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6 mindless - figure out the secret code
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9 mindless
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12 This is a simple "MasterMind" like game which you can play in human vs.
13 human, human vs. computer or computer vs. computer mode. The goal of
14 the game is to crack a secret code consisting of four balls which can
15 each be one of eight colors. The players takes turn guess (or do it
16 simultaneously) and the first one to guess his/her code has won. If
17 both players takes the same number of turns to get the code correct
18 then both has won.
19 For your help when guess you will for each (incorrect) answer see a
21 combination of one or more black tokens and one or more white tokens on
22 the right side of your last answer. Each black token means that one of
23 your balls is both of the correct color and location, but you don't
24 know which one, and each white token means that one of your balls is of
25 the correct color but wrong location.
26 Currently each player can either be controlled by a human player, a
28 human with some computer assistance or by the computer. When playing
29 in "cyborg" mode the ok button will be slightly shaded whenever the
30 currently selected is not consistent with previous answers. For com‐
31 puter controlled players there exists three different difficulty set‐
32 tings: "Automata", which is the simplest, "Computer" which is the
33 default and "AI" which is the hardest. Note that the AI setting uses
34 quite a lot CPU cycles and it runs very slowly with more than 8 colors.
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37 If you like this game and thinks it should be improved somehow, don't
38 hesitate to contact me at the adress below. You can also look at the
39 homepage www.lysator.liu.se/~mbrx/mindless to see if there are any
40 updates to the game available.
41 Mathias Broxvall, mathias.broxvall@gmail.com
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