Aya Go Free
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Spark Plug Games, LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
- Very strong engine with high international ranking
- 9x9 a delightful shorter game, fully enabled in this version
- 19x19 and 13x13 boards (free version limited to 40 moves)
- 2-player mode, as well as human-AI play mode
- 11 computer opponent levels
- 9 handicap levels
- Chinese and Japanese rules
- Professionally composed music, unique to this game
The ancient game of Go is still widely played in Japan, Korea and China. The simple rule set hides a game of enormous depth and strategic beauty, considered by many as being the ultimate thinking game.
Where Chess is highly analytical, Go depends on intuitive response to patterns and the capacity to trade advantages. The beginner can easily overplay a position or play too timidly – learning to play Go teaches fine judgment and complexity management.
The full version of this game offers unlocked 13x13 and 19x19 modes of play, save games, and full replay of move history.
From the AI Factory family of engines, Aya Go is the work of Hiroshi Yamashita, a Computer Olympiad Gold medalist in Go and also 3 times World Computer Shogi Champion. Aya is already available in airline in-flight entertainment and will shortly appear on 2 major gaming consoles. Aya has competed in 9 world computer tournaments over the past 7 years, winning Gold, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronze medals.
Reviews
Good until...
Fentyn
It's a good program and is nicely polished and all and isn't too difficult for you to start learning, but it crashes pretty often now, often restarting my entire iPhone. I'd get smartgo instead.
Very nice app!
Talverion
This is very easy to learn and as a free app, is totally worth getting if interested in Go.
Great free go app
ckmstr
I am really satisfied. I am a beginner so no complaints about the AI - it can still beat me. I'm on iPod touch 4th gen and have had no crashes. I wish this were higher in the search results and so easier to find.
Seems good; can't tell
DevWil
This game seems like it's of reasonably good quality except that it's crashing before I can get 6 moves into a game. (iPod Touch 4G, iOS 4.3.3)
Crashing
dRj~
Low-res images probably look fine on earlier generation devices, but look blocky on Retina display. Couldn't sample gameplay because it kept crashing by the 6th move. Looking elsewhere. Glad I didn't spend $3 on the paid version.
No go
kraz8
Worked fine when I had it on the 3s, now on the 4s it plays 1 move then kicks out. Was fun, now unplayable.
Crashes like a college student on a saturday night
Freemanliberty
It looks well made except for being very crash prone. I hope its creator fixes this soon...
Crashes
HoaTim
Interface looks good. Menu and instructions are in good english. I tried this app on an ipad2, but it keeps crashing after 2-3 moves. A tutorial with notes or diagrams on the game board indicating available moves, would be a great addition for beginners to learn. I would be willing to retry this app again after the crashing problem has been fixed and/or their is an ipad version of this app that does not crash.
