Simple Hex: A Two-Player Connection Game
Simple Hex is a captivating two-player connection game with straightforward rules, making it easy to learn. Players choose red or blue and take turns coloring empty cells on the game board. The objective is to create a connected path of your colored cells linking opposite sides of the board. The first player to complete this connection wins.
Game Modes:
The game offers three modes:
- Play with AI: Challenge yourself against an AI opponent with three difficulty levels: easy, medium, and hard. The AI can play first or second.
- Play with Friends: Compete against a friend using separate devices.
- Pass & Play: Enjoy local multiplayer on a single device.
Game Features:
- Undo Button: Regret a move? Use the undo button (currently unavailable in AI mode).
- Steal Move: To balance the inherent first-player advantage, the second player can choose to switch places with the first player after the first move. This forces the first player to consider moves carefully (unavailable in AI mode).
- Multiple Board Sizes: Start with smaller boards (7x7, 9x9) and progress to larger, more challenging 11x11 boards.
AI Enhancements:
The AI uses a "stable" unbounded best-first minimax game technique. Performance improvements were made by interns Saatvik Inampudi and Shoheb Shaik. For more details on the AI algorithm, connect with the developer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsvemuri/.
Version 0.45 (Updated Dec 18, 2024):
This update makes the easy level genuinely easy and slightly reduces the difficulty of the medium level.
Learn more about the game Hex at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_(board_game)
