Re: [pbmserv-dev] New guy

[John Williams <williams@tni.com>]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Michael Hammond wrote:
>     I'm looking at building a PBMServ module, and I'd like any
> suggestions on where to get started.  I've looked at some of the code
> files - board2d, game.cpp, etc.  and I'm just overwhelmed.  Is there a
> good starting point to make sense of all of this stuff?

Don't look at that stuff.  Just look at a game such as gomoku as an
example of what to do.

You inherit from board2d, and override a few functions:

  GameType : name your game
  Init : setup your initial board
  PrintBoard or PrintBoardAs : show the board
  MakeMove : make a move on the board
  IsGameOver : well, is it?

There are a few others you can override to do more advanced things, but
those are where you start.

~ John Williams