Chinese Checkers
A downloadable game
This was a school project where I learned to program an AI for chinese checkers that a real player could play against using the minimax-method combined with the model-view-controller.
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Install instructions
Download the zipped folder, then hit "extract all" while having the folder selected in your file explorer. Go into the extracted folder and open the windows or mac exe file to play and enjoy!!
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Thank you for making this. Despite my criticisms below, it was fun to try it out.
**Works Well**
It works when you are not connected to the internet.
As far as I can tell, the computer is following the rules.
The design is user friendly, and it is easy for me to get started with my first game.
**Works Less Well**
It seems like I need to quit the program in order to play a second game. After a game is complete, pressing "Play" a second time doesn't work. The computer players keep taking turns, and I can't take any turns.
The AI isn't very good. For my first three games, I played a 2-player, 3-player, and 6-player game, and I won all three games. I imagine it is difficult to find a good heuristic in this game for the computer to know it is making a rational choice. I've programmed my own draughts game, and I realize that the computer can only look so far ahead. Making a heuristic in draughts is relatively easy.