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GoWild, version 0.6 by Andrew McCallum, mccallum@cs.rochester.edu February, 1992 * What is GoWild? GoWild is a application for NeXTStep 2.1 that allows two people to play the game of Go across the network. It features: * a 19x19 board, with realistically shaded stones * capabilities for pass, undo, redo, capture detection, prisoner counting, saving the game. * typed communication between players in the form of commentary associated with each move. * sound communication between players recorded with the CODEC, sent across the network, and played on the remote machine. * if a portrait of the remote player (in /LocalLibrary/Images/People) is available on the remote machine, then a portrait of the remote player appears on your local screen. * What is the game of Go? Go is an ancient oriental game of strategy. It is older than chess and, although the rules are simpler than those of chess, many people who are familiar with both games agree that Go is strategically more complex and more rewarding. The rules of Go are included in the help panel of GoWild. * Installation GoWild requires no extra files or setup. Simply put the app wherever you like (~/Apps will do nicely) and double click to run. * Getting Started Launch the program. Have a friend on another machine also launch the program. Type your friends machine name in the "Machine name:" field and press Return. (Your friend should do the corresponding actions on his or her machine.) Click on the board to place stones. Take a look at the help panel for information on the finer points of using the program. If there are features or behaviors of the program you don't understand, feel free to send me electronic mail. * Future versions This is only version 0.6---there's a lot more I'd like to add. There are a number of small improvements listed in the Help panel of the application. Read them, and if you have more that you'd like me to add to the list, send me mail. Ultimately, I imagine a cyberspace version of the smokey Go parlours they have in Japan. You punch in the name of a host machine Go parlour... look around to see who's there... watch other games going on... find someone else who'd like to start a game... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- R. Andrew McCallum ARPA: mccallum@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department UUCP: uunet!rochester!mccallum University of Rochester VOX: (716) 275-2527 Rochester, NY 14627 FEET: CSB Rm. 625
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