Mzinga is a collection of open-source software to play the board game Hive, with the primary goal of building a community of developers who create Hive-playing AIs.
To that end, Mzinga proposes a Universal Hive Protocol to support interoperability for Hive-playing software.
For more information, please check out the Mzinga Wiki.
Mzinga was written in C# and should run anywhere that supports .NET 5.0. It has been officially tested on:
- Windows 10
- Ubuntu 20.04
- macOS 10.15
The Windows release provides self-contained x86/x64 binaries which run on Windows 7 SP1+, 8.1, and 10.
- Download the latest Windows zip file (Mzinga.Win32.zip or Mzinga.Win64.zip) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
- Extract the zip file
Note: If you're unsure which version to download, try Mzinga.Win64.zip first. Most modern PCs are 64-Bit.
The MacOS release provides self-contained x64 binaries which run on OSX >= 10.13.
- Download the latest MacOS tar.gz file (Mzinga.MacOS.tar.gz) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
- Extract the tar.gz file
The Linux release provides self-contained x64 binaries which run on many Linux distributions.
- Download the latest Linux tar.gz file (Mzinga.Linux.tar.gz) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
- Extract the tar.gz file
The Portable release provides loose, framework-dependent .NET 5 binaries.
- Install the latest .NET Runtime
- Download the latest Portable zip file (Mzinga.Portable.zip) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
- Extract the zip file
Mzinga is composed of two main projects, the Engine and the Viewer.
MzingaEngine is a command-line application through which you can play a game of Hive. It accepts input commands and outputs results according to the specifications of the Universal Hive Protocol.
MzingaViewer is a graphical application which can drive the MzingaEngine (or any other engine that implements the specifications of the Universal Hive Protocol).
MzingaViewer is not meant to be graphically impressive or compete with commercial versions of Hive, but rather be a ready-made UI for developers who'd rather focus their time on building a compatible engine and AI.
MzingaPerft is a command-line utility for measuring Mzinga's performance by running Perft.
MzingaTest is a library that contains unit tests for Mzinga.
MzingaTrainer is a command-line utility with the goal to improve Mzinga's AI. Through it you can generate randomized AI profiles and execute AI vs. AI battles.
If you want to build Mzinga yourself, see Building Mzinga on the Mzinga Wiki.
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Mzinga Copyright (c) 2015-2021 Jon Thysell.
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