TRIVEIGHT
TRIVEIGHT
A Minimalist, Mathematical Battle of Wits on a Figure-8 Track.
TRIVEIGHT is an elegant, abstract strategy game that turns counting into a tactical battlefield. Inspired by Ennumereight, the classic 1983 Atari 8-bit game, this modern reimagining challenges your spatial calculation and foresight in a loop where every single movement matters.
The board is a continuous figure-8 loop divided into two halves: four teal spaces on the left are yours, and four pink spaces on the right belong to your opponent. Pick up your counters, sow them around the track, and outsmart your rival before the board runs empty.
🕹️ How to Play
- Sow Your Counters: On your turn, select one of your active spaces. Pick up all the counters inside it and drop them one by one into the spaces ahead, following the loop: anticlockwise around your left triangle, through the center crossing, and clockwise around the right triangle.
- Execute the Capture: If your very last counter lands perfectly on your opponent's side and brings that specific space to a total of exactly 2 or 3 counters, you steal them all!
- Claim Victory: The game ends when a player has no legal moves left or the 200-move limit is reached. Any pieces remaining on the board are claimed by the side they sit on. The player with the most counters wins.
🚀 Key Features
- Adaptive AI Opponent: Test your skills across 7 difficulty settings. Level 1 offers casual, randomized fun, while Level 7 (Master) will challenge seasoned strategy veterans.
- Local 2-Player Mode: Share the screen and challenge a friend to a head-to-head tactical showdown.
- Customisable Game Setups: Adjust the difficulty, fine-tune the starting counters per space (from 4 up to 8), and choose who takes the crucial first move.
- Pure Retro Logic: Zero luck, zero RNG—just pure tactical mathematical positioning.
