Go Game - BadukPop

BadukPop Go (CorePlane Inc.)

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About this game

This app is for Go players of any level, from beginner to professional.

Learn the rules of the ancient board game Go (囲碁) - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty. Play Go against a variety of AI opponents, each with its own unique playing style and strength. Enjoy correspondence games with your friends, and challenge other players around the world!

• Includes over 5,000 Go problems (Tsumego) curated by pro Go players
• Play with quirky AI opponents ranging in strength from 20 Kyu (beginner) to 7+ Dan (professional)
• Compete with players around the world on the online Go leaderboard
• Improve your Go and Tsumego knowledge with interactive Go lessons
• Track your progress with a customized leaderboard for you and your friends

LESSONS
• Includes a range of fully interactive lessons from beginner to advanced level
• Learn the basic rules of Go in just a few minutes
• Get familiar with Go problems with step-by-step beginner lessons
• Dig deeper into Go tactics like eye shapes, Ko, and shortage of liberties
• Master advanced techniques for Tsumego problems like under-the-stones Tesuji and multi-step Ko

GO PROBLEMS (Tsumego)
• Play Life and Death, Tesuji, or Endgame problems
• Rated mode tracks your skill level automatically
• When you answer correctly, your rating rises and you face more difficult problems
• If you make mistakes, your rating falls and you'll get easier problems
• Use Practice mode to try Tsumego problems at your own choice of difficulty
• Global leaderboard shows top players by Tsumego rating and problem practice points

AI PLAY
• Play Go on boards up to 19x19 with a variety of AI opponents
• Includes weaker opponents for new Go players to practice with
• Also includes a full-power neural-network AI that plays at human professional level

ONLINE PLAY
• Use "Automatch" to instantly play against a Go opponent near your own skill level
• Play correspondence games with your friends on any board size: 9x9, 13x13, or 19x19!
• Scoring is fully automatic, using advanced Go AI. There is no need to mark stones manually.

Terms of Service: https://badukpop.com/terms

Questions? Reach out to us at [e-mail]. Happy Go practice!

Ratings and reviews

This game is designed for the computer to abuse passing. once ahead by a point, passing becomes a programmed priority that makes the game not worth playing. the computer deserves to lose the same way as a player, including decimated by error in programming. I would value this more than one star if they took away/lowered the 60 minute pay wall, unfair computer tactics, and increased the lessons for free people. having bought this on three devices for at home games, I hoped for more development.

I already recommended this to a friend. Between lessons and puzzles, learning is straight forward. AI, friend, and online play are options for the player. The music is cheerful to boot! There are somethings locked behind pay walls, which is a little lame, but most of it is cosmetics, and what isn't doesn't heavily impact the core mechanics.

When trying to play online, it only gives two ways to login, Google account or Facebook account. Whent trying to login using my Facebook account, the app freezes and I'm unable to proceed further. Edit: Apologies, somehow I failed to realize I could change the AI opponent to a harder one. Maybe adding a strength next to the name when starting a match might help make this more apparent. That said, I am kind of sad I didn't catch that myself first. Thanks for informing me of it though developer!

What’s new

- Minor bug fixes