sorodocosmin / game-of-go

Python GUI implementation of the classic game of Go.

Game of go

A minimalistic Game of GO gui

you can see a short demo here

More info :

Game of GO

Available arguments for this app:
    Optional:
    1. "-s <options-1>" which comes from size
    2. "-to <options-2>" which comes from type of opponent
<options-1>: the size of the board, it needs to be a positive integer, usually it is 9, 13 or 19
<options-2>: the type of opponent, it can be one of the following:
    1. "h" - human
    2. "c" - computer
If no optional arguments are given, the default values are:
    1. "-s=9"
    2. "-to=h"
Note1 : The game is finished if and only if both players pass their turn.
Note2 : The final score doesn't take into account a komi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_(Go)) as it might
depend on the rules that are used (Chinese, Japanese, etc.)
Note3 : see more details about the scoring rules (https://senseis.xmp.net/?TrompTaylorRules#toc3)
also called Tromp-Taylor rules or here (https://tromp.github.io/go.html)
Note4 : After the game is finished the little squares show the territory for each player.
Note5 : It will show that a player won if captured stones + territory is greater that the other player's.
Note6 : In case of equality, the second player will be declared the winner. 
Note7 : When playing with the computer, the first one to move will be randomly chosen.

How to run it ?

python .\main.py

You can see more details by running

python .\main.py --help