NAME

awale - the free implementation of the African game

SYNOPSIS

awale [-h] [-v] [-r] [-b board] [-o score] [-c line] [-p hole] [-d depth] [-l level] [-e number] [-m] [-a] [-k] [-s] [-i] [-x]

DESCRIPTION

awale is a game widely spread in Africa and is played with different rules. The rules adopted in this implementation of the game are those encountered in West Africa and more specifically in Ivory Coast.

OPTIONS

-h, --help: display this help and exit
-v, --version: display version information and exit
-r, --rule: display the rule of awale game
-b board, --board=board: initialize the board with board. board is a string of the form h1-h2- ... h12 where hi is the number of seeds in hole i
-o score, --score=score: initialize the score with score. score is a string of the form s1-s2 where sj is the score of player j
-c line, --computer=line: computer begins and plays the line=1 or 2
-p hole, --player=hole: player begins and first plays the hole=1...12
-d depth, --depth=depth: initial depth of searching for the min-max algorithm (default depth=9)
-l level, --level=level: play the game at level=1, 2 or 3 (default level=1)
-e number, --eat=number,: maximum number of holes which can be eaten (default E=4)
-m, --noeatmore: eat nothing when trying to eat more than E holes
-a, --noeatall: eat nothing when trying to eat all opponent seeds
-k, --noattackall: forbidden to attack all opponent seeds excepted if this is the only possible move
-s, --single: process a single move
-i, --hint: print hints
-x, --xawale: start in engine mode. A several line output is provided at each turn. Each line is, board=BOARD score=SCORE move=I LABEL where I is the last hole played, LABEL may be COM if the turn is still in computing, RUN if the turn is finished but the game is still running, END if the game is over or ERR if the played hole is invalid.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <alain.le-bot@ec-lyon.fr>.

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