🎨 Color War - Chain Reaction Game 🎮

🌟 Overview

Color War is a strategic board game where players compete to control the board by placing and exploding tiles in a chain reaction. The game features a colorful interface with animated explosions and captures, creating an engaging and dynamic gameplay experience.

🚀 Game Features

• Multiplayer Support: Play with up to 4 players on the same device
• Strategic Gameplay: Balance offense and defense to dominate the board
• Chain Reactions: Watch as your moves trigger cascading explosions across the board
• Animated Interface: Enjoy smooth animations for tile placement and explosions
• Elimination Mechanics: Players are eliminated when they lose all their tiles

📜 Game Rules

🛠️ Setup

• The game is played on an 8x8 grid
• Players take turns in a randomized order
• Each player is assigned a unique color (Red, Green, Blue, or Yellow)

🎲 First Move

• On a player's first turn, they can place a tile on any empty cell
• First move tiles start with a power level of 3

🔄 Subsequent Moves

• After the first move, players can only add tiles to cells they already own
• Each placement increases the cell's power level by 1

💥 Explosions

• When a cell's power level exceeds its capacity (4 for all cells), it explodes
• An explosion resets the cell's power to 0 and distributes power to adjacent cells
• Adjacent cells are captured by the exploding player regardless of previous ownership
• This can trigger chain reactions if adjacent cells also exceed their capacity

🏆 Winning

• A player is eliminated when they have no tiles left on the board
• The last player with tiles on the board wins the game

🎛️ Controls

• Mouse: Click on a cell to place a tile

📥 Installation

📋 Prerequisites

• Rust programming language (https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install)
• Cargo package manager (included with Rust)

🛠️ Building and Running

1. Clone the repository
2. Navigate to the project directory
3. Run the following command:

   cargo run --release
   

🔧 Technical Details

📦 Dependencies

• ggez: A lightweight game framework for making 2D games with minimum friction
• rand: Random number generation for player order and game mechanics

💻 Implementation

• Written in Rust for performance and safety
• Uses the GGEZ game framework for graphics and input handling
• Features smooth animations for explosions and tile captures
• Implements a turn-based system with player elimination logic

🧠 Strategy Tips

• Corner cells are strategic as they only have two adjacent cells
• Edge cells are also valuable with only three adjacent cells
• Try to create chain reactions to capture multiple cells at once
• Be careful not to place tiles that could be easily captured by opponents
• Sometimes it's better to reinforce your existing positions than to expand

🙏 Credits

Developed as a practice Rust implementation of the classic Chain Reaction game concept.