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RebTower 0.1.0 - added spacebar toggle to turn mode after accidentally 
turning it off on 0.0.9 ;-)

From now on the latest versions will always be found below (its relatively 
stable now).
http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.zip(for full - 657kb)

or http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.r(for update from versions 
0.0.7 and higher - 24kb)

James, may I suggest swapping the mouse interface:

- Left click playes the card.
- Right click zooms on it 


Most peope will learn what the card does very quickly, so it would 
imply that using the common left click would be best for "playing" 
while right click is for examaning...

thoughts?

re mouse interface - the problem here is there are 3 distinct operations 
needed: Zoom, Play and Discard.  Seeing as double-click under rebol 
also activates click i wasnt able to use that without messy workarounds 
and I'm not too fond of using keyboard unless totally necessary. 
 The current Left click to select then right click to play (or left 
click again to shrink) was chosen because it is a natural thing for 
us to want to inspect something before using it - using right click 
to do the actual playing was probably a little confusing for people 
at first but it quickly catches on.  The only gotchya is perhaps 
I really should add a warning on discard option so people dont willy-nilly 
throw away cards while thinking they are playing them :)

Good to understand your logic.

OK, then may I suggest then:


-	Left click - plays card (you should put this to a vote)

-	Right click examines card (since this is how every OS is designed).

But also:

Leave about 20 pixels below the cards.

When you move your mouse over a card, that space shows the word "Details" 
or "more"

You can discard from the details view of the card.


Unless the game is a trigger game, or speed is required, sticking 
to just simple left button to do most things is the best way to go.


Of course, until I learn the actual point of this game (the rules) 
and "feel" the cadence of the game, it is hard to tell.

Another possibility is to reveal icons when the card is in zoom (right-click) 
mode?

An example, the card reveals a semi-transparent black halo as it 
zooms with window-like controls on the top-right  --> a down arrow 
(unzoom, though right-click on the card can do this too) and an X 
(discard).

hmm  109 rounder  ... nice game James

nice game...

though..in one of the game ...it hanged. (not sure why)
- last card to win and it just hanged.

yeksoon - is your version 0.1.2?  This was a problem with extra turn 
cards in previous games.

yes, it is version 0.1.2


I suspect that I was clicking too many times as I deal my last card...and 
the system (or game) may be trying to pop up the 'Victorious' screen

ahh - if it happens again let me know and ill try to track it down 
- theres a check on zooming cards that only lets it happen at certain 
time

RebTower 0.1.3 released.
Changes:
# Fixed transparency issues with played cards
# Stacks now zoomable

# All new PLAYBACK MODE. (Press p to check out all the stages of 
a completed round)
Full version: http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.zip(661kb)

Update version (from 0.0.7 upwards): http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.r
(34kb)

Still to come is a stats mode and Reichart's help file ;-)

.. and the inevitable bugfix for playback mode.. 0.1.4 adds a fix 
for resetting playback mode after a win..

Coming Soon ;-)  http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower-ne-lobby.png

Any notes on things i will need to add/change etc for lobby interface 
appreciated :)

Yes, one, it doesn't say who's winning the battle ! ;-)

Btw, your games reminds me a lot this other online card game : http://www.maganicwars.com
(very good and addictive!)

thanks for the link :)

RebTower 0.1.6 Released

# few minor bug fixes

# added maximum limits to Resources (9), Stockpiles (999), Tower(100), 
Walls(100).

Full version: http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.zip(661kb)

Update version (from 0.0.7 upwards): http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.r
(37kb)

Looking very good. Possible to have a setup option for larger screen 
res? (the card text is very hard to read on a 1920x1200 display). 
Perhaps just offer a couple of standard 4:3 ratio options like 800x600, 
1024x768 and 1600x1200.

re larger screen res - ill have a look at a 1200x900 version as well 
but this will have to wait until after i've tested the network edition 
a little more - probably in a week or so :)

RebTower 0.1.7 released.

- small fix for stacks not visually clearing after completing a game.

