To start, each player places their opponent's stone in an empty space
Then, players take turns doing 1 of 2 things

• Place
  • Place their stone in any empty space

A player wins by building a road across the board either vertically or horizontally

• Standing stones do not count towards a road
• Laystones and Capstones do count towards a road

Each player gets one point for any space that they have control over

• Standing stones do not count for scoring

• Use left and right arrow keys to select your stone type. You only have one capstone, so use it wisely!

• Press up or down to toggle into the movement move type
• Click on a stack in your control
• Press up or down to pick up desired stone amount
• Press enter to lock in the stones in hand
• Click to select a legal adjacent space
• Drop desired stones
• Press enter to lock in your drop

You can carry stones to further spots if there is room to move in the same direction. Follow the onscreen directions for more help

• Download the LÖVE game engine and install it on your machine

git clone https:github.com/findingfocus/tak.git
cd tak
love .

• /dependendies
  • BaseState.lua
    • a class used for state inheritance
  • class.lua
    • enables classes in Lua
  • Constants.lua
    • contains all constants used
  • push.lua
    • resizing library
  • slam.lua
    • sound library to enable multiple sounds at once
  • StateMachine.lua
    • library for handling state machine changes
• dependencies.lua
  • contains all imports for library functions as well as other class dependencies to tidy up main.lua
• /fonts
  • contains all .ttf font files
• main.lua
  • the main function of the game that imports all dependencies, handles all input, and sets default game state
• /music
  • Contains all sound files used
• Notes.lua
  • A list of features and to do lists used in development
• /src
  • Board.lua
    • sets board size
  • Member.lua
    • defines the stone type in a space as well as its stack order and rendering depending on the stack height
  • Occupant.lua
    • defines information for each grid that holds all member instantiations and also determines stone control and road status
  • /pics
    • contains all images used
• /states
  • PlayState.lua
    • the main state of the game, early in development I had a title screen but decided to just streamline gameplay for fast playing

This was a difficult game to implement since it is a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional game, I had to implement constraints in order to digitize the game. I was forced to limit the stone height so that the stone stacks were legible for up to 13 stones.

I had to calculate a win based on adjacent road configuration, which was the most difficult part. I ended up calculating possible horizontal road and possible vertical roads by systematically checking stone control for all pieces starting from the left to right or from top down.

This game is from my favorite book series, and it was an honor to bring it to life. Please try it out if you're curious and play with a friend.