Gridlock is collection of over 20 abstract strategy board games, including Ataxx, Reversi, Checkers, Chess, Connect Four, and many others.
Most of the games are for two players; you can play against computer opponents of adjustable difficulty, or human opponents over the network. There are also several solitaire games. Some of the games can be played in 3-dimensional boards.
After launching the application, the game window will appear. Select the game you want to play from the "Game" popup menu in the upper right. Some games have different variations (different rules, board size, etc), which you can select from the "Variations" popup menu.
The "Players" section on the right displays the color and status of the two players. The player whose turn it is will have a bolded label. For games in which players have a score, the scores are shown next to the player labels.
Popup windows underneath each player`s label allow you to specify whether each player is human or computer-controlled, and the difficulty of computer players. (Note that "Hard" and "Very Hard" computer opponents may take several seconds to make each move).
The rest of the window contains the game board. The board can be rotated by right-clicking or control-clicking and dragging the mouse. To make a move, click on the cell where you wish to place a piece.
Some games require that you move from one cell to another; to do this first click on the cell you wish to move from, then click on the cell you wish to move to. (In some games such as Checkers you may be able to make a move containing several jumps; to do this click on each cell you wish to jump to in sequence).
For all games, cells that are legal moves will become highlighted when you move the mouse over them. If you are unable to make a move, you can pass by clicking the "Pass" button on the right. The "Restart" button will restart the game, requiring confirmation if a game is in progress.
The "Preferences..." menu item in the main Gridlock menu opens the Preferences window, which allows you to change your player name, set board and piece colors, and enable/disable move animations and automatic update checking.
Games can be saved and restored using the "Save" and "Open" commands in the Game menu. Games are saved with their full move history, so you can save a game after it is finished, open it later, and undo moves back to the beginning.
The Edit menu contains Undo and Redo commands. Selecting Undo will back the game up to the last time it was a human player`s turn.
The Undo feature has basically no move limit. Selecting Redo will redo a move that was previously undone, but only if no new moves were made after the undo.
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added Pente and Lights Out games.
· Fixed networking and other bugs.
· Updated third party wxPython, PyOpenGL, and Numpy libraries.
