Mancala-Contest-Kit

Protocol & referee Code for Mancala Game

Protocol

• Lets say your program is "a.exe" , then The referee will run your program as ./a.exe PLAYER_TURN , where PLAYER_TURN is either 1 or 2.
• If PLAYER_TURN is 1 then you move first, Other wise you move second.
• In your program your will first read 14 number in one line as current board, then you will print your move in one line.
  • Sample cpp Code:

      while(true)
      {
      	int board[14];
      	for(int i=0;i<14;i++)
      	{
      		cin>>board[i];
      	}
    
      	/// do compute moves
    
      	cout<<move<<endl;
      }

  • Sample python code

      while True:
      	board=map(int,input().split(' '))
    
      	# do compute moves
    
      	print(move,flush=True,end='\n')

• You can use any language you want, but you have to follow the protocol.

Moves:

• In one moves you can print a number between 1 to 6.
• 

Rules:

• Stones moves in counter-clockwise direction.
• Last stone in my bowl allow me extra turn.
• Last stone in my empty box gather oponents corresponding stones in my bowl (if not empty) , including my that stone.
• Total score = total stones in my bowl + total stones in my row.

Example:

• AI written in cpp:
  • Preprocess:

    	g++ ai.cpp -o ai.out
    

  • CommandList in refree.py

    	["./ai.out"]
    

• AI written in python:
  • if Shebang (#!/bin/python) is added in the first line of the file then CommandList in refree.py

    	["./ai.py"]
    

  • else CommandList in refree.py

    	["python", "ai.py"]
    

• AI written in java:
  • Preprocess:

    	javac ai.java
    

  • CommandList in refree.py

    	["java" , "ai"]