Gomoku_v1.0

Game Instruction

1. Clone the project from GitHub (https://github.com/ZhouYuxuan97/gomoku_v1.0)

2. Run server.py, make sure port:1234 is not occupied by other process. Or you can change the port number in server.py and socket.js.

3. Load index.html as player 1, set a name or use default name. The default checkerboard size is 20×20. If you want to change the size of the checkerboard, please do it in this step.

4. Load another index.html as player 2, we suggest use another browser because “alert” message may not appear in a same browser simultaneously.

5. Once player 2’s name is set, the game starts. Then none of player can resize the checkerboard.

6. Players alternate turns placing a stone of their color on an empty intersection. There is randomly locating rules.

7. When first player forms an unbroken chain of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, the game is over. There will be message alert on webpages.

8. If you want to restart or change the checkerboard size, please restart server.py and repeat step 3-7.

File Structure

###mcts.py

Includes all the functions for MCTS process.

###training_data.py

Specify the board size and run this file to generate training data for training the model. The generated data will be stored in pickle files.

###net.py

Defines the network structure. Specify the board size and run the file to train the network. At the end of the running, The trained model will be saved as file, and figures will be given illestrating the model performance.

###play_net.py

Includes all the functions for tree_nn_based_ai. Specify the board size + game number and run the file to run tree-ai vs tree-nn-based-ai games. After the running, winner-final score pair will be saved into csv files.

Note

1. Player list, online / offline notification, game statues notification functions are available.

2. Chat room function is available.