Life In 19x19

It seems like the finished product is 9x9. That is probably the best choice to attract new players, but is that the only option?

While the photos only show 9x9, I’m quite sure that 13x13 and 19x19 are also options. It would be a waste of material and money to build such a thing with only 9x9, I think.

Perhaps Daniel Bösze can tell us more?

Yes, it is indeed possible to choose the size of the board. If you choose 19x19, you get to play on the beautiful kaya goban from the title screen while the smaller boards have a simpler look. Also, you have a choice to either play alone against the computer or against another human. You can save and later load games for review and learn Go in an interactive tutorial (coming next week). If for example two beginners don't know if a game is over and choose to count, the computer finishes the game for them if there are still some open positions on the board. Of course, you can also have the score estimated during the game to help beginners better understand the influence of their stones. In the future, the inclusion of Go problems and maybe online Play are planned.

Daniel

DrStraw wrote:It seems like the finished product is 9x9. That is probably the best choice to attract new players, but is that the only option?

Any updates on this?

Sighris wrote:

DrStraw wrote:It seems like the finished product is 9x9. That is probably the best choice to attract new players, but is that the only option?

Any updates on this?

Reading a thread to the end is a good advice to follow before asking such a question

I've read to the end but I still wish to know the current status of the digital go board[emoji14]

jenson wrote:I've read to the end [..]

apparently not: see Dani01’s comment: http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/viewto ... 51#p174051 (he’s the guy who created this!)

This is pretty cool. I would love for something like that here in the states.

Has anyone here actaully used it? Was it an enjoyable experience?

I've tried it a while ago. Works fine, looks good. Does not have the most responsive touch screen but then again, it might be more robust this way. I heard it got broken though. Dunno whether this is true and if it is whether it will be replaced.

This electronic Go board was featured in a Chinese documentary on the game of Go. Fastforward to 36:10 to see how the board works. It looks great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLQ4odq ... tml5=False

By the way, if you want to watch the rest of this excellent documentary, I have posted links to all the episodes in another thread:

http://lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=12937.

"Touchen um zu starten" - ouch. That is very bad german.
But nice idea. I wonder what Software/UI that is...