Zoridor

A terminal and web version of the Quoridor board game

Play on the web at https://ringtailsoftware.github.io/zoridor/

Quoridor tutorials:

Running

Terminal version:

zig build run

Web version:

zig build -Dweb=true && zig build serve -- zig-out -p 8000

Browse to http://localhost:8000

Development

Auto-rebuild and reload on change

watchexec -r --stop-signal SIGKILL -e zig,html,css,js,zon -w src 'zig build -Dweb=true && zig build serve -- zig-out -p 8000'

Terminal mode controls

You are Player 1. Your objective is to move your red pawn from the top of the board to the bottom of the board
Player 2 starts at the bottom and is attempting to reach the top of the board
On each turn you can either move your pawn or add one fence piece to the board (you have 10 to start with)

Moving a pawn

Use the cursor keys to choose where to move to. Your pawn may only move one square on each turn and cannot move diagonally
The "[ ]" mark where your pawn will move and is coloured green for a valid move and red for invalid
Once you have selected a move, press enter to move the pawn

Adding a fence

Press tab to switch from pawn to fence mode
Use the cursor keys to choose where to add the fence
Fences must not cross other fences, or completely block either player from reaching their goal. An invalid fence position will be shown in red
To rotate the fence, press space
Once you have positioned the fence, press enter to place it

Command line options

Help

zig build run -- -h

To watch machine vs machine matches forever:

zig build run -- -1 machine -2 machine -f

On exit, a record of all moves is printed in both Glendenning format and base64. The base64 format can be reloaded with zig build run -- -l jcNJujqxKRY2sA==

Theory

For a comprehensive examination of playing Quoridor, see Lisa Glendenning's Thesis