Sprouts is a pencil-and-paper game with interesting mathematical properties

Sprouts is great! I gave a talk and did a project on it in my combinatorics class in college. I was thinking about doing an iPhone version in Obj-c or a web version. Anyone interested in this or know of an existing version?

There's a version in the app store, but looks broken

I couldn't find one either. I know a few guys who might be interested in helping out with an Open Source version though. Anyone want in?

I think this would be a great toy game to do with Canvas and release as an HTML5 app.

This is interesting. Does anyone know of a way to play this game against a computer, besides the windows-only programs mentioned in WP? And how do you decide how many dots to start with?

Other comments on my first submission on HN, three years and half ago (!) : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=291606

I was introduced to sprouts in Piers Anthony's novel Macroscope. This is a nice reminder. I need to play this with my daughter.

It's a good game to play on a wave-washed beach with a pointed stick. Sorry, nostalgic for last year's summer holiday.

Just played for 15 min with my 5 year old. Line dot line dot hahaha. Good times.