[computer-go] Engine development for beginners

[Oliver Lewis]

Orego version 3 in Java (before the C++ rewrite and the optimisation for
Monte Carlo / UCT) was really simple to understand and add new players to.
Perhaps Peter Drake can reinstate the link from his site - otherwise I can
email you a copy.




On 7/28/07, Jeff Nowakowski <jeff at dilacero.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 18:03 -0700, Joshua Shriver wrote:
> > Are there any really simple engines out there that know just enough to
> > play a legal game of Go? Preferably C, Perl or Java?
>
> Have a look at GoGui and the included gtpdummy engine, which plays a
> random game.  It's Java based.  If you write your engine to understand
> GTP, you can then plug it seamlessly in to GoGui.  Using GTP also means
> your engine will be usable on CGOS and KGS and playable against other
> GTP engines.
>
> http://gogui.sourceforge.net/
> http://gogui.sourceforge.net/doc/reference-gtpdummy.html
>
> -Jeff
>
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