Otello is a strategy board game named after an opera. It is not named after a certain commercial strategy board game, although there is a vague resemblance between the two. :-)
Otello can play at three skill levels, or it can be used by two people as an electronic game board. If you like, it can suggest what it thinks is the best move available at any time.
Otello's settings and window position are remembered in a preferences file in the System Folder. Otello is fully compatible with System 7. It has also been tested briefly with older versions of the system software going all the way back to that which came with the Mac 512K so long ago. (I couldn't find a 128.) Therefore, I hope that Otello will work with all Macintoshes and with all versions of the system software. Please let me know if it doesn't.
Otello may be distributed freely on bulletin boards, commercial on-line services, and other networks, and by user groups. However, it may only be distributed in its original unmodified form together with this file. Written permission is required for distribution for profit. Source code is not available. Sorry.
Please send me a postcard if you enjoy this game:
3691 West 23rd Avenue
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6S 1K6
Thanks to the many people around the world who have written. I'm sorry that it has taken so long for me to finish version 2 but my real job takes up too much of my time.
If you have suggestions for improvements to Otello, I'd be delighted to hear them.
Revision history:
v1.0 First release.
v2.0 Added colour. Made the board resizable. Improved the algorithm for evaluating
