Puissance 4, version 1.0.0-2 (en)
©1999 Thierry FLORAC <tflorac@wanadoo.fr>


Presentation
I'm french and this is my first C++ program, and my first contribution to the wonderfull world of BeOS. So please excuse me for my bad english and my wonderfull bugs ;-))
This little program is freeware (or emailware if you like to), so you can distribute it as you want as long as it is kept free !!
Perhaps source code will be available soon, if anybody is interested in, but that suppose I clean my code before, and add a few comments...
In any way, if you like this game (or hate it !), please tell me : a little message is always a huge encouragement... ;-))

Installation
Two files are given : puissance4-fr for the french (native !) version, and puissance4-en for the english one. Place this files anywhere you want and execute : that's all !!

The game
"Puissance 4" is a small reflexion game ; the idea have been taken from a "table game" of the same name (in France !).
Playing the game is simple : just imagine a vertical plate with your coins falling from the top to create lines ; you play with red coins while the computer plays with yellow coins, and the winner is the first player having 4 coins in a strait line in any direction.
Four difficulty levels can be used ; they manage "analysis depth" from the computer.

Internal behavior
This game is based on a "min-max with alpha-bêta" algorythm. It is based on a Turbo Pascal example published in a french revue called Pascalissime (n° 52, December 1992).

Evolutions
The game in his state begins to be give me satisfaction, as computer playing strength begins to be "not too bad"... So I didn't planed any evolution but please send me any request if you have some...


Have fun !!


	Thierry FLORAC - October 1999
