Questions tagged [connect-four]
A game in which two players take turns dropping chips into a vertical grid until one player forms a line of four chips horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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simple connect four game
I made a simple connect four terminal game in C and was wondering if I could get feedback on it. I mainly want to know where pointers could have optimised my code, and if there are any major ...
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minimax algorithm optimization for connect 4
I made a minimax algorithm for a connect 4 and I would like to optimize it to improve the calculation time.
I have already done the classic optimization such as alpha beta pruning and a variable where ...
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Connect4 game with "Minimax-AI" and raylib
I am just trying to understand the minimax algorithm better and how it works, so I made this basic connect4 game with raylib. It works fine, but I think there must be some kind of flaw in the logic, ...
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C++ Connect 4 in SFML
After a substantial amount of programming experience in high level languages like Javascript and Python, I decided to try learning a low level language for once, so I did C++. As my first project I ...
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Connect4 game multiplayer
I made a connect4 game in c++ please tell my how I can make the code better, thanks.
I already asked some people and they told me i should be using fixed witdh ints and [[nodiscard]] on functions that ...
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Connect Four in C++
This is a library that implements the logic of Connect Four.
There's nothing related to graphics or user input here. This library is supposed to be integrated into any environment where one could run ...
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Four-in-a-Row game
I've made a working Four-in-a-Row game with grid lists and winning system. Both vertically and diagonally, is there some clear improvements to be made or common mistakes which could perhaps shorten it ...
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Connect 4 project for three players with PyGame graphics
I am currently working on a Connect 4 game for a project and it works. We added support so that it can be played by 3 players instead of 2. I know there is multiple instances of repeated code or un-...
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Print a Connect 4 board
I am required to code (as part of a 3-question assignment) a variable-size connect 4 board with a standard size of 6x7, with a minimum size of 2x2 and a maximum of 20x20. The professor said that he ...
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Terminal based "Connect 4" game in Python
I started learning Python a few weeks ago and coded this "Connect 4" game.
What could I have done better? How efficient is this code and how could I improve on that?
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C# Console, Connect 4 Game
this is my second post here, and the second project I made. I wanted to know, how to improve my code of connect-4 made in c# for console.
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Connect 4 Game Design in C++
I am working on designing a simple version of a Connect 4 game.
Here is my first draft code.
I would like some feedback on it, and also required modification for these follow up questions:
Add some ...
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Connect Four Shared Keyboard Game
I wrote a connect four game for two players, where each player uses the same keyboard. I programmed this solely in hopes of improving my skills.
I'm open to and looking for any sort of feedback. Do ...
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Custom Connect Four game on CodePen using JavaScript
Can this code be shortened, optimized or remove any unnecessary parts. Just curious if this is the right way to achieve the given result in this CodePen example: CodePen Connect Four
Here is my code:
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A game implementation in Python
I have the following Connect 4 implementation. Is there a way to refactor it and maybe make it better. It's a fully working solution. However, I see that the correct result is not returned in certain ...
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Simple Connect Four Game With GUI added
I am trying to improve my coding skills in Java by taking existing code, studying it, and adding on to it. In this code example, I took code from Connect Four game in Java and edited it. The most ...
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A Simple Connect 4 game in Python
I have made a simple command line version of connect 4. It is my first time using classes and importing one part of my project into another so any feedback on how I've done and any way it could be ...
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Simple "Connect 4" game
I made this easy game to improve my C++.
The functions like NoFlicker and ShowCursor are copied from the Internet, but I made <...
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A Connect Four evaluation function in Java is not smart enough [closed]
I have a couple of projects:
GameAI
ConnectFour
GameAI implements a couple of algorithms: Minimax, Alpha-beta pruning and Alpha-beta pruning with state ordering.
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Print a Connect 4 grid based on some rules for each cell
In a game of Connect4:
we start with an empty grid
two players place pieces X and O on the grid
the first player to achieve 4 pieces in a line wins!
this is a text based console game
Here is the ...
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JavaFX Connect Four AI
I made a Connect Four AI with minimax algorithm. It's my first bigger JavaFX project. Any help for improvements would be really appreciated.
Board:
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Connect 4 on a 4×4 board in Python
I'm having some trouble improving the Connect 4 game that is made in Python. I was wondering if I could get rid of the global statements and pass the variables ...
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Text-based Connect 4 Game
I have made Connect 4 in C#. If you have never played Connect 4, it is like Tic Tac Toe, except the pieces fall to the bottom of the grid, and the grid is usually 6x7.
This is the first big project I ...
