t_games v0.50.0a1

[ichabod801]

This is another t_games release, with some more complicated games (zip, tar.gz). T_games is a package of old-school text games, including classic computer games like Hunt the Wumpus and Hamurabi, classic tabletop games like Chess, Liar's Dice, Hearts, and Blackjack, and a variety of Solitaire games like Klondike, FreeCell, and Spider.

New games:

• Calvin Cards
  
• Gin Rummy
  
• Hearts
  

Bug fixes in this release:

• Fixed an indexing bug in Strategy
  
• Fixed a bug with Canfield overriding the lane-free option
  
• Fixed a bug with invalid holds in Ten Thousand
  
• Fixed a bug determining end of game in Flip
  
• Fixed a bug with Global Thermonuclear War changing a player's name for the whole session
  
• Fixed a bug with integer input in Hangman
  
• Fixed a bug with building cards in Solitaire games
  

Other changes:

• Updated copyright notice
  
• Generalization of some solitaire rule checkers
  
• Loosened up RandomValve
  
• Removed unneeded code from utility.py and forty_thieves_game.py
  

Current complete game list:

• Backgammon
  
• Battleships
  
• Bisley
  
• Blackjack
  
• Calvin Cards
  
• Canfield
  
• Chess
  
• Connect Four
  
• Craps
  
• Crazy Eights
  
• Cribbage
  
• Forty Thieves
  
• FreeCell
  
• Gargantua
  
• Gin Rummy
  
• Global Thermonuclear War
  
• Hamurabi
  
• Hangman
  
• Hearts
  
• Hunt the Wumpus
  
• Klondike
  
• Liar's Dice
  
• Mate
  
• Monte Carlo
  
• Ninety-Nine
  
• Number Guessing Game
  
• Oregon Trail
  
• Pig
  
• Prisoner's Dilemma
  
• Pyramid
  
• Quadrille
  
• Rock-Paper-Scissors
  
• Roulette
  
• Slider Puzzle
  
• Slot Machines
  
• Snakes and Ladders
  
• Solitaire Dice
  
• Spider
  
• Strategy
  
• Ten Thousand
  
• The Dollar Game
  
• Thoughtful Solitaire
  
• Yacht
  
• Yukon
  

Features:

• Unified command oriented interface
  
• Menu interface for browsing/selecting games
  
• Unified statistics (wins, scores, turns)
  
• Statistics can be filtered by categories and options
  
• Multiple options for most games (an average of five options per game)
  
• Complete rules and credits for all games
  
• RPN Calculator for in game calculations
  
• User settable short cuts
  
• Open source (GPLv3+)