Kevin Walker <kwalker@xmission.com> writes: > You argue convincingly that it would be difficult to implement > graphical representations of all PBeM games in one fell swoop, but I > don't think that's the issue. It should be feasible to write modules > for individual games in a piecemeal fashion. A module should take as > input the internal PBeM representation of the board, and emit a GIF or > PNG representation of the board. For games that have a graphic option, > players and subscribers could indicate whether they want to receive > the graphic file attached to their email. If some games never > implement the graphics, that's not a problem. Precisely. Just to avoid some other more pressing work, I tried hacking together some code that draws a backgammon board using the GD-library (which can create PNGs). This is pure test-of-concept code (so don't knock it :) ), but it shows that a half-decent backgammon board can easily be drawn in a 4KB PNG file. It'd probably make a lot more aesthetical (if not bandwidth-friendly) sense to have an artist draw an empty board, and put pieces on top of that...
Perl code for drawing backgammon board
-- Lars Balker Rasmussen "Woo hoo!?"
