Span

Span!

Span. Lovely span, wonderful span!

I hereby release Span, an ncurses game reminiscent of Connect Four. It’s written in ruby and has no dependencies other than ncurses-ruby. It should work in Windows, as it has no OS-specific code, but it probably doesn’t because the only precompiled ncurses-ruby package I could find for Windows was a little puerile.

I wrote it while I was bored at work, which is just where I expect you to play it.

Features:Span Screenshot

1. Console. Pure ncurses. No need for fancy X servers, you can play it over your favorite SSH connection.
2. Unlimited players and board sizes, though it may get unwieldy (or even strategic) after you add more than a few.
3. AI play for those lonely, cold winter nights.
4. Network play, because the AI isn’t always friendly. The default port is 2202 TCP.
5. Nifty colors and a sweetass logo.

Releases:

March 16, 2005: Span 0.2.1 – Fixes problems with terminal resizing, along with major code cleanup and documentation updates. Get it here.

March 8, 2005: Span 0.2.0 – The Net release. Supports network play with any number and type of players at any location. Get it here.

February 24, 2005: Span 0.1.0 – Initial release. Supports human and AI play with any size board and options. Get it here.

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