Othello

Published: Jun 1, 2007 by K. E. Claytor

A GUI for playing Othello against yourself or the computer, includes such features as;

1 or 2 player mode
4 option difficulty setting ranging from Wimpy (no edge weighting, only looks 1 move ahead) to Difficult (severe edge weighting, looks 6 moves ahead)
Rules dialog if you forget, or don’t know how.

Installation:

MCR Installer - The MATLAB component runtime that must be installed before running the program installer.
Othello_pkg - Standalone executable (windows only)
Othello.m - Matlab file

Installation

If the Matlab Runtime has not been installed download and install the Matlab runtime file. Then download the counter_pkg.exe program and run it. This will create counter.exe which is the standalone application. Alternatively you can download the Matlab files in a .zip package and run from the Matlab command prompt.

Screenshots

A screenshot of Othello in action.

Revision history;

Version 3.0 - Fully function recursion
Version 2.5 - Functional edge weighting
Version 2.1 - Functional AI
Version 1.0 - Functional 2 player mode

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