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Gobandroid Go Material on Windows Pc

Developed By: ligi

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 1.062 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 2.5.9
Size 3.1 MB
Release Date May 03, 18
Category Board Games

Game Permissions:
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming. [see more (5)]

What's New:
- Fix a problem with some tsumego - Update libraries [see more]

Description from Developer:
Gobandroid is a Free Software goban ( aka GO-Board ) for Android to learn and play the beautiful ancient game of Go (weiqi / wei-chi in Chinese, igo in Japanese, baduk in Korean)
G... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Gobandroid Go Material and play on Windows PC. Gobandroid Go Material is free Board game, developed by ligi. Latest version of Gobandroid Go Material is 2.5.9, was released on 2018-05-03 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Gobandroid Go Material is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 1,062 users, 127 users had rated it 5*, 584 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Gobandroid Go Material on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Gobandroid Go Material on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Gobandroid Go Material on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play Gobandroid Go Material using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Gobandroid Go Material" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Gobandroid Go Material on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Gobandroid Go Material" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.5.9.

Download Gobandroid Go Material 2.5.9 on Windows PC – 3.1 MB

Gobandroid is a Free Software goban ( aka GO-Board ) for Android to learn and play the beautiful ancient game of Go (weiqi / wei-chi in Chinese, igo in Japanese, baduk in Korean)
Go originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. The game is noted for being rich in strategy despite its relatively simple rules. It has been claimed that Go is the most complex game in the world due to its vast number of variations in individual games. [1] [2]

Features:

Solve Tsumego ( Go Problems are called Tsumego or life&dead problems - similar to chess problems)
10 Tsumegos in easy, intermediate and hard from gogameguru included
Ability to automatically download >300 Tsumegos
Review games of go ( SGF Format reader )
Included commented and uncommented pro-games featuring googles deepmind alphago, lee sedol and many more
Record Games ( or use the phone/tablet as a board - incl SGF writer )
TV-Mode ( automatic replay of games - mainly for GoogleTV )
Play a go game against GnuGo ( extra install needed )
Share and receive shared games
Get information about certain go terms like Miai, Shape, Joseki
Links to some nice go related videos like the trailer to surrounding game or some tutorials to go
Ability to bookmark games
Support default sizes 19x19, 13x13, 9x9
alternative sizes between 2x2 and 23x23 ( But then no handicap support)
Edit positions ( mark-positions / freely set stones )
Available in >10 Languages ( Please join the translators at https://www.transifex.com/ligi/gobandroid to add/complete yours )

If you find a bug please email me or file a bug in the issue tracker on github. I can't contact you via the Android-Market comments system to fix the problem
This app is Open-Source - the Source-Code is on github [3]- Patches/Contributions welcome! You can also find this project on googleplus: https://plus.google.com/106767057593220295403

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
[2] http://www.usgo.org/resources/topten.html
[3] http://github.com/ligi/gobandroid
- Fix a problem with some tsumego
- Update libraries
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.