Reversi: Difference between revisions

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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.

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

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.

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/

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 More info on the gameplay can be found on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi Wikipedia's entry for Reversi].
+== Features ==
+=== 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.
+=== Unimplemented features ===
+* Network gameplay
+* AI for single player play
+* Drawing optimizations, which should help conserve laptop power.
+* Multi-color graphics (for use when the laptop is not in black and white mode)
+* More?
 == Code ==
 The source code for an XO-compatible version of Reversi that was developed at the [[Game_Jam|Game Jam]] can be found at https://olpc.coderanger.net/svn/reversi/