Life In 19x19

I designed a game inspired by Go. Someone wrote an article comparing the two. I thought Go players might find it interesting, so I decided to post here.

Here's the article

Excerpts:
The key point of this rule, which will baffle the Go player at first, is that a group is surrounded, and thus ...

I had a realization about a Go-like game I invented, which led to a realization about Go itself. Curious what Go players think. See here.

hyperpape wrote:I just noticed that the example game has an opening that looks rather like a Catchup opening. I wonder if you think that's coincidence, a result of you playing/inventing Catchup in the past, or indicative of a connection?

Heh. Yep. I'm the inventor of Catchup.

Hi Nick,
blooms_territory.PNG Nitpicky suggestion:
⋅ The Blooms territory arrow is clear and unambiguous ;
⋅ The Go territory arrow is less... ( you elaborate in following text ) ;
⋅ Perhaps an (almost) unconditionally alive shape is better than a locally dead ...

EdLee wrote:

Won't complain about ugly Go clients, editors, etc.

Dunning-Kruger effect.

Haha

Bill Spight wrote:Interesting game!

Thanks kindly

I can't comment the game itself, but I must applaud the quality of that web page.

Wow, thanks. No one has ever complimented me on that before, but I've spent a lot of time trying to make it usable and pleasant. That means a lot to me.

https://nickbentleygames.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/end-one-sided-seki.gif?w=1100

*possibly* of interest: I figured out how to create a Go-like game on a hex board that doesn't suck, using a graph coloring trick. Here's a comparison between Go and it , focused on the basics ...