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EasyGo is a variant of the orginal classic board game of Go. Go is known to be
one of the toughest board games, in fact experts consider it to be
tougher than the game of chess. Expert computer players (Deep Blue)
have defeated Human Grand Masters, on the other hand the best computer
programs of Go are still rated as "Weak ameteur". Because of this, Go
offers a lot of scope for AI enthusiasts to improve the
current algorithms used in Game programming. EasyGo is a relatively simple game. The
only difference between the two games is the winning rule : In EasyGo,
the first player to capture any of the opponent's pieces is the winner,
on the other hand in Go, the players keep on playing until both players
agree that no more valid moves are left, and the player with the
maximum number of "territories". For more details, refer to the rules
page. Formulating strategies in EasyGo is relatively easier (in fact, much easier !) than Go. This game can be therefore, not only be used for enjoyment, but can actually be used to get a feel of game programming - by programming one's own players. The whole source is written in Java, and is very easy to understand. Even an amateur programmer with basic knowledge of Java can code his players - so what are you waiting for ?? Download it now !!!! EasyGo1.0 will be used for the GladiatYour competition of Techkriti 2005. For more details about the competition rules, refer to this page. The game can be downloaded from the sourceforge page here. |
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