Monday, May 12, 2003

• All
  • Teams wishing to be considered for the design contest should include a one page contest submission document that explains why their design should win the contest.
• Gizmoball
  • Gizmoball teams should include a game file for entries into the best gameplay or most artistic contests.
• Antichess
  • Please send an e-mail to your TA if you are planning on entering the tournament and if you are bringing guests. You must e-mail your TA by tonight.
  • When you save the file, pieces should be listed alphanumerically in order of piece id and current position.
  • We have provided additional .input and .expected files for TextUI.

Sunday, May 11, 2003

• All
  • By 4:30pm on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, you should email your TA an executable jar for your project and your final project documentation.
  • You will need to meet with your TA Tuesday or Wednesday to give a half hour demo; your TA should contact you about scheduling it.
  • You should also cvs tag this release as "final_submission", following the same instructions as for the preliminary release.
• Gizmoball
  • We have updated enhancedPinball.txt. It no longer refers to gizmos that were never created.
• Antichess
  • Please send an e-mail to your TA if you are planning on entering the tournament. You must e-mail your TA by Monday night.
  • We have posted information concerning how the tournament will be run.
  • File Format Issues:
    • On a pawn to queen promotion, please retain hasMoved and waslastMoved information. Last known position is the last position of the pawn.
    • On a castle or switch, both pieces involved must be marked as wasLastMoved since they both moved.
  • TextUI questions and clarifications:
    • We have provided .input and .expected files to help you figure out what our tests for the TextUI will be like.
    • Additional questions have been answered in the Q & A