karstenkoehler / bridges-sim

a logic puzzle game called Bridges

Bridges Game Simulator

Bridges is a logic puzzle from Japan, where the player needs to connect islands with bridges.

The Rules

The board is a square grid with an arbitrary number of islands. Each island contains a number, which determines the number of bridges this islands needs to its neighbors. The goal is to connect all islands with the specified amount of bridges. The following rules must be obeyed:

• Each island needs as many islands as the number on it determines.
• A bridge can either be horizontal or vertical.
• Bridges are not allowed to cross each other.
• A bridge is not allow to run over an island.
• Two islands can be connected by either one or two bridges.
• At the end, all islands need to be connected to a single group.

Features

• Create random puzzles with chosen complexity.
• Save and loads puzzles from a file.
• Generate a single safe bridge in the current state.
• Automatic solving until a state cannot be solved unambiguously.
• Merge two puzzles into a new one.
• Different visual utilities to help the player.

Installing

To get a local copy just run the following commands.

git clone https://github.com/SchiffFlieger/bridges-sim
cd bridges-sim
mvn package

Built With

• Java 8 - Programming Language
• JavaFX - User Interface
• Maven - Dependency/Build Management

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.