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=== Protocol === | === Protocol === | ||
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It is safe to assume that each game has some own internal protocol to transfer game states. For chess engines, [http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/engine-intf.html XBoard/WinBoard] is the standard protocol. But we also need to be able to interface with [http://www.freechess.org/Help/AllFiles.html FICS]/[ftp://ftp.chessclub.com/pub/icc/formats/formats.txt ICS]. | It is safe to assume that each game has some own internal protocol to transfer game states. For chess engines, [http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/engine-intf.html XBoard/WinBoard] is the standard protocol. But we also need to be able to interface with [http://www.freechess.org/Help/AllFiles.html FICS]/[ftp://ftp.chessclub.com/pub/icc/formats/formats.txt ICS]. | ||
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=== Observing games === | === Observing games === | ||
Observing games is an important aspect in social gaming. On FICS, observers are known as kibitz. Can that be done with Telepathy, too? | Observing games is an important aspect in social gaming. On FICS, observers are known as kibitz. Can that be done with Telepathy, too? | ||
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+ | === FICS details (not strictly P2P related) === | ||
+ | The various intro-* help pages for FICS seem to explain everything we'd need ([http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_basics.html basics], [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_general.html general], [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_information.html information], [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_moving.html moving], [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_playing.html playing], [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_analysis.html analysis], [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_settings.html settings], [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/intro_talking.html talking]). | ||
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+ | Playing on FICS would happen via telnet (telnet freechess.org), perhaps Telepathy could also handle the connection management for that. This would reduce the risk to maintain two different code bases in Miniature (P2P, FICS) that eventually do the same. My hope is that Miniature only needs to know about XBoard whereas P2P/FICS/ICS would all happen in the Telepathy component. | ||
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+ | On a side note: It also seems to be common for network games to have those two protocols - one for finding games (a game servers browser of some sort, see [http://www.qtracker.com/]) and one for the actual game. The separation into two truly distinct protocols might rarely exist (again, see FICS). | ||
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+ | === Interoperability === | ||
+ | With XBoard it would seem trivial to play chess across application boundaries. | ||
=== Telepathy tubes Details === | === Telepathy tubes Details === | ||
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* Getting local contact list | * Getting local contact list | ||
* Creating tubes connection between clients to sending Miniature data's | * Creating tubes connection between clients to sending Miniature data's | ||
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