Current (07/08/01) version: 2.6.2
(c) 2000, 2001 Ivan Davtchev
New: GNU Go 2.6.2 available!
General Info:
Like millions of people around the world, I like playing Go (wei-qi). To learn more about this popular and ancient game, I recommend visiting the American Go Association. While there are a lot of computer programs that play Go under Unix, Linux, and Windows 9x, there wasn't one for the PocketPC. I contacted the team developing GNU Go -- a really good free Go program -- and used their earliest (and smallest) version, 1.2, developed by Man Li and others. I modified the program and wrote for it an event-driven GUI interface for Windows CE. Later Alex Seewald from the Austrian AI Research Institute upgraded it to a more advanced AI, using GNU Go 2.6. I recently worked on it and multithreaded it, and slightly modified the GUI so it complies with both CE 2.x and 3.x. Many thanks to Alex! For download links, scroll down. New: Multithreaded GNU Go 2.6.2 version added 07/08/01.
About the Program:
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What you see here is a snapshot of the current version under development. You play on 9x9, 13x13, or 19x19 board by placing the stones with your stylus. Pass by choosing Edit menu, Pass. Current features include: play against human or computer, choice of side (black/white), handicap, undo last move(s), counting the score at the end. Future releases may include hints, save/open games. Perhaps supporting the Go Modem Protocol will be a good idea too, or playing with an opponent over the infrared port :) Please let me know of your suggestions for future versions, or tell me about other Go programs (or versions of this one) for the PocketPC. My email address is davtchev at yahoo.com. What's new in 2.6.2 (compared to 2.6.1): play against human opponent (use PPC as Go board, no infrared yet), fixed minor multithreading bug What's new in 2.6.1 (compared to 1.2.0): variable board sizes, much better AI, customizable AI strength, multiple undo, automatic score count, better screen refresh, multithreading, minor GUI improvements. Note that the new version has a much greater size (680 KB-1MB dep. on CPU) and requires up to 4 MB of RAM during play, depending on settings. Also, the new version is much more complex and multithreaded, and so may have a bug or two. For people who are casual players or have limited RAM, the older (and much weaker) version may be more appropriate. Last but not least, the latest version is largely untested. |
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