Full version: http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.zip(661kb)

Update version (from 0.0.7 upwards): http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/rebtower.r
(38kb)

also fixed a description for the Rabid Rabbits card - it wasnt displaying 
its turn duration.

i download this game but don't understand how to win

My little castle keeps coming down

looks very cool though

heh - the object is to play your cards (left click to enlarge - right 
click when enlarged to play) and balance attack with resource management 
and castle defence to win :)

I don't understand the numbers on the cards

Looks like you can play more than one at a time?

The first part of the rebtower.r file containst help instructions 
on how to play and what the different parts mean :)  The numbers 
indicate a resource cost that has to be met in order to play the 
card.

ahhh thanks

Sudoku Solver 0.1.0 released for further testing - can now solve 
all but the evillest puzzles.
http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/sudoku-solver.r

once i get XWings, XYChains and Swordfish coded ill release the GUI 
etc ;)

solver updated to 0.1.1 - fixed quads implementation and pruned dead 
code :)  Puzzle now  set to mensa by default as im working on X / 
Y / XY Wings and Swordfishes atm :)

theres a bug in the box-[row|column] methods  - re-writing both from 
scratch so theyactually work properly :P

Nice!

The last-but-one example: you say you thing requires Xwings.....It's 
a long slog, but it can be done with simpler techniques, eliminatimg 
pencil marks with hidden sets etc.

The last example: you say requires swordfish -- next step can be 
done with coloring, after that it is easier [in my mind, coloring 
is a simpler technique than swordfish; but I may be old fashioned 
about that]

sudoku-solver 0.1.2 released - this successfully solves the mensa 
puzzle.
http://rebol.mustard.co.nz/sudoku-solver.r

notes: added some even harder puzzles to test upcoming XY-Chains 
and Swordfish

http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/crayon/

Fun little single-multi-player game, where you play multi-player 
with yourself: http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html

It shouldn't be too hard to make a REBOL version, and it's a good 
idea, I think. My hi-score is 186.

Yes, very cute game.

I would like them to change the "No. 1" to just "1"
And it would be very nice in at least shaded colour.

One last thing, it would be VERY cool to have it take place in something 
like an airport, or a factory, where you have to do a bunch of things 
to get a product or plane or something to take off.
Prevent a bank robbery, etc.

Or rob a bank and make the aircraft crash? ;)

Where do I find REBTOWER.  I got what I think is an older version 
and I'm getting hooked on this game and want to see if it is updated.

Grrr...  :)  I have no desire for millions, but ... I wrote and published 
a fantasy card game back in the early 80s; an entire decade before 
Magic the Gathering.  They made enough money to buy TSR.   Rassafrassa. 
 :)  Not to say my Monster Romp (tm) game competes with Magic;  I 
paid an artist a whole $3 for each picture, but had I flogged it 
I could be independently wealthy now instead of umm, not.  I have 
about 800 decks of the original 1000 run.  Sold 60 decks the one 
day I set up a booth to sell it, then gave away the rest.  From those 
days forward I promised myself to never pursue an idea.  Best to 
let them die on the operating table and skip the what if crap.  That 
is until I bump into a greedy partner.  Success requires greed imho, 
or at least a state of mind somewhere above "communist".  :)


Paul;  I'm not sure, but I posted this to the calendat back in July. 
 http://rebol/mustard.co.nz/rebtower-0.0.4.zip

after looking at Allen 's  penguin card game, I downloaded the card 
game engine cge.bin file. I do not know how to extract .bin files. 
Has someone used the engine before or could point me in the right 
direction?

:) btiffin, maybe open source and GPL together with a commercial 
license is the answer, at least for us software developers?

Sorry to hear that btiffin, but I find once you grasp the idea behind 
rebtower it is a hoot.  I wish the other player could be a person 
instead of the computer and if I were you I would approach offering 
it to one of those online sites or somewhere they offer internet 
based games and adapt it for such.

John; I am a big fan of OSS (with enough, well barely, wisdom to 
know that people should earn a living)


Paul;  Nothing to be sorry for.  That was actually a happy semi-sarcastic 
griping.  But thanks nonetheless :)