MÜHLE AI

muehle_agent is a Rust-based implementation of the classic board game Nine Men's Morris (Mühle in German), featuring an AI opponent powered by a Minimax algorithm with Alpha-Beta pruning. Players can choose different difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard) and can even watch two AIs compete against each other. The game can be played locally or through the web using WebAssembly.

Features

• Play Nine Men's Morris: Enjoy the classic board game against an AI opponent or watch AI vs. AI matches.
• Adjustable Difficulty: Choose between easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.
• AI Opponent: The AI uses a Minimax algorithm with Alpha-Beta pruning for efficient decision-making.
• Cross-Platform: The game can run locally on a desktop or as a WebAssembly application in the browser.
• More Information: purpurax.de

Requirements

• Rust and Cargo: Make sure you have Cargo installed via rustup.
• Web Server for WebAssembly:
  • Option 1: Install basic-http-server using Cargo: cargo install basic-http-server
  • Option 2 (recommended): Install http-server using npm: npm install http-server

WebAssembly Setup

1. Prepare the Assets:

   • Archive the assets folder into a file named assets.tar:

     tar -cvf assets.tar assets
     

   • On Windows, you can use the above command in a terminal that supports tar, such as Git Bash.

2. Add the WebAssembly Target: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown

3. Build the Project: cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --release

If you do not use the --release flag, make sure the index.html file is set to load the .wasm file from the correct build directory.

4. Start the Web Server:

• Using basic-http-server from cargo install basic-http-server:

  basic-http-server .
  

• Or using http-server from npm install http-server:

  http-server
  

Run Locally

To run the game as a standard desktop application simply use: cargo run --release