bradenhs / connect4

Connect 4

Connect 4

Connect 4 with a twist: Instead, of playing someone directly write a program to play for you. This repository is the client for the computer player(s) you will build. See the live client here: http://connect4.surge.sh

How to Play

1. Code up a server that accepts a POST with JSON in this form:

{
  "moves": [0, 1, 2, 3]
}

2. And returns JSON in this form:

{
  "nextMove": 4,
  "message": "That that!" // optional
}

3. Then, enter the full URLs for the programs you'd like to play each other and press the "Start Game" button!

Tips and Tricks

• A "move" is a number 0-6. 0 for the leftmost column and 6 for the rightmost.
• The first player to move is always player 1.
• You'll probably want to transform the list of moves into some type of board object so your program can easily reason about it.
• Don't make any illegal moves! You'll lose.
• Don't forget about CORS.
• Want to see a game without coding anything? Enter the word random into the URL input.

Running the Client Locally

1. git clone [email protected]:bradenhs/connect4.git
2. cd connect4
3. npm install
4. npm start
5. it should be running in dev mode (live reload enabled, tests running, etc.) at http://localhost:8080

If you'd like to see a simple working server checkout src/computers/random.ts. Run it with this command: npm run random-computer