Re: [stella] vcs net play A0?=

["Erik J. Eid" <eeid@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:44 PM 8/7/01 -0500, John K. Harvey wrote:
> This is the game where you pick a pit on your side of the board, pick up
> all stones, and drop one in each sequential bucket, filling your "Mancala",
> or big pit as you go.
>
> It's a pretty amusing game, and shouldn't be too hard to program.  There
> are only 6 moves possible at a given time (which pit to pick up from), and
> there are < 6 moves whenever any of these pits empties itself.

I think the interface for Backgammon would work well here.  Think of the 
points on the board as similar to the pits.  When more pieces are placed on 
a point, they are shown in two rows, with spaces between each point until 
there are eight or so to a row.  The paddle is used to select a point from 
which a piece will be moved.  The top and bottom of the board, where you 
"bear off" in Backgammon, would be the end pits where each player collects 
stones.


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