Simple Hex: A Two-Player Connection Game
Simple Hex is a captivating two-player connection game with straightforward rules, making it easy to learn. Players choose red or blue and take turns coloring empty cells on the game board. The objective is to create a connected path of your colored cells linking opposite sides of the board. The first player to complete this connection wins.
The game offers three modes: Play with AI, Play with Friends, and Pass & Play. The AI mode features three difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard), allowing the AI to play either first or second. Alternatively, "Play with Friends" enables multiplayer using separate devices, while "Pass & Play" supports local multiplayer.
Simple Hex is easy to pick up but challenging to master. An undo button lets you reverse your last move(s) – this feature is not yet available in AI mode.
To balance the inherent first-player advantage in Hex, a "Steal Move" option allows the second player to switch places with the first player after the first move. This forces the first player to make a move that doesn't guarantee victory. This option is also unavailable in AI mode.
Three board sizes (7x7, 9x9, and 11x11) provide a gradual increase in challenge, hence the name "Simple Hex."
For more information on the game of Hex, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_(board_game)
We extend our gratitude to interns Saatvik Inampudi and Shoheb Shaik for their contributions to performance improvements in the first version of the AI algorithm. The current AI utilizes a "stable" unbounded best-first minimax game technique. For more details on this, contact me at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsvemuri/
What's New in Version 0.45 (Last updated December 18, 2024):
- The easy difficulty level has been adjusted to be genuinely easy, and the medium level is now slightly easier.
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