Mastermind Game

aka codebreaker / superhirn

Setup

• interactive user setup
• code maker / code breaker mode
• manual or automatic mode
• changeable number of characters and columns
• with or without repetition of characters
• digits or letters encoded
• automatic response
• solution notes
• changeable user language (english, deutsch, français)

Statistic mode

• changeable solver strategy
• can use an extern helper file with precalculated responses
• show histogram, average, time

Solver strategies

• randomly selected
• Knuth Algoritm,
  worst-case-strategy, "five-guess-algorithm"
• Kooi Algorithm,
  most-parts-strategy, most best average
• Irving Algorithm,
  expected-size-strategy

Screenshots

References

• Barteld Kooi, yet-another-mastermind-strategy
  https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/yet-another-mastermind-strategy
  https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/9871441/icgamaster.pdf
• Joshua Noble, https://github.com/Joshua-Noble/Mastermind-Solver