tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74714447399510954622024-03-12T17:30:30.082-07:00Hearts - The Card GameAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-754273587001707082015-08-27T08:52:00.001-07:002015-08-27T08:54:59.604-07:00Intermittent Game Freeze BugThere has been a problem which I have experienced and reports of similar issues from users regarding occasional freezing of the game. I have made some changes that have hopefully fixed the problem and I have not been able to reproduce the bug since. Any errors can be reported through the Feedback page <a href="http://hearts.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">on the site</a>.<br />
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If the problem persists it is possible to continue the game simply by refreshing the browser - reloading the site. The game will be restored to the last save instance.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-73944541196817258282014-12-16T13:16:00.000-08:002014-12-16T13:16:00.020-08:00New Bug FixesIt seems somewhere along the way, after the mobile phone responsive layout was added the main menu for the standard site no longer displayed the 'Back To Game' link when a user went to any other page. That bug has been fixed.<br />
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Have had some feedback recently describing game freeze issues. I noticed some flaws in the game storage and retrieval from cookies code. I made some improvements to that code to try and make it more bullet proof. In my lastest tests I could not reproduce the game freeze bug. So far the improvements seem to have helped.<br />
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Cookies are only stored for 1 week. Any time you visit the site after that your game and options are reset.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-3734834693836798262014-11-27T13:21:00.002-08:002014-11-27T13:21:49.466-08:00Game Speed Bug Fix<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It turns out the option to change the speed of the game was not being stored properly. You could change the speed of the game but if you left the site and came back your speed option was reset to medium. That bug has now been fixed. It should be noted that cookies are only stored for 1 week so if you are away from the game for more than a week your options will be reset and your automatically saved game will be deleted.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-14163732502737463362014-09-02T11:26:00.002-07:002014-09-02T11:26:20.522-07:00New Hearts Mobile Responsive Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://hearts.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">single player hearts website</a> has been updated with a mobile responsive design. Now if you visit the exact same site on most phones you should find an updated layout with a larger menu placed underneath the game area and the cards in your own hand will be much larger, as well as labels and messages. I have also added a player name highlighting feature to make it more obvious who's turn it is and more notably, when it's your turn.</div>
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I soon hope to add this feature to the <a href="http://hearts-multi.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">multi-player site</a> as well.</div>
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Keep sending in your comments, bug notices and ideas. You will often find responses and answers to questions in the blog.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-52070326437588697742014-08-18T08:13:00.002-07:002014-08-18T08:13:47.130-07:00New Automatic Playout FeatureA new automatic playout feature has been added to the <a href="http://hearts-multi.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">Hearts Multi Online Player</a> version which will skip the remaining tricks and go directly to the end of hand summary in the event that there are no more point cards left to be captured or the player that captured the most recent trick will capture all remaining tricks regardless of the order in which they play their remaining cards. This is not the same thing as a 'lay down', when a player can capture all remaining tricks but must play them in a specific order to do so.<br />
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This should speed up the game a little bit and keep it more exciting.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-47680578488875394352014-08-18T07:51:00.000-07:002014-08-18T07:51:13.778-07:00Hearts VariationsI recently received some feedback regarding the possibility of playing different rule variations on the site such as:<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Spot hearts</span></li>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Keep sending in your ideas and I will pick the most popular rule variations and work on implementing them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Development is currently focused on the <a href="http://hearts-multi.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">multi online player version</a> so it is quite likely that rule variations might be implemented there first. Hopefully we can build up a large enough online hearts community that it would be worthwhile to create a system for online tournaments.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-42999932341061447782014-07-28T14:03:00.003-07:002014-07-28T14:03:49.223-07:00Multi Online Player Version Beta ReleaseYou can now play the hearts game against other players online. You have to <a href="http://hearts-multi.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">create a free account</a>, then you can join games or start your own. Your game stats are tracked in 4 categories: Most wins, most points, best win percentage and most moon shots.<br />
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The points system awards 4 points for a win (including ties), 2 points for second place (including ties) and 1 point for third place; to any players who's scores do not exceed 100.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-45575235378520664372013-10-01T13:06:00.001-07:002013-10-01T13:06:32.711-07:00Practice Sooting the MoonThe best way to learn how to shoot the moon is to try it on every hand you play. You will get a feel for what kinds of hands allow you to shoot the moon and where you can get snagged up. You will also figure out what kind of passes give you better control hands. The problem is when you’re playing with real players it can be embarrassing losing game after game. It can even be annoying to the other players if they don’t think you’re taking the game seriously. Computer algorithms don’t have a problem with this and you can experiment ‘till your heart’s content. You can practice your moonshots at <a href="http://hearts.bagtoons.com/">hearts.bagtoons.com</a>. This game uses an algorithm that is very wary of players trying to shoot the moon and it will try and ‘smash’ your moonshot.<br />
