Fiars

Fiars stands for "Four in a Row", which is how we call Connect Four in Dutch (translated). The suffix RS in fiaRS is because it's written in Rust.

Requirements

To run this project, you need to have Rust and Cargo installed. Cargo is the Rust package manager and build system.

Running the Project

To run the project, use the following command:

cargo run

Or run it in Docker

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/hubble459/fiars:main

Building the Project

To build the project in release mode, use the following command:

cargo build --release

To further reduce the size of the executable, you can use the strip command:

strip target/release/fiars

Usage

Usage To run the fiars program, open your terminal and navigate to the directory containing the fiars executable. Then, execute the following command:

./fiars
# or fiars.exe

Once the program is running, you can interact with it using the following commands:

• q: Quit the program.
• r: Reset the game.
• b: Toggle the bot mode. The available modes are:
  • Off
  • Easy
  • Normal
  • Difficult
  • Expert
• 1-7: Choose a row (from 1 to 7) to make a move.
• CTRL-C: Force quit the program. These commands allow you to control the game and interact with the bot in various difficulty levels.

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