README.txt

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DriftingDroids - yet another Ricochet Robots solver program.

Version 1.3.11 (2026-05-05) Homepage https://github.com/smack42/DriftingDroids/wiki

about

Ricochet Robots is a board game designed by Alex Randolph. If you don't know the game yet then you can start to read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet_Robot https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasende_Roboter https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/51/ricochet-robots

DriftingDroids is a computer version of the Ricochet Robots board game. It includes a solver algorithm that finds the optimal solutions to every game problem. You can use it as your trainer for solo playing or as a referee during real board gaming sessions.

usage

Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE version 8 or newer) is required to run this program. You can download Java here: https://adoptium.net/ https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/

To run DriftingDroids, just doubleclick "start.jar".

For more info please read the included documentation.

license

DriftingDroids - yet another Ricochet Robots solver program. Copyright (C) 2011-2026 Michael Henke smack42@gmail.com

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

This program uses:

DesignGridLayout - Swing LayoutManager that implements "Canonical Grids"

FlatLaf - Flat Look and Feel (with Darcula/IntelliJ themes support)