A console-based Reversi game written in Nim. Just for fun.
Just compile with Nim compiler C backend. Any version >0.19.0 should work. Also, portability between common platforms shall not pose any problem.
nim c reversi.nim
- Use
--cc:vccto compile using Microsoft compilers. - Use
-d:releaseto generate an optimized build.
There are three modes available: One Player (vs CPU), Two Players and CPU vs CPU. Control cursor with A W S D keys, and press ENTER to place discs.
The computer AI will filter all but the best positions, that is, where the maximum number of rival discs can be overthrown/reversed. Subsequently, it will randomly select one of the top-scored cells. The "THINKING" animated label just simulates a deep AI. Actually, it's completely dumb. But Reversi is known for being a hard game in terms of planning , even this dumb AI can be challenging. According to Wikipedia,
This is mostly due to difficulties in human look-ahead peculiar to Othello: The interchangeability of the disks and therefore apparent strategic meaninglessness (as opposed to chess pieces for example) makes an evaluation of different moves much harder.
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