eights Files

Eights — ANSI-art text card games
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I wrote an image viewer that used ANSI codes for display and mouse support.
This can be found as AnsiView in SourceForge. I could not find Eights
supported on any free software, and PySolFC was not working on my Mac at
the time, so I re-used elements of AnsiView to make a version for myself.

I now support several games as well as the original 'eights'. The common
software is in cardTools.cpp, and each patience has its own .cpp file.
The code compiles with a one-line command given in the in the file header.

I tried working on native Windows, but I had problems with different key
codes, and levels of ANSI support. The program compiles and runs under
the WSL2 Bash shell so I shall stick with that.

You are welcome to use this code to develop your own games. You will see
that each game has a common skeleton structure. However, each new patience
brings its own challenges, and I have modified cardTools.cpp every time
I have done something new. If you want a game supported, I can have a go.

I have no long term plans. I imagine the games keeing their current
skeleton structure, but with common features moved to cardTools.cpp.