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== Games: Add a Mancala Game to Mankala Engine == | == Games: Add a Mancala Game to Mankala Engine == | ||
=== Project Abstract === | === Project Abstract === | ||
The aim is to implement the game Kalah, a North American variant of the Mancala family of games. It involves sowing and capturing of beans. Also, a new move selection algorithm. | The aim is to implement the game Kalah, a North American variant of the Mancala family of games. It involves sowing and capturing of beans. Also, a new move selection algorithm. Compared to the previously implemented Oware and Bohnenspiel, Kalah is played with 6 beans and also sows in the Kalah. Also, in case the bean is sowed in the Kalah, the player gets a second turn. | ||
== Mentors == | == Mentors == | ||
Benson Muite, | Benson Muite, João Gouveia | ||
== Timeline == | |||
=== Weeks 1-4 === | |||
For the first couple of weeks, I went through the codebase and understood how the files are implemented. I started writing game during this time. | |||
=== Weeks 5-8 === | |||
I wrote the tests, implemented the TUI and wrote the greedy move selection algorithm. | |||
=== Weeks 9-10 === | |||
I couldn't get much done due to college exams. | |||
=== Weeks 11-12 === | |||
I wrote a script to benchmark the available games with the various algorithms. The benchmark script plays through all the games with all the combinations of algorithms and displays a report with the win ratio of the algorithm. | |||
== TODO == | |||
Some tests are still failing for the Kalah game. I'll fix them after the duration of the SoK. The problem seemingly arises from the different indexing of the board holes. | |||
== Blog == | |||
My blog can be found [https://pinotnoir04.github.io/ here]. | |||
Latest revision as of 11:09, 14 April 2025
Games: Add a Mancala Game to Mankala Engine
Project Abstract
The aim is to implement the game Kalah, a North American variant of the Mancala family of games. It involves sowing and capturing of beans. Also, a new move selection algorithm. Compared to the previously implemented Oware and Bohnenspiel, Kalah is played with 6 beans and also sows in the Kalah. Also, in case the bean is sowed in the Kalah, the player gets a second turn.
Mentors
Benson Muite, João Gouveia
Timeline
Weeks 1-4
For the first couple of weeks, I went through the codebase and understood how the files are implemented. I started writing game during this time.
Weeks 5-8
I wrote the tests, implemented the TUI and wrote the greedy move selection algorithm.
Weeks 9-10
I couldn't get much done due to college exams.
Weeks 11-12
I wrote a script to benchmark the available games with the various algorithms. The benchmark script plays through all the games with all the combinations of algorithms and displays a report with the win ratio of the algorithm.
TODO
Some tests are still failing for the Kalah game. I'll fix them after the duration of the SoK. The problem seemingly arises from the different indexing of the board holes.
Blog
My blog can be found here.