yabtesfu/Gebeta-Game

Ethiopian Tradition Mancala Game # Gebeta: Traditional Ethiopian Mancala Game A Java GUI implementation of the traditional Ethiopian board game Gebeta (Mancala), featuring an AI opponent with time bounded iterative deepening, a fully unit tested rules engine, and a Gradle build with continuous integration. The interface is themed around Habesha (Ethiopian) culture, with warm coffee and gold tones over a backdrop of elders playing gebeta. **Play Gebeta in your browser** requires no download or account. > The board above is rendered directly from the game's own drawing code (see > tools/DemoGifGenerator.java), so it's an exact > capture of the in game sowing animation. ## Download & Play ### Play online Open the **live web game** on a phone, tablet, or desktop browser. It includes two player mode, three AI difficulties, animated sowing and captures, sound, responsive controls, and the same rules as the tested Java engine. ### macOS app (no Java required) Download the DMG for your Mac from the latest GitHub release: * `arm64` for Apple silicon Macs (M1, M2, M3, and newer) * `x64` for Intel Macs Open the DMG, drag **Gebeta** into **Applications**, and launch it. The app includes its own Java runtime, so players do not need to install a JDK. Because the current release is not notarized by Apple, macOS may require a right click followed by **Open** the first time. ### Build from source Build a self contained, runnable jar and launch it. No IDE is required, just a JDK: ``` ./gradlew jar java -jar build/libs/gebeta.jar ``` Or run it straight from source with `./gradlew run`. On macOS, build a native app and DMG locally with JDK 17 or newer: ``` ./gradlew packageNative open build/jpackage/installer/Gebeta-1.0.0.dmg ``` The output contains `build/jpackage/app/Gebeta.app` and the installer in `build/jpackage/installer/`. Pushing a tag such as `v1.0.0` runs the native release workflow and publishes both Apple silicon and Intel DMGs to that GitHub Release. ## About the Developer **Mad …