http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/ Algorithms, Physics, AI, Games, Biology, Software, etc., with Reviews and Explanations Mon, 16 May 2011 14:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-11631 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:31:25 +0000 http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-11631 You may be interested to know that Connect6 is one of the games supported by the GoRilla game editor which is available at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dashstofsk/gorilla.html

]]> http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-7985 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:05:07 +0000 http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-7985 Very interesting game, thanks for posting. Another common way of balancing in some games (for ex. Hex) is to offer second player to swap colors if he wishes after first move. In Connect6 however, this might be a bit too crude.

]]> http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-1381 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:00:42 +0000 http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-1381 Cool game. I love its simple rules yet complex gameplay. I also like how it is a paper and pencil game, meaning it comes in handy.

]]> http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-867 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:17:57 +0000 http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-867 Hi I’m Francesco and I’m Italian. I’m studing connect6′s algorithms, please may you send me same algorithm and heuristics implementation in java code.
Thanks!!

]]> http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-363 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:48:13 +0000 http://nerdwisdom.com/2007/10/23/connect6/#comment-363 The latest version of NCTU6 plays Connect6 pretty decently. It won 44 games out of 48 in a recent human vs. computer open tournament in Taiwan.

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