Seed Sowing
A count-and-capture mancala-family game: sow seeds round the board, earn free turns and capture across.
Board Emulator verified v1.0.0 18.5 KB
The JAR and JAD are the Original Java ME Version for phones and emulators. How to install.
About
One of the world's oldest kinds of board game, played with the classic store-and-capture rules. Press 1-6 to sow one of your pits and watch the seeds drop one at a time; landing in your store earns another turn and landing in an empty pit of your own captures the pit opposite. The CPU plans ahead with an alpha-beta search that understands free turns, or play a friend on one phone.
Objective: Finish with more seeds in your store than your opponent.
Modes: 4 seeds vs CPU, 6 seeds vs CPU, 4 seeds 2 players
board game mancala counting versus cpu
Screenshots captured from the real JAR at 176x208 on the project's reference runtime; the third image is rendered by MicroEmulator 2.0.4.
Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| 1-6 | Sow that pit |
| 4/6 | Choose pit |
| 5 | Sow chosen pit |
| * | Pause menu |
In every game: 5 selects in menus, * pauses, and on the title screen # opens help and 0 toggles sound. The joystick and 2/4/6/8 are interchangeable.
Verification
| Level | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Build verified | Yes | Compiled against CLDC 1.0 / MIDP 2.0; JAR + JAD generated |
| Reference runtime | Yes | Passed at 128x128, 128x160, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320 |
| Emulator verified | Yes | Automated smoke test on MicroEmulator 2.0.4 (176x220) |
| Real device verified | No | Not yet tested on real hardware |
Tried it on a real phone? Send a device report.
Technical details
| MIDlet | seedsowing.SeedSowingMIDlet |
|---|---|
| Platform | Java ME, CLDC 1.0, MIDP 2.0 |
| JAR size | 18.5 KB |
| Screens | 128x128, 128x160, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320 |
| Storage | RMS record store gk (settings, best score) |