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Two Player Othello

Author:  ProgrammingFun [ Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Two Player Othello

This is my final project for my ICS class.
It is a two player (no AI) modified version of the board game Othello based on text graphics.

Special thanks go to everyone who helped out here: http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=27367

Attached is a zip with a JAR file and a batch file.
To run the game, run the bath file and enter:
CMD:

java -jar Othello.jar


Enjoy the program and feel free to tell me what you think!

Author:  Insectoid [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:47 am ]
Post subject:  RE:Two Player Othello

Awesome, now write an AI algorithm to beat the crap out of us. That's the real challenge Razz.

Author:  ProgrammingFun [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:02 am ]
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I might be writing an AI algorithm in the future...after I learn how to do so Wink .

Author:  Tony [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:25 pm ]
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No, he means that it's
Insectoid @ Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:47 am wrote:
the real challenge Razz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi#Computer_opponents_and_research
Quote:

Because of difficulties in human lookahead?peculiar to Reversi because of the apparent strategic meaninglessness of internal disks (this makes blindfold games almost impossible) and the attractiveness of the game to programmers, the best Othello computer programs have easily defeated the best humans since 1980

Wink

Author:  Insectoid [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:58 pm ]
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I'd already read that when I posted it, and figured it's still be a modest challenge as compared to writing the game itself.

Author:  ProgrammingFun [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:51 pm ]
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I am going to make a sequence that randomly places a disk in a valid area....

That should be relatively easier....

Author:  ProgrammingFun [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:58 am ]
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What do you think of the current program BTW?

Author:  ProgrammingFun [ Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:06 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Two Player Othello

To save a game, you will need to make a folder called saveData in the same directory as the Othello.jar file.


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