#MANCALA THE REAL GAME CODE#
What we'd really like to build up to here is to use the game-playing code for training the AI.
#MANCALA THE REAL GAME DRIVER#
Then you still can can win capturing a pretty impressive 42 marbles on your first move! Tiny change on line 18 of the driver code (loop 1:6 instead of 1:12) will give you the sequence of plays to use for this variation! What's Next?
#MANCALA THE REAL GAME FREE#
Some of the other Mancala rule sets out there include: no 'free' move, no 'automatic' move, only picking from the side of the board you are sitting next to, different number of holes, marbles!įor example, suppose 'automatic' moves and free moves are allowed, but you can only place on your side of the board. Let the Battle of the First Move play itself out! If newpickspot=0, newpickspot=12 end if board(newpickspot) > 1Įnd end end end Found 48-marble winning sequence! Newpickspot = mod(pickspot-numpieces, 12) Our code generates a 30-step-long sequence of plays % for the sweeping 48-marble win on your first move! function = mancalafirstmove (apick, board)įunction freemove = mancalamove(pickspot)įreemove = (pickspot = mod(numpieces, 12)) īoard = circshift(addapiece, -1*i) + board Gametrees = Įnd end if totalscore+score = 48 disp( 'Found 48-marble winning sequence!') disp(newwinningstreak) return end end endĮnd % The driver code calls a move function which will runs through 'automatic' % moves recursively. You know how some games have a first-player advantage? It turns out that in Mancala, you can find a way not only to win (which is nice), but to win all the marbles (awesome), and to do so on your very first move! % Here is driver code to find (one of many!) % all-48-marble-win-on-first-move solutions, which runs in ~20s on my % laptop! Is There a First-Player Advantage? (You Bet!) In the intial position, there are four stones in every hole. If you drop your last stone into a non-empty hole, you get to continue with what I call an 'automatic' move, picking up all stones from that hole. If you drop your last stone into your home, you get a 'free' turn. The rule set we wrote the code for is: you pick from any hole, and drop one stone at a time while circling the board in counterclockwise fashion, drop a stone into your home whenever you pass through it. Now, there are many ways to play the games in the Mancala family. Shout-out to my daughter, sixth grader Natalie, for introducing me to the game, and being a partner in these experiments. Let me tell you what happened when I got tired of losing at Mancala, and decided to write some MATLAB code to play it.
If the last seed of a move landed on your pot, then you can move again. To set up, place four "seeds" in each hole, excluding the mancala pot. This goes on till a player finds a way to ensure their last seed lands in a pit on their opponent’s side which brings the tally of the seeds in such a pit to 2 or 3. This movement might see them cross into the opponent’s side or stay on theirs, depending on which pit they pick their starting seeds from. The first player starts by picking up all the four seeds and distributing them (one per hole) as they move through the pots in a right-hand (counter-clockwise) movement. Real multiplayer online, you will battle all people around the world.
A special seed 'Magic Seed' is placed on each side, whenever these two magic seeds are in one of opponent’s holes together, the so called ‘Magic Harvest’ will happen. The totally new mode Magic Mode is innovated based on Oware. Every round will last 45 seconds, but you have to make a move during the round, if not, you’ll lose the game automatically thus it is more intense battling with real people. You can regret your move, extend time in your round and even place bomb to collect more seeds. The traditional two modes Oware and Kalah are added more joyousness by introducing tools during the battle. Right now we reinvented the game, with new mode 'Magic Mode' added on and bring a totally new experience for everyone. There are many variants including Oware, Kalah and etc. Mancala is one of the oldest known board games.
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