[Kde-games-devel] kigo

[Inge Wallin]

On Wednesday 21 October 2009 17:27:43 Arturo Silva wrote:
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> Inge Wallin
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> 
> > This seems to me as a bad idea.  The reason for that is that Reversi uses
> > flat chips with to different colors on each side (white and black), while
> > Go uses so called "stones" which are oval in shape if you look at them
> > from the side.
> >
> > A high-quality set of stones have the black stones made of a matte slate
> > and the white stones made of clamshell and have a distinct pattern.
> > That's what I suggest to try to imitate.  For more info, see
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_equipment
> 
> We are talkinga bout a top-down view, however, so the difference
> between the unflipped Reversi chips and the more rounded Go ones is
> superficial at best from that angle.  Not to mention that in the
> picture provided I can't really see the clamshell detail on the white
> chips.
> 
> But we can try to do something about it... Certainly the slate stones
> could use a matte-job.

Here is a program that I have always admired for the nice graphics.  Take a 
look at the screenshots and if you like also download it and run it for a 
couple of minutes.  It will illustrate nicely what I mean.

http://home.gna.org/quarry/screenshots.html

	-Inge