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Simple Hex

Simple Hex

Category:Board

Size:21.3 MBRate:4.6

OS:Android 7.0+Updated:Feb 25,2025

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Application Description

This two-player connection game, Simple Hex, offers a quick and easy-to-learn gameplay experience. Players choose red or blue and take turns coloring empty cells on the board. The objective is to create a connected path of your colored cells linking opposite sides of the board. The first to complete this connection wins.

The game features "Play with AI," "Play with Friend," and "Pass & Play" modes. The AI offers three difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard) and can play first or second. Alternatively, you can play against a friend on a separate device or locally via "Pass & Play." While simple to learn, mastering Simple Hex proves challenging. An undo button lets you revert your last move(s), though this is not yet available in AI mode.

To balance the inherent first-player advantage, a "Steal Move" option allows the second player to switch places with the first player after the first move. This forces the first player to make a move that doesn't guarantee a win. This feature is also unavailable in AI mode.

Three board sizes (7x7, 9x9, and 11x11) provide a gradual increase in complexity. Hence the name, Simple Hex!

For more information on Hex, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_(board_game)

Special thanks to interns Saatvik Inampudi and Shoheb Shaik for their work on performance improvements to the AI algorithm in the first version. The current AI uses a "stable" unbounded best-first minimax game technique. Learn more about it here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsvemuri/

What's New in Version 0.45 (Last updated Dec 18, 2024):

The easy AI level is now truly easy, and the medium level is slightly easier.

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