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(The term ‘smashed’ is a local term we use as it was considered a logical extension of the ‘broken’ term normally used after the first heart is played. It simply means that more than one player has captured penalty cards and it is therefore no longer possible to shoot the moon. It is possible to break and smash in the same play if someone has already captured the queen.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-79381133357195025942013-09-29T07:44:00.002-07:002013-09-29T07:44:38.259-07:00Using a 6 Suited Deck For Hearts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An interesting version of Hearts involves six or more players and requires a six suited deck. The only deck I’ve ever used or even seen for that matter was manufactured by Empire. I found a deck a long time ago in a specialty game shop and thought this would work for a mega game of Hearts. The extra black suit was ‘anchors’ and the extra red suit was ‘crowns’. There were 78 cards in total so if you wanted to play with more than 6 players you would have to remove some cards from the deck.<br />
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2) The 2 of diamonds leads the first trick. (This was necessary due to the fact that the 2 of clubs could potentially draw the queen of clubs now designated a penalty card, on the first trick.)<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Hearts, when you capture all the hearts and the queen of spades you score 0 points and all your opponents score 26 points. This of course is commonly referred to as ‘shooting the moon’. In some versions of the game if your current score exceeds or equals 26 points you have the option of subtracting 26 points from your score while your opponents score nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quite often, even after passing cards you can end up with what you might consider to be a bad hand. In these situations you may decide that you are probably going to score a lot of points anyway, so you might as well just go for them all. It can be sometimes difficult however to decide if your hand is bad enough or that you have a reasonable chance of even capturing all the penalty cards. What can complicate things even further is the fact that your hand might look so bad even before passing cards, that you may as well pass cards that will give you an even better chance of capturing more penalty cards. For the best chance to shoot the moon, it is better to make the decision before you pass your cards.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ultimately, you need some guidelines when deciding whether or not you should try to shoot the moon. Capturing all the hearts is usually the more difficult part of the moon shot. It is fairly easy to find a player that is more than willing to dump their queen on you. And if you don’t get the queen then you are getting off fairly easy anyway, since you will end up scoring 13 or less points instead of 24 or 25 if you fall short of your moon shot. When it comes to assessing your hearts the general rule of thumb is, you need ‘boss’ hearts. No hearts at all qualifies as boss hearts. You need to be able to capture every heart. This means that you won’t be able to throw off any hearts in a discard and any hearts you have must be able to capture the trick they are played in. So if you have the 2 of hearts it is very unlikely that you will capture a trick with that card and your moon shot is over, unless you are ‘long’ in hearts.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you are ‘long’ in a suit, you generally have 7 or more cards of that suit. If for example you lead the ace of a certain suit and were able to continue leading that suit and winning the tricks, by the time you came to your 7th card of that suit you would have exhausted all the other players cards of that suit regardless of the card distribution. So even if that 7th card was a 2, you could win the trick by leading that card. If you are extremely lucky with the card distribution you could accomplish this with only 4 cards of a suit.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Normally your opponents would not try to capture tricks containing hearts but if they think you are trying to shoot the moon they may try to stop you from doing so. Another difficulty in shooting the moon is the fact that you can’t lead a heart until hearts are broken. So you have to make sure you capture the trick when the first heart is discarded. In many versions of hearts if it is your lead, hearts has not been broken and you have nothing but hearts, you must pass the lead to the next player. You will have to discard a heart and your moon shot is over. (This rule is used on the <a href="http://hearts.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">http://hearts.bagtoons.com/</a> site. </span></div>
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One of the rules stipulates that a penalty card cannot be discarded on the first trick. Based on the odds it is very unlikely that a player would not be able to follow this rule. As a matter of fact my <a href="http://hearts.bagtoons.com/" target="_blank">online version of the game</a> does not even account for this possibility. So if you are ever playing this game and get an all penalty deal, take a screen shot and send it to me.<br />
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There are <span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px;">5.3645 X 10 </span><span class="super" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; position: relative; top: -5px;">28</span> possible deals in game of hearts. ( I will publish an article on that calculation in the future. )<br />
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There are 4 players who can potentially be dealt one of those hands for a total of 56 possible deals out of <span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px;">5.3645 X 10 </span><span class="super" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; position: relative; top: -5px;">28</span> total possible deals which gives us:<br />
9.579417458123 X 10<span class="super" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; position: relative; top: -5px;">26</span> :1Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471444739951095462.post-21669962793164439522013-09-21T07:53:00.000-07:002013-09-21T07:53:50.181-07:00Hearts Card Game Online Launched<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have launched a beta version of the card game Hearts. This game is played online against 3 AI players ( <a href="http://hearts.bagtoons.com/">Try it out</a> ).<br />
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The goal of this game is to allow players to learn a simple version of the game of hearts and test their skills against the computer players. In future versions I hope to be able to allow players to select various levels of difficulty and create AI players that play with different strategies.<br />
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The current options menu allows you to change the speed at which the computer players play as well as the colour of the graphics. There is also a feedback page allowing players to send information relating to bugs or other possible improvements.<br />
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The game site uses cookies allowing your game to be saved in your browser for up to a week at any point in the game including the middle of your current hand.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747721069595928840noreply@blogger.com0