https://github.com/vaithak/connect4_ai

An online multiplayer Connect 4 game with features to play against AI, chat while playing, spectate game.
https://github.com/vaithak/connect4_ai

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An online multiplayer Connect 4 game with features to play against AI, chat while playing, spectate game.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vaithak/connect4_ai
• Owner: vaithak
• Created: 2019-11-24T10:37:31.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-11-04T19:31:05.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-22T07:45:41.308Z (9 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://con-4.herokuapp.com
• Size: 849 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Connect4 Online Multiplayer Game with AI Bot

[Live Link - play here](https://con-4.herokuapp.com)   

### Features  

  * **Play against AI**  

  * **Compete against friends** by sharing game code with them  

  * **Spectate games** - multiple people can join the same game using game code, while only two will play others can spectate the game  

  * **Inbuilt chatting feature** - Anyone who has joined the game(whether playing or spectating) can chat along.  

  

### Build locally

Requirements - python 3, pip, gcc version 4.8+  

  * Clone the repo and cd into the cloned directory  

      `git clone https://github.com/vaithak/Connect4_AI.git`  

  * Install the dependencies  

      `pip install -r requirements.txt`  

  * Build the shared library for AI module written in C++  

     `python setup.py build_ext --build-lib connect4_game/`  

  * Start the server  

     `python manage.py runserver`  

   


### Some bugs to fix

- Currently, the application allows both players to have same usernames which results in a deadlock for moves.

### References  

  - [Django Channels](https://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)  

  - [Connect Four - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect_Four)  

  - [http://people.csail.mit.edu/plaat/mtdf.html](http://people.csail.mit.edu/plaat/mtdf.html)  

  - [http://web.mit.edu/sp.268/www/2010/connectFourSlides.pdf](http://web.mit.edu/sp.268/www/2010/connectFourSlides.pdf)  

  - [Bitboard Representation - 1](http://blog.gamesolver.org/solving-connect-four/06-bitboard/)   

  - [Birboard Reprsentation - 2](https://github.com/denkspuren/BitboardC4/blob/master/BitboardDesign.md)  

  - [Transposition Tables](http://blog.gamesolver.org/solving-connect-four/07-transposition-table/)  

  - [Null window search](https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/1134/how-does-the-negascout-algorithm-work)