Scrabble.ai

Name: Logan Allen

NetId: lga24

Description

This web application, built entirely with JavaScript, using React and Redux for infrastructure and semantic-ui for styling. With this program, you can play scrabble against either another human or an intelligent AI bot.

Installation and Running the Program

1. Make sure you have the latest node and npm installed
2. Clone this repository, as well as that of the Scrabble.ai backend
3. Navigate into this local directory and run npm install to incorporate all of the necessary modules
4. To run the frontend program, simply run npm start. This will automatically launch scrabble.ai at http://localhost:3000.
5. Make sure the backend is up and running

How to play

1. Choose the game mode and bot difficulty
2. If it's your turn, select a tile from your hand by clicking it and drop it on the board by clicking the corresponding space. You will be notified when you play a word successfully or incorrectly.
3. When playing the AI bot, click play on their respective hand. The bot takes less than 1 second to execute its turn.