This is a simple "MasterMind" like game which you can play in human vs. human,
human vs. computer or computer vs. computer mode. The goal of the game is
to crack a secret code consisting of four balls which can each be one of eight
colors. The players takes turn guess (or do it simultaneously) and the first
one to guess his/her code has won. If both players takes the same number
of turns to get the code correct then both has won.
For your help when guess you will for each (incorrect) answer see a combination
of one or more black tokens and one or more white tokens on the right side
of your last answer. Each black token means that one of your balls is both
of the correct color and location, but you don't know which one, and each
white token means that one of your balls is of the correct color but wrong
location.
You can find a screenshot of the game here and
here if you want to take a look at it. The
latest release of Mindless is v1.0.0 and you can either download the sources
or a precompiled binary:
Currently each player can either be controlled by a human player, a human
with some computer assistance or by the computer. For computer controlled
players there exists three different difficulty settings: "Automata", which
is the simplest, "Computer" which is the default and "AI" which is the hardest.
Note that the AI setting uses quite a lot CPU cycles and it runs very slowly
with more than 8 colors.
Good luck playing Mindless. I you like the game and/or have any suggestions for
improvement don't hesitate to let me know. If you are interested in more good
games for Linux take a look at my
software page .
Also, many thanks to Dietrich Radel for helping with the text graphics and
giving feedback on the game.
Mathias Broxvall, matbr at home.se