Reversi

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Screenshot of Reversi for the OLPC

Reversi (aka. Othello) is a simple strategy board game, an implementation of which was developed at the OLPC Game Jam by DavidL.

[edit] Gameplay

More info on the gameplay can be found on Wikipedia's entry for Reversi.

[edit] Features

[edit] Completed Features

• Two player gameplay
• Text-free chip counts and player identification
• Valid moves are displayed using dots. This is to help new players.
• Multiple ways of displaying who the current player is:
  • the current player's id is highlighted
  • the dots which indicate valid moves are colored accordingly
• Black and white compatible graphics.
• A chip cup that is displayed on game end. When clicked on, the game is restarted.

[edit] Unimplemented features / TODO

• A bigger cursor. The current/default one is too small and does not match the larger one used in most of Sugar.
• Custom SVG icon -
  • See Sugar Icon Format for info on making an icon.
• Network gameplay
• AI for single player play
• Draw-time optimizations, which should help conserve laptop power.
• Multi-color graphics (for use when the laptop is not in black and white mode)
• More?

[edit] Code

The source code for an XO-compatible version of Reversi that was developed at the Game Jam can be found at https://olpc.coderanger.net/svn/reversi/

Patch to work with OLPCGames 1.6:

Index: Reversi.activity/activity.py
===================================================================
--- Reversi.activity/activity.py        (revision 16)
+++ Reversi.activity/activity.py        (working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import olpcgames
+from olpcgames import activity

-class ReversiActivity(olpcgames.PyGameActivity):
+class ReversiActivity(activity.PygameActivity):
     """Reversi as a Sugar activity."""

     game_name = 'Reversi'

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