Welcome to the virtual Mastermind game ! This puzzle game invites you to guess a secret color combination generated by the computer. Refine your guesses according to the clues provided, and try to discover the combination before you've exhausted your attempts!
Follow the Installation guide to install the video game.
Mastermind is a deduction game where you have to discover a secret combination of colors. Here are the main rules:
- The computer generates a sequence of colors for you to guess.
- In each round, propose a color combination.
- After each suggestion, you are given red and white pawns:
- Red pawn: A color is correct and well placed.
- White pawn: A color is correct but incorrectly placed.
Goal: Discover the secret combination in a limited number of attempts.
You will see menus displayed. For each menu, you have a table of each option with a column on the left representing its number, and a column on the right representing its name. To select an option, type its number, then press Enter.
- You will first come to the main menu, with the following options:
- Create a game : Start a new game.
- Continue a game : Resume a saved game (need an ID)
- Show games : Display your saved games.
- Quit : Close the game.
- If it's your first time, you'll need to Create a game.
- You'll arrive on the play menu :
- Play : Make a proposal.
- Save : Save the game.
- Quit : Back to the main menu.
- Save & Quit : Save the game and back to the main menu.
- You have to select Play.
- You have to make a proposal by typing the first letters of each color.
- You'll see the result of your proposal and have the play menu showed again.
- You can Save the game, Quit or both.