A strategy game about blocks? Meh.īut now that I've tried it, I think it has real potential. I must admit that this game certainly didn't sound very exciting when I first heard about it. Unfortunately, if you want to play this game online, it may be difficult to find active servers and players since there is no master server in the game. The goal of the game is to capture 'flags' in the center by extending your influence all the way out to them from your home. These gifts include such things as earthquakes, volcanoes, and rockets. But watch out: 'gifts' will randomly fall on the field, which, if you can encircle them with your influence, allow you to really ruin an opponent's day. Blocks placed higher up have more influence, so bigger towers are better. Blocks placed on the field create a circle of 'influence', which represents the area that a player controls. That, and simply only that, made my algorithm work, and through rigorous beta testing, I was able to prove to myself enough that I did it.An opponent just destroyed my tower in Bontago.īontago is an abstract strategy game where players compete against each other by building towers out of blocks. I eventually ran into the simple solution that if a tile were placed, then the direction of the previous tile must not be an available option for the next tile placement. I even ran into gruff when I threw in a slope calculation on accident. I started the problem off very complex to try and find a clever way to determine that the 'path' that the tile placement was going would come up with 'traps' that would inevitably make the puzzle unsolvable. I learned how to create a solvable puzzle for every tile-placement iteration. To play the original game, please visit To learn more about Jerome Lulling, please visit Points of Interest BackgroundĬomboling was conceptualized by Jerome Lulling in the mid 80's while he was staring at the tiles on his bathroom floor. I found no help in determining the algorithmic means of tile placement. I had to do as much research on the game as I could to give proper rights to the person who conceptualized the game.

I had an up and coming project for a GUI class, and decided to port this game as best as I could in the time frame that was available for me. I first ran into Comboling through random web surfing.

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