ivan-jukic / connect4-rust-wasm

Rust implementation of Connect4 game, with Web UI!

Connect4 > Rust + WebAssembly + Elm

Connect4 webapp game that has an AI and parts of its logic implemented in Rust lang, exposed via WebAssembly or WASM to our Typescript code, which is then further exposed via ports to the Elm code used to render the UI.

Play in console!

The first step was to implement working console application with Minimax algorithm! You may play against "AI" in console.

If you're interested in trying it out, clone the repository

git clone [e-mail]:ivan-jukic/connect4-rust-wasm.git

And checkout to the following tag

git checkout pre-wasm

Now just run the code via (assuming you have cargo installed)

cargo run

You should be able to play in console against AI opponent that uses a minimax algorithm to determine which move should be its next. To change the difficulty modify the run method in the connect4 module. There's a few levels of difficulty available listed in enums/difficulty module.

In progress...

The next step is to transform Rust code from an app into a lib, and expose functionality through WASM for the UI.

To run the Elm UI, clone the repository first, and then:

yarn install

We're using parcel to run the app locally, but we have prepared a simple command to run the UI:

yarn start

UI should be available at http://localhost:3001!

Next steps are:

• adding WASM support and exposing functionality
• implement communication between the Rust and Elm code
• build basic UI for two players sitting next to each other, or player vs AI play

Future plans:

• implement rust backend
• use websockets to enable "over the internet" multiplayer
• player stats
• graphics (I'm thinking retro at the moment)
• + more...