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Brain Jam
Brain Jam is a solitaire card game. It is similar to soltaire games like Freecell in that the entire deck is dealt out face up at the start, so the player has full information. However, unlike many solitaire programs, Brain Jam comes with a large but finite number of initial deck orderings, all of which are guaranteed to be solvable. Thus there is no luck factor in playing Brain Jam.
Once you have solved a given configuration, you can then go back and work to find a new solution with fewer moves. The program includes a sophisticated undo/redo feature that lets you explore multiple solution paths at once.
Brain Jam runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac. See the top of the page for the available download options:
- Linux users can download and build the source, or users of Debian-based distributions can try directly installing the package (for 64-bit Intel systems).
- Windows users can download the installer, or a plain zip file. Both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries are provided.
- Mac users can download and build the source, or Homebrew users can install the formula.
In addition to the graphical interface shown here, the Linux version also has a text-based interface available (using ncursesw).
Brain Jam comes with built-in documentation. Type "?" or F1 inside the program to learn the rules of the game and how to play.
Credits and License
This program is written by Brian Raiter. It is based on an original Windows program written by Peter Liepa. You can find that program at the original Brain Jam site.
The game configurations in this program were created by Peter Liepa, with assistance from Bert van Oortmarssen, and are used with their permission.
The graphics that appear in this program are either taken from public domain sources, or have been explicitly placed in the public domain by their creators.
The rules of Brainjam are based on "Baker's Game", described by Martin Gardner in the June 1968 issue of Scientific American.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, or (at your option) any later version. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Share and Enjoy. Send questions, comments, and bug reports to breadbox@muppetlabs.com. Please let me know if you encounter troubles installing or using the program.
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