Also it takes a long while to be good at the game. I myself played SC for years and still have a losing record on Battle.Net

It's probably because other people are also getting better at it too o.o So don't worry too much.

Yeah, I heard the game is pretty fast-paced, and watching the videos on youtube and stuff, they look epic! Although some stuff look a bit complicated Usually, games that come out now are so complicated that sometimes it takes a while to get used to the control, especially shooting games or RPGs.

hmmm... yeah a minute would be too long -_-;;
Well, I haven't really coded any AI part yet, except black's first move, and I don't exactly know how fast it's going to be. Hopefully, less than 10 seconds. If it goes over, then I guess I have to make the AI less intelligent, or make a progress bar for AI's thinking to show that the game is not unresponsive.

lol! In lobsters we trust!

And yeah, it will be easier for me too. I've been to IRC only like 4~5 times

Today, I spent the entire morning researching on the AI for the board games. I found some interesting articles, and it seems like Minimax Algorithm is good for these kind of games. I don't know if it will be fast/efficient enough with BASIC, and I still haven't read all of it yet. I hope it works and if it does, it will definitely lead to a very good AI, not too hard, not too easy.

hmm... if there are 75 sprites, and about 15 can fit in one picture file, you only need 5 picture files, isn't it?
I think 5 picture files are not too bad, especially with xlib you can keep the pictures archived. Well, I think Axe also can be good too, but since I never used Axe yet (having other projects to do on the calc) I really can't tell you. Well, no matter what platform, good luck!

Wow! great job! another nice-looking RPG in progress^^ btw, is this going to be in pure basic?

I'm uploading what I have so far... I still didn't implement the shieldwall, and A.I., and the surrounding capture (that looks like GO capture).

What I did accomplish from {AP}'s game are:

• different board design
• choice of who goes first
• # of rounds to play (1~5)
• Win condition (either highest wins or highest captures)
• 'King needs to make 2 moves for escape' option
• Saving/loading
• Gameplay log (although it only stores last 2 moves)

After I'm done with the three things that needs to be done, the game should be complete...

btw, there may be some bugs, especially dealing with who wins, etc. I tried to fix all the bugs that I found, but there might still be some that I did not see. So if you find one, please tell me. what the settings were during the time of finding bug would really help too.

And, I'm too lazy to make an animated screenshot right now If anyone wants to do it, go ahead. ^^