Zoridor

A terminal version of the Quoridor board game

Quoridor tutorials:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39T3L6hNfmg
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDdm-EgRy9g
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ISruhN0Hc0

I just want to play! don't make me install Zig

docker run --rm -it -v `pwd`:/app -w /app kassany/alpine-ziglang:0.13.0 zig build run

Running

Get Zig

zig build run

Playing

• You are Player 1. Your objective is to move your red pawn from the top of the board to the bottom of the board
• Player 2 starts at the bottom and is attempting to reach the top of the board
• On each turn you can either move your pawn or add one fence piece to the board (you have 10 to start with)

Moving a pawn

• Use the cursor keys to choose where to move to. Your pawn may only move one square on each turn and cannot move diagonally
• The "[ ]" mark where your pawn will move and is coloured green for a valid move and red for invalid
• Once you have selected a move, press enter to move the pawn

Adding a fence

• Press tab to switch from pawn to fence mode
• Use the cursor keys to choose where to add the fence
• Fences must not cross other fences, or completely block either player from reaching their goal. An invalid fence position will be shown in red
• To rotate the fence, press space
• Once you have positioned the fence, press enter to place it

Command line options

Help

zig build run -- -h

To watch machine vs machine matches forever:

zig build run -- -1 machine -2 machine -f

Theory

For a comprehensive examination of playing Quoridor, see Lisa Glendenning's Thesis