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Thanks for taking the time to check it out. This was a "weekend hack" for me -- really, two weekends since I implemented Ko enforcement and a few other requeste

Thanks for taking the time to check it out. This was a "weekend hack" for me -- really, two weekends since I implemented Ko enforcement and a few other requested features the weekend after the original code was written. I wrote more about "weekend hacks" here: http://davepeck.org/2009/01/26/weekend-hack-1-go/ http://davepeck.org/2009/01/26/weekend-hack-1-go/ The project is an open-source AppEngine application. The source code is up on GitHub; it is released under the AGPLv3. This was a hack, so don't expect the world's finest code base! http://github.com/davepeck/appengine-go/tree/master http://github.com/davepeck/appengine-go/tree/master Please send your suggestions (or, better, patches) my way. Happy Go!

Maciek416 17y ago
Can you explain the part about entering email addresses?
- davepeck 17y ago
  This version of Go is played by correspondence. Email or twitter is required. There are no "accounts" on go.davepeck.org -- just people playing the game via their preferred contact mechanism.
Scriptor 17y ago
Are you using the Japanese or Chinese scoring system? EDIT: Also, I'd like a way to send a message to the person I'm requesting to play with. I checked to see what the message was like and for someone who doesn't know what it's about might be confused, even consider it spam.
- davepeck 17y ago
  Now that it is open source, I'm aware of at least two efforts that will provide tools to help with scoring once the game is finished. Currently scoring is up to the players after the game is done. As for the message: interesting. It says, effectively: "Someone started a game of Go with you; click here to play." Is that really so confusing? What would you say instead? Do you want control of subject, message contents, both?
  - Scriptor 17y ago
    It's just that the message sounds a lot like that website that mass-emailed people with the message "someone wants to share pictures with you, click here to see them" or something like that. A simple textbox containing some optional text to be sent along with the email to provide some context would be nice. As for the message itself, maybe adding some of the game details such as board size and each player's colors? For someone who knows Go this would make the email seem more legitimate. And/Or you could add a "What's this" at the email's bottom that's only added to game invites that briefly described your app. Damnit, I know Python, time to check out the code and stop writing lists of stuff you should do!
    - davepeck 17y ago
      Haha, awesome. I think this would be a great set of changes! Cheers.

Maciek416 17y ago

Can you explain the part about entering email addresses?

davepeck 17y ago
This version of Go is played by correspondence. Email or twitter is required. There are no "accounts" on go.davepeck.org -- just people playing the game via their preferred contact mechanism.

Scriptor 17y ago

Are you using the Japanese or Chinese scoring system? EDIT: Also, I'd like a way to send a message to the person I'm requesting to play with. I checked to see what the message was like and for someone who doesn't know what it's about might be confused, even consider it spam.

davepeck 17y ago
Now that it is open source, I'm aware of at least two efforts that will provide tools to help with scoring once the game is finished. Currently scoring is up to the players after the game is done. As for the message: interesting. It says, effectively: "Someone started a game of Go with you; click here to play." Is that really so confusing? What would you say instead? Do you want control of subject, message contents, both?
- Scriptor 17y ago
  It's just that the message sounds a lot like that website that mass-emailed people with the message "someone wants to share pictures with you, click here to see them" or something like that. A simple textbox containing some optional text to be sent along with the email to provide some context would be nice. As for the message itself, maybe adding some of the game details such as board size and each player's colors? For someone who knows Go this would make the email seem more legitimate. And/Or you could add a "What's this" at the email's bottom that's only added to game invites that briefly described your app. Damnit, I know Python, time to check out the code and stop writing lists of stuff you should do!
  - davepeck 17y ago
    Haha, awesome. I think this would be a great set of changes! Cheers.