gomoku - game of 5 in a row
gomoku [-bcdu] [-D debugfile] [inputfile]
gomoku is a two player game where the object is to get 5 in
a row horizontally,
vertically or diagonally on a 19 by 19 grid. By
convention,
black always moves first. With no arguments, gomoku will
display a playing
board and prompt for moves from the user. The interface
is visual
and straightforward; you move to a spot using the rogue(6) /
hack(6) motion
keys hjklyubn and select it with either `space' or `return'. The
game will beep if you select a location that is already occupied. To
save the game, type `S' and to quit, type `Q'. The optional
file
inputfile can be used to restore a saved game.
The options are:
-b This option sets background mode. Input moves are
read from
standard input, the computer picks a move, and
prints it to standard
output. The first input line should be either
``black'' or
``white'' to specify whether gomoku has the first
move or not respectively.
This option was intended for game tournaments where
a referee program handles the board display and pits
one program
against another.
-c Computer versus computer. gomoku will play a game
against itself.
This is mostly used for testing.
-d Print debugging information. Repeating this option
more than
once yields more detailed information.
-D debugfile
Print the debug information to debugfile instead of
to the standard
output.
-u User versus user. This is mostly used for testing.
Ralph Campbell
The program is far too slow and uses far too much memory for
the quality
of game it provides.
The board display routines were based on the goref program
written by Peter
Langston. The user interface was based on Eric S. Raymond's interface
to bs(6).
OpenBSD 3.6 August 4, 1994
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