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Title: NANY 2017: Auceps - A small and friendly chess-like game
Post by: aomewe on December 31, 2016, 03:36 AM

NANY 2017 (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=325.0) Entry Information

Application Name	Auceps
Version	2006-12-31
Short Description	A small and friendly chess-like game
Supported OSes	Targets Chrome/Chromium-base web browsers - tested on Chromium
Web Page	This One (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=43342)
Download	Attached to this post
System Requirements	Desktop Web Browser
Version History	2016-12-31 Initial release

Description
A mini chess-like game based heavily on "Let's Catch the Lion", itself a scaled-down version of a chess game from the orient.

Features
A friendly and chatty, but slow AI
A bit awkward undo/redo
A help dialog
An about dialog
Operates completely off-line, should not use the network at all

Screenshot
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Usage
Installation
Unzip the zip file.

Using the Application
Open the index.html file (contained in the unzipped folder) in a web browser.
Click passed the opening screen.
Click on the help button for some tips or start playing by selecting a piece to move and a destination for the piece.

Uninstallation
Delete the unzipped folder.

Tips
Click on the help button for some tips.

Known Issues
The AI is a bit slow.
It seems to work on Chrome/Chromium for Android, but there the speed of the AI borders on intolerable.

Checksum
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Title: Re: NANY 2017: Auceps - A small and friendly chess-like game
Post by: mouser on December 31, 2016, 04:04 AM

Very cool!

I'm having fun figuring out the rules as I play.

Title: Re: NANY 2017: Auceps - A small and friendly chess-like game
Post by: aomewe on December 31, 2016, 04:49 PM

Thanks for trying it out.

On a separate note, have added a screenshot.

Title: Re: NANY 2017: Auceps - A small and friendly chess-like game
Post by: tomos on January 04, 2017, 11:24 AM

Supported OSes   Targets web browsers - tested on Chromium

-aomewe (December 31, 2016, 03:36 AM)

Doesnt work on Firefox based browsers (here)
Will try later with Chromium/Chrome

Title: Re: NANY 2017: Auceps - A small and friendly chess-like game
Post by: aomewe on January 06, 2017, 07:10 PM

FWIW, it seems to start up and one can play here on some recent versions of Firefox as well as Palemoon, though this is on some *NIX box.

During testing I noticed some not-so-nice timing issues on non-Chrome-based browsers so even if it were to work somewhat, the play might be awkward.  I didn't reflect this in the description appropriately, clearly erroneous.  Will update the info.

Thanks for trying and the feedback!

Title: Re: NANY 2017: Auceps - A small and friendly chess-like game
Post by: tomos on April 11, 2021, 09:18 AM

Rediscovered this, had a few plays in Vivaldi :up:

I'm having fun figuring out the rules as I play.

-mouser (December 31, 2016, 04:04 AM)