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Yeah, KReversi gets a KDE4 overhaul. Could it be renamed
Kreversi that looks
nicer in a logo.
When the game of reversi was commercialized by a boardgame
manufacturer they
limited, and intellectually protected, the opening position
to centered:
xo
ox
or
ox
xo
Easier to get into a fair game and easier to protect from
competition. Why
would we want to copy that when we have a computer that can
guide the opening
play to start a fair game?
So here is my idea for an opening play:
Player one position your two chips
Player one places two chips in one turn.
The second placed chip must be diagonally placed on the
board and be connected
to the first.
The two outer rows and columns may not be used.
Player two position your two chips
Player two places two chips in one turn.
The first of which must be placed on one of the four sides
next to a chip of
the first player (left, right, above or below).
The second of which must be placed diagonally on the board
and be connected to
your first chip.
Now try to conquer; all your opponents chips, or most
positions on the board
This creates similar but more varied opening positions like:
ox
xo
x
xo
o
x
xo
o
xo
xo
o
o
x
x
Still the ingrained % opening position can be accessed by:
setting your chips in the % location will cause the computer
to set its chips
in the % position also, instead of picking a random legal
opening position.
When asking for two hints during opening play the hint will
always suggest
the % positions.
Blue and red chips
And why not capitalize on this more original game. Keep the
blue and red
default and sell it as merchandise for KDE e.v. There are
bound to be people
who want to have the game they learned on their KDE computer
in a real wooden
box featuring a wooden cover with the K reversi logo on the
front and soft
blue lining on the inside of the cover which keeps the glass
chips in place
and allows you to empty the board.
Why not place a big K logo and the word reversi underneath
on the empty board
in Kreversi when there is no play.
On second thought maybe black and white is a good idea as
you would only need
to get the box made and buy a bag of painted Go chips, we
don't know yet how
many people want to buy KDE merchandise like this.
Also could we count the empty spaces remaining in the
hundreds. 8x8 means
there is a maximum score of 64 but 60 and forcing an early
defeat should give
a higher score. So when two opponents chips and two empty
fields remain
unchangeable the final score should be 260 vs 2.
Rules of opening by Dennis Pennekamp released under the GPL
2 or up
redistribution licence.
Greetings,
Dennis Pennekamp
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