Connect 6 iPA Version 1.0.1
Description
Connect6 is a two-player board game similar to Gomoku or Renju. But it's far more complex, interesting and fair.
~It has many features and has the potential to become the newest popular board game!~
Rules
• Black puts the first black stone on the Go-like board.
• Then, White and Black alternately place •TWO• of their own stones on empty intersections of the board in each turn.
So the stones' sequence looks like: "B, W W, B B, W W, B B, .... (B:black, W:white)
• The player who FIRST gets •SIX• or more stones in a row (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) wins the game.
3 Important Features
1. Easy Rules:
Rules are similar to the traditional game of Gomoku (5-in-a-row) or Renju.
2. Fairness:
Connect6 games are FAIR, in the sense that the first player always has ONE MORE STONE than the second after making each move.
**Fairness** might be the most important and interesting feature of Connect6.
In Connect6:
• There is NO advantage of the first move, not like most of other board games. So there is no need to impose some extra rules like Renju.
• The game board can be of infinite size.
3. Complexity:
Since in Connect6 each move requires two stones to be placed on the board, the game is more complex then Gomoku.
The State-space and game-tree complexity are much higher than in Gomoku or Renju. And are even similar to that in Go and Chess.
As a compare list below:
Game~~~~~State-space complexity~~~~Game-tree complexity
Connect4 ~~~~~~~~~10^14~~~~~~~~~~~~10^21
Checkers ~~~~~~~~~10^21~~~~~~~~~~~~10^31
Othello ~~~~~~~~~~10^28~~~~~~~~~~~~10^58
Gomoku/Renju ~~~~10^105~~~~~~~~~~~10^70
Chess ~~~~~~~~~~~ 10^46~~~~~~~~~~~~10^123
**Connect6**~~~~~~10^172~~~~~~~~~~~10^140
Go ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10^172~~~~~~~~~~~10^360
Game Features
FOUR GAME MODES:
@@ Single Game @@
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• 3 game difficulty levels against Computer.
• 3 sizes of the game board. (11x11, 15x15, 19x19)
• Undo & Hint functions help to learn and play the correct move.
• Auto save game records and archives the finished games with a screenshot for review. Games can be replayed.
@@ VS Game @@
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• Play with friend on a single iPhone device.
@@ Online Game @@
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• Play game on Apple's GameCenter server with your friends or auto-matched ones wherever they are.
• Save your scores on GameCenter.
@@ Puzzles @@
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• 5 difficulty levels.
• 150 interesting game puzzles.
@@ Other features @@
• Support for iPhone4 Retina display.
• Colorful combination lines help player not to miss any chance of attack or defense!
• No need to worry about the size of iPhone screen, the smart board will auto scroll or zoom for suitable display!
• Smooth animations give the impression of playing the real board game!
• Magnifier tool.
• Tips, and tutorial.
Game Controls
• Set Stone
- Just drag the stone to the board just like on a real board game, this will open the magnifier.
- Or quickly tap on the board at an empty intersection to set stone.
- Or hold an empty intersection for a second, this will auto select a stone to start setting.
• Zoom/Move Board
- The board can be zoomed in/out by pinching using two fingers.
- Fast drag/flick the board to see the outside area.
(Anyways, the board has a very smart way to auto-match the display, enjoy it.)
History
-2005:
- Professor I-Chen Wu presented Connect6 at the 11th Advances in Computer Games Conference (ACG'11).
- Connect6 entry has been put into the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect6
-2006:
- Connect6 became a tournament item of the Computer Olympiad.
- The First Annual NCTU Cup Connect6 Open Tournament was held in Hsinchu.
-2007:
- Taiwan Connect6 Association (TC6A) was officially formed and approved by Taiwan government.
- The first Russian Connect6 championship was held.
-In April 2011:
- The first Connect6 game was launch on iOS platform, presented by inworkin.
Thank you for playing! Any feedback is welcome!
What's new in Version 1.0.1
New Features:
• Add international support: Deutsch,日本語,简体中文,繁体中文
, and more localized description on iTunes!!
• Add sound effects.
• Add "Skip Animation" function in Puzzle.
• Add open/close magnifier options.
• Add review link towards AppStore in feedback option.
• Artworks redesigned.
Changes:
• Disable "hold to set stone" action.
Fix Bug:
• Sometime online game won't start. (It's not cool, so please upgrade this version to avoid it.)
iPA size 12.1 MB
LANGUAGES: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean
REQUIREMENTS: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Download here:
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