powerful graphics engine allowing you to work with 32 bit graphics (alpha channels) and pixel manipulation.
It seems like Java can do all this, but I want to make sure before I invest to much time. You can see screen shots of my game at http://www.v-fort.org. It's definetly not a polished product. There are many of these types of programs already.I just do it because I enjoy programming (and gaming too). I appreciate any suggestions. Thanks
-- Dave

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