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ProgrammingFun

Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:10 pm


Two Player Othello

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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:

java -jar Othello.jar


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


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Insectoid

Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:47 am


RE:Two Player Othello

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


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ProgrammingFun

Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:02 am


RE:Two Player Othello

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I might be writing an AI algorithm in the future...after I learn how to do so ;) .


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Tony

Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:25 pm


Re: RE:Two Player Othello

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No, he means that it's
the real challenge :P.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi#Computer_opponents_and_research

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:


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Insectoid

Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:58 pm


RE:Two Player Othello

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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.


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ProgrammingFun

Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:51 pm


RE:Two Player Othello

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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....


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ProgrammingFun

Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:58 am


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What do you think of the current program BTW?


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ProgrammingFun

Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:06 pm


RE:Two Player Othello

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