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Hello, AL! Blog
23rd March 2019
The AI for Shoebox games is given the name "AL"[/highlight]
This morning, I posted a picture with Greenie at the side of the Four in-a Row board, and wondered if I should attempt to integrate Greenie into the game, somehow.



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The idea sat in my head for a few hours, and then Michael Fernie emailed me to let me know how much one of his younger relatives was enjoying the Four in-a Row game.

She has now won around 5 games out of 12 and said to tell you that your game is so much fun. She also wanted you to know that she will plays lots of games. Haha.


Awesome

The other funny this is she calls the computer AL. She thought the word AI was a AL. So that is his name.


Fair enough!

And, so I spent the next few hours with "AL" bubbling away in my head.
For reference, "AL O'Dare" is my musical pseudonym, and this is what "Music-AL" looks like..

.. I think we can all agree, he wouldn't fit!

Instead, then, I wondered what "might" fit.
A Greenstick, as above, obviously looks out of place, too.

In the end, I've gone for a floating computerised ball with a face on it.. As you do!!

Say Hello to AL, the new Shoebox AI.



AL looks forward to playing some games with you, and possibly expanding in the future to be other characters, too. (I'm thinking hats would probably suffice for those!)
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