OMerkel/Oware

Oware and Ouril - traditional African Mancala games with computer AI using Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) with UCB (Upper Confidence Bounds) applied to trees (UCT in short) Oware / Ouril ============= * Start an online Oware or Ouril session on omerkel.github.io * Oware / Ouril on Facebook * Android APK available for install github.com * requires minimum Android 4.4.2 (API-19) * Runs in various browsers on * desktop systems like BSDs, Linux, Win, MacOS and * mobile platforms like Android, FirefoxOS, iOS. Keywords, Categories MCTS, Monte-Carlo Tree Search, UCB, Upper Confidence Bounds, UCT, Upper Confidence Bounds Applied to Trees, AI Player, Board Games, Games/Entertainment, Mobile, Abstract Game, Perfect-Information, 2-player Strategy Game, Mancala, Oware, Ouril This is an implementation of the two-player abstract perfect-information strategy board games Oware and Ouril for HTML5/Javascript/CSS platform. Via options menu the computer players can be activated playing one or both sides. The computer AI player has a Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) algorithm implemented. Per default two human players are selected. Oware (in Akan language) - a traditional game from Ghana, Africa, is a Mancala (Manquala) game. Ouril (aka Uril, Ouri, Oril ) as played in the Republic of Cabo Verde has slightly different rules compared towards Oware. Ouril is popular in Portuguese influenced countries, too, due to former Portuguese colonialism adopting parts of African culture. | | | | --- | --- | | Playing Oware on Android tablet Own work, Oliver Merkel, This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . | Screenshot of Oware session on Android mobile phone Own work, Oliver Merkel, This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . | | | | | --- | --- | | Switching to Ouril rules in options menu and select the AI MCTS computer player Own work, Oliver Merkel, This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attri …