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Basic Connect Four game
Here is a simple text-based version of connect four I made. I have been building this in an attempt to improve my Java skills (and possibly mention on my resume).
My goals with this project are as ...
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Connect Four variant, allowing only horizontal and vertical wins
I'm brand new in JavaScript (and in programming in general). I've made a Connect Four game that checks for the winner vertically and horizontally (I haven't figured out how to solved it diagonally).
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Checking for win on a wrap-around Connect 6 board
I have a method, that checks win conditions on a "Torus" board, which is a board without any borders. This means that if you place 4 diagonal stones on the top left, and 2 diagonal stones in the ...
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Simple Game Connect Four in Python 3
Please Review and share suggestion :
https://github.com/prosenjitj/ConnectFour
Code:
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Connect4 variant in Python
I built a variant of connect4 in Python. The game runs just in the command line.
It is on a 7×7 board and the players take turns putting tokens in a column (the token falls down) OR turn the board by ...
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Connect 4 in C++
I just wrote a very simple game - "Connect 4". It's working -- at least I think so -- but I wanted to ask for some advice for the future and find out what can be done better. I'm really new to ...
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Make a smart move in a connect-4 program
An assignment this past semester was to write functions such that the following C program would run:
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Stock Monte Carlo Tree Search implementation to a simple connect 5 game in Python
Requires Python version: 3.6+
fstrings included!
External link: https://github.com/thejhonnyguy/Python-Stock-MCTS
(Questions below)
Main program: mcts.py
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Connect Four best way to get diagonals
I've checked many classes that implement the major diagonal cases but I didn't find efficient one. I tried to implement major diagonal on the path that I used with rows and columns but it's not ...
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A TDD Exercise on ConnectFour
I'm practicing my TTD skills and trying to apply best practices in Java. I finished (passing all the test cases) the Connect Four kata in the Agile Katas and I would like to know if there is a way to ...
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9×9 Connect 4 for 2 players
As a high school assignment, I was asked to make a Connect 4 game in Java. I have created a 9×9 2-D array that two players can play. I'd appreciate any feedback or suggestions.
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Counting the maximum number of four-in-a-row wins
It all started during a "fourInARow" game...
A friend of mine asked: "If you drop in all 42 stones, what will the number of "four in a row"s be with the optimal configuration?"
I thought it should be ...
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Check for wins in a Connect4 variant
Me and my friend are trying to build a Connect4 game with a twist. The twist requires us to have a 7*7 board and to be always able to check all possibilities for a win for both players after each move....
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Connect Four class project
I am in a computer coding class and we have to make a project for Java.
Is there any way we can better our existing connect four code?
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Library to play and create AI for "Connect Four"
I am looking for some advice to this code I made, which enables a fellow programmer to create his own AI for Connect Four whilst not really having to code the game itself.
Match class
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Connect Four game without diagonals check or validation
This is a simple implementation of Connect four in Java. It is working correctly so far.
What I haven't done yet are the diagonals check and input validation.
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Connect Four game with minimax AI
I have created a connect four game between a bot and a player. It was quite a bit of a challenge since I wasn't too fond of the minmax algorithm until now. I know there's always room for improvement ...
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"Connect four" code to check for horizontals, verticals, and diagonals
My textbook (David Liang's Introduction to Java Programming) asks me to write a program which
prompts a user to specify the number of rows and columns in a matrix
prompts the user to enter each ...
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Connect Four (the OO approach)
I saw some approaches to the Connect Four game on a site. None of them seemed very OO like, therefore I'd like to present my implementation and request suggestions on how to make this code more ...
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Connect Four in Java
I wrote this program as an assignment for an introductory programming course in Java, which I then decided to improve past the minimum assignment requirements. It allows two human players to play ...
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Creating a grid to the specified size using lists
My code creates a "grid" of empty places, where 0 is used as the place holder, in a size specified by the user.
I was wondering if there were more efficient ways of doing this,or perhaps ways that ...
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Python Connect-Four
I am currently using Python 3.5.2 to create a connect four basic game. My game should work for two players and tell you when you have won, be it horizontal vertical or diagonal. However I do not know ...
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Connect Four in Java for two human players
Connect Four kinda caught my eye, and I decided to start from the very basics. Here I have bare-bones implementation for playing the game between two human players on the command line:
Board.java
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Connect Four applet
I am making a Connect Four type of game in Java. I want to make sure that all the code seems nice before I decide to add more.
This is what the applet game looks like:
Player input:
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Java Connect Four "Four in a row" detection algorithms
I am making a connect four type game for my end of the year project in my programming class. I am about to start building off of the console based version I have made and add a GUI, but I feel sort ...
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