Connect Four

A cross-platform Connect Four game for the terminal.

Features

• 3 Game Modes (Player vs. Player, Player vs. Computer, Computer vs. Computer)
• AI using NegaMax algorithm with alpha beta pruning and Zugzwang awareness
• Colored console output

Requirements

• CMake
• Terminal with color support

Build

Unix & Unix-Like

git clone https://github.com/MaxMutantMayer/connect-four.git
cd connect-four
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Windows

CMake GUI and Visual Studio

1. Run CMake GUI and specify paths to source and build directory, e.g. C:/Games/connect-four and C:/Games/connect-four/build.
2. Click Configure and choose wished toolchain
3. Click Generate to create VS solution
4. Open solution and build connect_four project

Visual Studio only

VS 17 introduced built-in support for CMake. Simply open the project via File -> Open -> CMake.. to build and run it.

Usage

You can either use in-game menus or program arguments to specify settings.

Usage:
connect_four <Options>

Options:
    None: Use program with in-game menus
    --pvp: Play PlayerVsPlayer GameMode
    --pvc: Play PlayerVsComputer GameMode
    --cvp: Play ComputerVsPlayer GameMode
    --pvp: Play ComputerVsComputer GameMode
    --alphabeta: Disable alpha beta pruning
    --difficulty <easy|normal|hard>: Specify AI difficulty