Browser Go

Minimum Deliverable Product

a working game of go for a 9x9 board that

• displays well on mobile or desktop
• initiates a game with suggested handicap and komi according to rank input
• displays how to play in open screen
• lets the user know whose turn it is
• lets the user know which moves are legal and calculates those accordingly
• logs ko
• implement a search algorithm to avoid moving into dead space
• correctly removes captured stones and adds them to capturing player's score
• logs game record
• allows players to pass or resign
• ends game upon 2 consecutive passes
• calculates estimated score at game end
• suggests dead groups
• allows users to override dead group estimates
• allows users to submit finalized score to game record
• displays game record as string

stretch goals

• uses stone placement GUI for resign and pass
• maintains a one move game state history for 'undo mismove'
• converts string to .sgf format
• allows users to edit game info mid game
• add stone placement sounds

superstretch goals

• allows users to select board size (9x9, 13x13, 19x19)
• allows users to load .sgf main lines
• allow for responsivity in the form of
• • 9x9 games simply stretch with screen size
• • larger games allow small displays one click to zoom before running legal move calculations and move placement