Mancala-Gameplay

Library for two-row Mancala Game play.

Types

MancalaGameState

• pockets - a 12 item array of all the pocket values
• stores - a two item
• activePlayer - 0 or 1 - (player 1 is "0")
• turns: - an array of the turns as they were taken
• lastTurnSteps: - an array that shows how the array mutated over the course of the previous turn
• resolution?: - an object that outlines the winner of the game

MancalaTurn

• player - player who took the turn
• pocketIndex - pocket that the player selected
• explanation - human-readable explanation of how the

MancalaResolution

• winner: player who won
• scores: value of the stores at the end of the game

Mancala Game Play

• Game play is counter-clockwise, changes to the array will be applied in reverse. That's the way i chose to do it 🤷
• Turn explainations are there to help explain what happened during the turn for new players.
• A player attempting to make an illegal move will result in en error - use playerCanMakeMove before calling applyTurnGameState

Functions

newMancalaGameState(): MancalaGameState - genrate a new game, ready for use

applyTurnGameState( incomingGameState: MancalaGameState, pocketIdx: number): MancalaGameState - returns a new instance of MancalaGameState, with the specified turn applied, performed by the activePlayer

isGameOver(pockets: Array): boolean - is the game over.

playerCanMakeMove(gameState: MancalaGameState, pocketIndex: number ): boolean - can the active player select the provided pocket

Running tests

npm run test

Building

Be srue to run a build for a release.

npm run build