Well this is very addictive, thank you for sharing. If you're looking for feature requests then the ability to view move history (especially after the game is over) and the ability to share completed games would be nice. I see a game ID but it's not clear to me I can do anything with it.
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#62How would you typically mark the walls when playing with pen and paper?
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#63great polish on the UX.
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#64A pen-and-paper game, and yet all I get is "This web application requires JavaScript to run." I'm sure there's some kind of interactive demo or something, but do the rules themselves need JS?
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
The bot is not very good, unfortunately. It's mainly useful to help understand the rules, as in your case. If you're interested in playing with an experienced player, ping me at nazar@vinnich.uk :) > Which is the standard lenght of the turns? The usual setup is a 10×10 grid with 3 moves per turn. More moves means more interesting manoevres are possible. I like 7 moves on 12×12.
I'd say the bot is very weak. My first game I had no real idea what I was doing. Half the game I thought I had to maintain contact with my starting square or lose, until I managed to wall in my opponents starting square and didn't win. Then I tried to make as many walls as I could because I didnt like my pieces being captured and walls seemed more solid. Suddenly it said I won and I was like wait how, turns out I had…
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just read the first paragraph and then decided I wanted to play and I still beat the bot first try. At least that means the game rules are fairly discoverable :)
I didn't understand the rules until most of the way through the game and I still won against the bot. I'm not clear if its really doing anything better than playing randomly based on that.
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#67What is this game called? I spent many hours during sermons playing this with my siblings, but I am American
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#68How and why does this happen? Are you able to surround units or get bonus turns for walling a unit?
The Learn page is a little unclear on this.
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#69Related: https://harmmade.com/vectorracer/
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#70I don't understand the capturing mechanic? Playing against the bot always leads to sudden capture of dozens of units at once. How and why does this happen? Are you able to surround units or get bonus turns for walling a unit? The Learn page is a little unclear on this.