t_games v0.50.14a1

[ichabod801]

This is another t_games release, with some features I had been meaning to add for a while. (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. It also provides a framework for writing text games in Python, with classes for boards, cards, and dice.

New features in this release:

• Split options from the rules in the interface, adding the options command.
  
• Added the info command to display rules, credits, and options together.
  
• Added elementary cellular automata.
  
• Added option group aliases.
  
• Added the gonzo option to all games.
  
• Made sure gipfing from a gonzo game leads to a gonzo game.
  
• Added the Orangutan opening to Chess.
  
• Added the stomp option to Snakes and Ladders.
  
• Added the reserved option to Bisley.
  
• Added the cells and max-passes options to Quadrille.
  
• Added the piles option to Thoughtful.
  
• Got CrapsBots to not bet all their money unless they are down to their last buck.
  
• Added the num-extra option to Prisoner's Dilemma.
  
• Added an end-of-match message to Rock-Paper-Scissors.
  

Framework changes in this release:

• Implemented equality testing for cards.Hand.
  
• Modified cards.Hand.__repr__ to show the faces of the cards.
  

Bug fixes in this release:

• Stopped the super-five option in Yacht from triggering on any roll.
  
• Fixed bug with Slider Puzzle ignoring the rows and columns options.
  
• Fixed bug with misspelling of the failure-rate option in Global Thermonuclear War.
  
• Fixed incorrect values for face cards with the minus or plus-minus options in Ninety-Nine.
  
• Got CrapsBots to not make a bet instead of raising an error on an invalid bet.
  
• Fixed Card.__lt__ (it was comparing to itself, not to the other card).
  

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, credits, and options list for all games
  
• RPN Calculator for in game calculations
  
• User settable short cuts
  
• Open source (GPLv3+)
  
• Automatically detects games added to the system by the user.
  
• Provides a framework for game design with classes for boards, cards, and dice.