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Re:Show HN: GeoChess – open-source geography strategy game by gus_massa on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @10:54AM (#48993113)
It's too hard. I know enough geography to play only in a few parts of the map.

How good is the AI? We made a few mathematical games a few years ago and our problem was that the computer used perfect strategy. We had to add an easy mode. Perhaps your AI can have an easy model that does a shallow search to avoid stupid errors.

Re:Show HN: GeoChess – open-source geography strategy game by spider-hand on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:20AM (#49008227)
Ok thanks for the feedback. I will add an option to show the used countries during the game.

> How good is the AI? We made a few mathematical games a few years ago and our problem was that the computer used perfect strategy. We had to add an easy mode. Perhaps your AI can have an easy model that does a shallow search to avoid stupid errors.

Yeah even though it says AI mode, it is just based on a simple algorithm, otherwise, players can never win. Just made a small difference between the difficulty.

Re:Show HN: GeoChess – open-source geography strategy game by gus_massa on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @03:32PM (#49012215)
Feature request?: Bridges like in Risk?