Please advise me how to make the computer chess on this.

[OCTATRIX]

I have created a chess-like strategy game that can be played in three-dimensional direction.
I appreciate if someone can advise me how to make the computer chess on this.
(name of program, engine, company, etc....)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G7MUYfB-oY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-rKQbO ... re=related

Please visit my blog for further information.

http://octatrix.blogspot.com/p/play.html

Please check it out!

[hgm]

What exactly do you expect? That there is an existing program that plays a hitherto unseen Chess variant you just invented? That you just have to buy or download to play it against the computer?

Or do you want to program something yourself?

[Zlaire]

I'm sorry, but... what?

Glue here, glue there, you can spin with your thumbs (oh, and you can start with the blue squares, or the red ones, doesn't matter)... Made me laugh a bit.

And the answer to your question is no, or possibly "glue here".

[ZirconiumX]

The picture for Octatrix is a little surrealist.

I have one simple question: Could you play this like you could chess? (i.e. no magnets, sliding pieces)

I think you'll find that if you can't play it in real life, then you have no hope of getting a computer to do it.

Matthew:out

[mar]

... protected by US patent?
anyway i would go for a graph-like board representation (node = surface, then list of connected nodes [i.e. edges], left, right, up, down, diagonals),
simply unfold it and connect the squares (surfaces). that way it can be cyclic
the rest should be relatively simple.
i have doubts about this variant however. it seems way too complicated for a human to play (perhaps i'm not geek enough:).
can you play it against someone else? i mean a computer program should have no problems to play it (not considering the strength yet)
so before someone will waste his time on developing a gui AND search you should show that this variant is really interesting. so far i have only seen how it looks, how to assemble it and the rules. but i haven't seen a single game yet
good luck

Martin

[stevemulligan]

Do you have a working physical version? It looks like it would be fun to play.

I could write an AI for that, but it would be all random moves :p

Have you written software for any other games like chess? If not I would start with standard chess or checkers until you see how the boards are represented. Then try to build something that does random moves, then try to get it searching 1 ply.. Do many iterations until you get something that can you play a full game against. It could be years of effort but it does look fun.

[OCTATRIX]

I'm not a programer. I just want to get some information whether this game can be developed as an online game, so people can play each other via the internet. Thank you for your response.

[OCTATRIX]

Matthew,


The picture of Octatrix is taken from the real plastic model and available to public.
Yes, it can be played in real life.
Game piece can be positioned without magnets and you can visit my blog to find out.
Thank you for your input.

[OCTATRIX]

Martin,

I had posted simulation game @

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-rKQbO ... re=related

(just in case you are wondering...)

Thank you for your input.

[OCTATRIX]

Steve,

The picture of Octatrix is taken from the real plastic model and available to public.
Initially, I wanted to develop this game as an online game, but I am not a computer programmer. So I developed this game as a tangible product first.
Thank you for your kind advice and please visit my web site for further information.

http://octatrix.blogspot.com/p/play.html


Thank you,