veggiebob/connect4-rust

Multithreaded Montecarlo Connect4 bot in rust. Play 2 player with recommended moves, or play against the AI.

Connect4 Bot

Traditional board size, "X" vs. "O"

Running

Interactive mode: cargo run Single-Turn mode (used for API): cargo run single-turn

Interactive mode

Play by entering column numbers, starting at 0, increasing going right (max column number is 6)

Single-Turn mode

Board must be fed in as simple 7x6 characters, being "X", "O", or "_" (empty). See example file We assume that X is the player using the API. The bot will play O, and place it on the board. The output can be in one of two categories:

• It starts with "---". This means that the game is not over. What follows after this line is the state of the new board.
• Any other condition means the output is a CSV file with columns x, y, and team. Team will be the same in both (which is the winner) and the x and y will be coordinates of the two endpoints of the connect 4.

Parameters

(see main.rs)

TWO_PLAYER - whether or not it's two player.

NUM_TEST_GAMES - number of random test games to be played in the Montecarlo simulation. Balance between "accuracy" and speed. 10,000 is reasonable.