Application Description

Simple Hex: A Two-Player Connection Game

Simple Hex is a captivating two-player connection game with straightforward rules, making it easy to learn. Players choose red or blue and take turns coloring empty cells on the game board. The objective is to create a connected path of your colored cells linking opposite sides of the board. The first player to complete this connection wins.

The game offers "Play with AI," "Play with Friend," and "Pass & Play" modes. The AI mode features three difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard), with the AI playing either first or second. Alternatively, "Play with Friend" allows for multiplayer games using separate devices, while "Pass & Play" enables local multiplayer on a single device.

Simple Hex is deceptively challenging. While easy to grasp, mastering the game requires skill and strategy. An undo button lets you revert your last move(s) – though this feature is not yet available in AI mode.

To balance the inherent first-player advantage in Hex, a "Steal Move" option allows the second player to switch positions with the first player after the first move. This forces the first player to make a move that doesn't guarantee a win (this option is also unavailable in AI mode).

Three board sizes (7x7, 9x9, and 11x11) provide a gradual increase in complexity, allowing players to develop their skills.

More information about the game Hex can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_(board_game)

We extend our gratitude to interns Saatvik Inampudi and Shoheb Shaik for their contributions to performance improvements in the AI algorithm of the initial version. The current AI version employs a "stable" unbounded best-first minimax game technique. For more details on this, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsvemuri/

What's New in Version 0.45 (Last Updated Dec 18, 2024):

• The easy difficulty level has been adjusted to be genuinely easy, and the medium level has been made slightly easier.

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