Computer Diaballik

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Couturier, Raphaël¹

Affiliations: University of Franche Comte, France

Note: [1] LIFC, University of Franche Comte, France, email: raphael.couturier@univ-fcomte.fr

Abstract: Diaballik, an abstract game designed by Philippe Lefrançois, attempts to simulate a sport where 2 teams are simultaneously trying to bring their ball to the opposite teams’ starting goal line. The board depicts a 7 × 7 grid. In opposition to many other abstract games, a player has up to 3 different actions to perform at each turn. They can be combined in any order. The number of successors to a given configuration is relatively high (between 200 and 1000). The evaluation procedure of a configuration is presented. A computer strategy has been implemented and some experimentations are described.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2011-34305

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 159-162, 2011