Description:

Unoh is a card game written in Xcode objective-c. Currently it is a text based version of the popular card game Uno from Mattel.

Screen shot:

This shows Unoh's current text based interface. It shows who played what cards when, who had to draw cards, who was skipped, etc. Additionally, you have have you hand sorted in ascending or descending order.

Development Status:

In October 2008, Unoh made its initial release (version 0.9). More features and support are planned for later releases.

Requirements:

Mac OS 10.3 (at least b/c of bindings). However, this is untested b/c the development machine is running Mac OS 10.5.

1. None known.

FAQs:

Q1) What the heck is d2, s, r, w, d4w, and m in the game play text interface?
A1) These are abbreviations for the action cards and black cards. In order asked, they are: draw 2, skip, reverse, wild, draw 4 wild, and mayhem.

Q2) Why is it a text-based interface?
A2) This interface is only temporary. Unoh is freeware, and, unfortunately, programming is only a hobby for me since my job sucks up the rest of my time. A real GUI with drag/drop and flipping cards is planned for a later release.

Q3) What else are you planning for future releases?
A3) Hopefully in order of features to be added: User selectable AI's for each computer player, savable Unoh games, High Scores list/record, GUI (see above), 32/64 bit versions, network play, and finally an iPhone/iPod Touch version.

Q4) Can I send you money for making such an awesome product for FREE?
A4) Um....not right now.

Q5) Why did you make Unoh?
A5) 1) I wanted a programming exercise, and 2) I see the other Uno programs around and they all seems to be missing core elements of the game (most of the time it is only a maximum of 4 players in a game (e.g. the xBox 360 version)). My version has 2-10 players allowed (as dictated by the Uno box), allows for a card in a special edition of Unoh (mayhem), and implements some rules/preferences not found in the other versions. It is intended to be the best Unoh game around...although I know it isn't yet. It follows the rules outlined in the Uno rules that come with the game except for 3 exceptions:
1) the dealer is chosen at random instead of highest card determination (this creates a similar result but eliminates ties);
2) Unoh does not support multi-handed play; and
3) I had to make up a rule because the rules in Uno do not indicate what happens when a mayhem card is played as the first card turned over from the draw pile at game start. If this situation occurs, I treat it as if a draw 4 wild card was played (it gets returned to the draw pile, and another card is chosen).