Ataxx - Ataxxlet

Ataxxlet

This game, created in 1996 by Paul Buchheit (Germany), is present on several sites and seems to have success.
Before, Paul made two others Ataxx, P.B XAtaxx and P.B Windows Ataxx.
Blue and red pieces colours. Red human begins. Green blocks, that may be not symmetrical. Pieces move by drag and drop.
Usually, it has a board 11x11 or 9x9, with few blocks, but it may be parametered, and it is a great and rare advantage.

To understand parameters, it is necessary to read the Html code and modify it. This is an example (in blue) :

<applet codebase="../ataxxlet" code="Ataxxlet.class" ../ataxxlet is the folder of the applet Ataxxlet.class
width=210 height=310> the total size, here 210x310 pixels
<param name=Dim value=7> the number of the board squares on each edge, here 7
<param name=ssize value=30> The size of each square edge, here 30 pixels (7x 30 = 210)
<param name=Player1pos value="0,0:6,6"> the beginning positions of the red player
<param name=Player2pos value="6,0:0,6"> the beginning positions of the blue player
<param name=BlocksPos value="2,3:4,3:3,2:3,4:1,3:5,3"> the blocks positions
<param name=Player2 value=AtaxxPaul> AtaxxPaul is the strongest level of the game. By deleting this line, human plays against human. By adding the same line for Player1 computer plays against computer...
</applet>

Each position is written in "# column, # line", beginning by 0 (so, from 0 to 6 for a square of 7). Positions are separated by ":". So initial positions are placed as any wishes (even elsewhere than in the 4 corners, and in any number !), and also the blocks positions (even not symmetrically...)

All these parameters are fantastic, isn't it ?

The higher level (AtaxxPaul) is easy.
This game is corresponding to the above parameters (Blocks-Config 236) :
You want to play in others configurations ? On this site, with agreement of the author, here 10 more !
Visit the author page, you will found some very unusual configurations !
Ataxxlet is recoverable (see Recovering java games).

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