If you wish to see a video example see here.
The game is played in a cube of 4 by 4 by 4 slots and we play one after the other aiming at filling in 4 slots in a row, pretty much like in the traditional 3 by 3 game.
The cube is shown as four planes each of a different color, each with 4 by 4 positions. To play, simply specify the position chosen by clicking with the mouse on the slot where you want to play.
IF YOU CAN'T REACH THE SLOT YOU WANT, ROTATE THE CUBE BY DRAGGING THE MOUSE.
To win you must line up 4 slots with your color. I, the program, am your opponent. In this version I play to block your moves and position myself comfortably. I am not very good but if I see a winning position I take it.
When I play I display where I played on the top of the screen. It will look like "I play C13..." where C is the plane's color (Green, Blue, Red or Purple) and 13 means "first (closest) row, 3rd slot from the left". For example, if I play on the 2nd row , 4th column of the red plane I will display "I play R24". If I have 3 tokens lined up and I am about to win I will also display 3 exclamation marks right after, as in "I play B31!!!"
Here's an example. I use 4 planes side by side but on the screen they will be stacked up of course:
G B R P
4> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2> . . . . . . . . . . x . . . . .
1> . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
^ ^ ^ ^
1 2 3 4
Here, the 'x' is at position R23 and the 'o' at G12.
Examples of winning sequences (using 4 different colors A, B, C & D):
1: A11 A12 A13 A14 Note that winning slots are
2: D14 D23 D32 D41 always either on the same plane or
3: A31 B31 C31 D31 on a different plane for each slot.
4: A41 B42 C43 D44 The same rule applies to columns
5: A44 B33 C22 D11 and rows...!
A B C D
4> 4 . . 5 . 4 . . . . 4 . 2 . . 4
3> 3 . . . 3 . 5 . 3 . . . 3 2 . .
2> . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . 2 .
1> 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . 5 . . 2
^ ^ ^ ^
1 2 3 4
You play with the orange slots and I with the blue ones.
Drag the mouse to rotate the cube and get a better view.
When one of us wins I show the winning slots in RED.
To start a new game hit the browser's "refresh" button.
Good luck.
Dan Baronet.
P.S. The APL versions are better. You can specify the level from "dumb" to pretty smart. There, in "challenge" mode, I start at the highest level. You don't stand many chances. If I am about to win I will announce my move and how many moves you have left.
I you feel you understand the game and want to try something a bit upscale you can try the 4D version of this game here