[Kde-games-devel] kigo

[Sascha Peilicke]

On Saturday 24 October 2009 01:33:32 Ian Wadham wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 4:15:26 am Arturo Silva wrote:
> > My goal is to try and eventually create something along these lines:
> >
> > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Go-Equipment-Narrow-Black.p
> >ng
> >
> > Lightly textured Go grid, a glossy cherry wood lacquered table for the
> > background (most boards ARE the table itself, so you can image the go
> > board is embedded unlike in the above picture), two lacquered wooden
> > cups to hold the pieces, and a timer (with KDE branding of course).
> > ^^'
> 
> You have the right idea re the wood and the pieces.  Go is a game with
> a long cultural tradition and I believe it is important to respect that. 
>  My own Go set, which I bought in Japan a long time ago but have now lost,
>  had elm wood boxes and pieces made of glassy material.  I think the black
>  were obsidian and the white milky quartz.  Although the black pieces had a
>  matte finish and the white pieces were glossy, the specularity had the
>  same look and feel for both.  I guess shiny black is somehow perceived as
>  "shinier" than shiny white.
> 
> Also, IIRC, it is traditional to use the lids of the boxes to hold captured
> pieces, which are used in scoring at the end of the game.  So it would
> be a nice touch if the upside-down lids were visible somewhere.
It's great to read along here, can't wait for some artwork popping up :-)

> I do not really like to see an "instrument panel" next to the board.  It
> seems out of place, though it does contain some useful info.  Maybe
> the choice of panel or box-lids could become settings.
I agree here, I also haven't seen similar things in other KDE games.

> I query whether it is appropriate to have a time-clock.  I have not
> heard of or seen one being used in Go and would be generally
> opposed to it, for the same reasons Parker advanced re Palapeli.
> However I see clocks are used in formal competitions ...  Me, I just
> like to enjoy a leisurely game at home.
Agreed, I actually exposed that just because GnuGo supports it somehow, 
altough I must admit that I've never tested it. I'll remove that from the gui.
-- 
Kind regards,
Sascha Peilicke
http://saschpe.wordpress.com
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