Quoridor (Python)

A digital implementation of the board game Quoridor, built with Python and Pygame.

🎮 Gameplay Overview

Quoridor is a strategic board game where two players race to reach the opposite side of the board while placing walls to slow down their opponent.

Each player can:

• Move one square per turn (up, down, left, right)
• Place walls to block paths
• Jump over the opponent when adjacent

🧠 Rules

Objective

Be the first player to reach the opposite side of the board:

• Blue player starts at the top and aims for the bottom
• Red player starts at the bottom and aims for the top

Movement

On each turn, a player can:

• Move to an adjacent square (no diagonals)
• Jump over the opponent if directly adjacent (if not blocked)
• Move diagonally when a jump is blocked by a wall

Walls block movement between squares.

Walls

• Each player starts with a limited number of walls
• Walls are placed between squares
• Walls cannot:
  • Overlap
  • Cross each other
  • Fully block a player’s path to the goal

🎮 Controls

• Left Click → Move / Place wall
• R Key → Restart game

🚀 How to Run

Install dependencies

pip install pygame