Re: [Rails-devel] Load/Save games.

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

 
> >From the beginning, I've said that 1.0 is simply working hotseat play
> of 1830, which is what we've currently got.  Beyond that, it's just an
> arbitrary number to tell us that we've hit our first major goal.
> 
> I'm not really invested in any particular versioning scheme. If
> there's one you prefer, I'm willing to consider it.
 
I'm of the school that starts with 0.1 and reserves 1.0 for something
that is pretty final, but in this case we will never have a really
finished product (if only because new games keep being published)
so the assignment of 1.0 is arbitrary anyway. My preference would
have been to give 1.0 to a version that at least includes Routes
(and all that) and better Help. But I don't really mind much about
starting at 1.0.

I would propose to make a distinction between major upgrades (1.1)
and minor changes (1.0.1), the latter for instance applying to a new
version in which Alessandro's issue has been fixed (payout for shares in
IPO).
 
> > - Implementation of the Route concept and all features that need it:
> > tile laying validation, revenue calculation, effect of tokens).
> >
> > - Help (still very rudimentary).
> >
> > - UI improvements.
> > I expect most user comments will relate to the UI.
> > And there are still glitches (the Game Status has started 
> flickering again
> > in certain cases. I know it is caused by something I did recently,
> > but I don't remember what that 'something' is....  Old age, 
> I suppose).
> >
> > - Client/server operation & Internet playability
> > (I think the latter is more complex than the former,
> > because authentication and other safety measures come into view).
> >
> 
> This is going to be a big task even if we leave out the security
> aspect.  I'm hoping we can find at least one more person to actively
> to help out before we tackle this.
> 
> > - Implementing other games.
> > For me, this would be the most interesting thing to work on,
> > and I can hardly wait to start implementing all games I 
> have (quite a lot).
> > But I think that finalizing the base code for 1830 with all the
> > above extra features is more urgent now.
> >
> 
> If this is the most interesting to work on, then let's do this.  I
> agree that these other features are important, and we'll deal with
> them eventually. However, being that it's just you and me working on
> this project, we are free to pursue the features that we're most
> interested in.
> 
> Being that few people have expressed more than passing interest, we
> are the only "customers" that we really need to worry about pleasing
> at this point.
> 
> Let's just go ahead and start working on adding the next game.  Is
> there one you had in mind?  I'm leaning towards 1870.  There's only a
> handful of minor rules differences, so it shouldn't be a huge effort
> now that we've got much of the basic infrastructure built.

Well, the first requests already have arrived: Undo and 18EU 
(one of my favourite games too).

I'll think about it. Perhaps we can follow a two-track approach
(pun intended): gradually adding game features, most of which should
not take to much work, and starting to work (or at least think about) 
basic aids like Undo (which I consider highest priority indeed), 
which will need a lot more work (or so I expect).

Erik.