https://github.com/tom-weatherhead/thaw-reversi-engine

A Node.js Reversi (Othello) game engine with alpha-beta pruning and a heuristic, packaged for npm.
https://github.com/tom-weatherhead/thaw-reversi-engine

alpha-beta-pruning game-engine heuristic minimax-algorithm othello reversi

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A Node.js Reversi (Othello) game engine with alpha-beta pruning and a heuristic, packaged for npm.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tom-weatherhead/thaw-reversi-engine
• Owner: tom-weatherhead
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-08-24T11:55:27.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-04T21:36:53.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-08T04:26:31.643Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: alpha-beta-pruning, game-engine, heuristic, minimax-algorithm, othello, reversi
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.57 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 17
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# thaw-reversi-engine

A Node.js Reversi (Othello) game engine with alpha-beta pruning and a heuristic, packaged for npm.

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### Git Installation Instructions

```

git clone https://github.com/tom-weatherhead/thaw-reversi-engine.git

cd thaw-reversi-engine

npm install -g grunt

npm install

grunt

```

### npm Installation Instructions

```

npm install [--save] thaw-reversi-engine

```

Note: The command "grunt" runs lint and unit tests.

### Sample Usage of the npm Package

```js

let engine = require('thaw-reversi-engine');

let boardString = engine.createInitialBoard();

let player = 'X';

let maxPly = 5;

try {

	let result = engine.findBestMove(boardString, player, maxPly);

	console.log(result);

} catch (error) {

	console.error('engine.findBestMove() threw an exception:', error);

}

```

Output: E.g.

```js

{

	bestRow: 4,

	bestColumn: 2,

	bestScore: 3,

	bestMoves: [

		{ row: 2, column: 4 },

		{ row: 3, column: 5 },

		{ row: 4, column: 2 },

		{ row: 5, column: 3 }

	]

}

```

## License

MIT