An old solver I wrote in Go for the game Rummikub, along with a little game server based on WebSockets. At the time, the goal was to get a feel for the Go language and to experiment with different discrete optimization methods. Oh, yes, and also to prove that I am actually very good at playing Rummikub, just not when I have to play it in person.
Not everyone plays Rummikub the same way. This program maps the search space of possible tile combinations according to a set of rules that may deviate from other game styles. Some of the ways in which my implementation of the game of Rummikub may differ:
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A group or a run of tiles may only contain a single Joker
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Initial move must have a value of at least 14
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TODOtags in the code - clean up all 'prototypey' code
- clean up the math
- build web UI
- finish tests for the websockets game server
- put all the server code in a docker container, because
libglpkdoes not behave well outside of Ubuntu. - cite paper that inspired the ILP formulation of the Rummikub problem
- rephrase 'set' and 'row' into 'group' and 'run' to prevent confusion
Tested on Go 1.10.
Uses libglpk as the solver for the mixed integer linear program.
sudo apt-get install libglpk-dev
Or, on macOs:
brew install glpk