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   by igpay 19d ago

   I mentioned this in another comment but I think it's just kind of hard to learn without the context of knowing how to play Go... I don't think it's a matter of being dumb. For me, learning Go was very much the same way where
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   by igpay 19d ago

   Thanks! Yes, I'm still unsure about how much you can stray from playing tightly connected. I mentioned this in another thread, but I think part of the problem is that the small board is too small. Even though it's 9x9 stones in di
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   by igpay 19d ago

   Hey there, thanks! You might already know this, but if you hover your stone around or turn on "Group View" mode you can see solid colored lines between stones. These indicate whether or not they're close enough to prevent cut
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   by igpay 19d ago

   Thanks for playing! There's a little plus sign that displays on the most recent stone - although I often get lost searching for it so it can probably be made bigger. For the naming, I would think the game needs a bigger following befor
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   by igpay 20d ago

   Thanks! I think that the high CPU utilization is probably the bot itself. It's a full-blown neural net running in-browser, so it's definitely a resource hog. If you ever play against a human performance should be much better (thou
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   by igpay 20d ago

   Thanks for playing! I don't have a ranking in traditional Go, but after tens of hours playing this game I'd generally agree with your assessment. One issue is that I think I made the small board too small. This makes it very easy
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   by igpay 20d ago

   Thanks for playing! Yeah, the mobile experience is pretty wonky still. I mostly use it to respond to correspondence games when I'm afk but otherwise I think most people prefer to play on desktop.
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   by igpay 20d ago

   Thanks for the feedback - the tutorial is definitely dense. It existed a long time before the bot did, so it had to cover everything in one sitting. I think now though that you're probably right about an improved tutorial flow being mo
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   Show HN: Voronoi Go(voronoigo.com)

   158 points by igpay 20d ago|26 comments
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    by igpay 2mo ago

    It is not yet but the game is still under active development and bots have been requested. If you’re interested in getting updates on development, the discord (linked on the site) has been gaining some traction. I’ll be posting updates ther
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    Show HN: Voronoi Go – The game of Go without the grid(voronoigo.com)

    3 points by igpay 2mo ago|4 comments
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    The Hive: Building a beehive simulation desk [video](youtube.com)

    2 points by igpay 11mo ago|0 comments
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    EthnoGuessr(hbd.gg)

    1 points by igpay 1y ago|0 comments
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    Solving Stumper(csun.io)

    1 points by igpay 1y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Stumper – A Word Editing Game(csun.io)

    2 points by igpay 1y ago|0 comments
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    by igpay 2y ago

    Hey there, I thought this was a good idea so I added it to the game as "Tutor" mode. Thanks!
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    by igpay 2y ago

    The D20 was the first die shape I tried and I ended up just sticking with it. My reasoning was basically the same as yours - 5% intervals look better. Agreed that 6 sided dice would not detract from the amount of strategy in the game. I thi
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    by igpay 2y ago

    I can't edit my original comment but I have updated the game with "Impossible" difficulty mode as implemented by Louis. Based on a suggestion from a sister comment, I have also added a "Tutor" mode. When hovering ov
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    by igpay 2y ago

    Hey all, I'm the author of Probabilistic Tic-Tac-Toe. I'm currently working with Louis to integrate this solver into the game itself so that people can play against it. I'm hoping to have it released by EOD and will update th
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    by igpay 2y ago

    The current code for board generation is as follows: var neutralChances = Random.Range(1, MaxNeutralChances + 1); square.GoodChances = Random.Range(MinGoodChances, 20 - neutralChances); square.BadChances = 20 - (square.GoodChances +
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    by igpay 2y ago

    Yes, the AI mostly just looks for plays that have high certainty and are connected to other potential winning squares (for either team). Then it weights plays positively or negatively based on whether or not the "bad" chance outwe
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    by igpay 2y ago

    Yes, those should go straight to a "Tie" result.
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    by igpay 2y ago

    Thanks! I've added a fast forward button to the top left so that you can play faster.
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    by igpay 2y ago

    Agreed that 3D is overkill. I'm fastest at prototyping in Unity though and this was only a couple day project, so I'm unlikely to port it to anything else. Probabilities are mostly randomized during board generation but skewed in
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    by igpay 2y ago

    That's good feedback, thanks. I've added a fast forward button to the top left.
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    by igpay 2y ago

    Thanks for that, I added a loading bar. It should be visible now if you refresh the page.
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    Show HN: Probabilistic Tic-Tac-Toe(csun.io)

    293 points by igpay 2y ago|106 comments
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    Expected Wins – Blaming Fantasy Sports Failure on Bad Luck(csun.io)

    1 points by igpay 3y ago|0 comments
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    by igpay 3y ago

    I love this website - such a great repository of knowledge that presumably would've been lost to time otherwise. Although I don't remember there being so many ads last time I visited the site. His wife, Harriet Fell, was one of my
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    by igpay 3y ago

    https://www.csun.io/ pretty random assortment side projects