This is a complete implementation of American Checkers that runs on the terminal. The user plays against an artifical intelligence which comes prebuilt in the game. The user can choose the difficulty of the computer, though more difficult means more computing power. For the AI the minimax algorithm is used. In addition, the alpha beta pruning method is also implemented for better optimization.
Python 3 has to be installed on your machine for you to be able to run this program. Instructions for your specific operating system can be found here.
The program has a command line interface for input and output. The user plays against the computer as the opponent which has the color white and the user has the color red. The color of the computer is not necessarily white, because it is printed on the terminal with no formatting. That means on light themed terminals the computer can be printed black as well. The only consistent color between systems is the user's red. The user starts first for this reason.
You can run the program by simply running the python interpreter on your system. On GNU/Linux and MacOS this would be
python3 main.py
when you are in the project directory.
On Windows, the command is
python main.py
again when in the projects directory.
After this, follow the user prompts and enjoy the game.
The fact that anybody can contribute is what makes Free and Open Source Software the best tool to learn and create. If you have any suggestions regarding the project, do not hesitate fork the repo and create a pull request.
Mindscape is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
See LICENSE for more details.
If you need to contact me regarding the project for any reason, please open an issue or create a pull request.
Project Link: https://github.com/monsieuremre/mindscape