https://github.com/kde/ksirk

KsirK is a computerized version of a well known strategy game
https://github.com/kde/ksirk

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KsirK is a computerized version of a well known strategy game

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kde/ksirk
• Owner: KDE
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2015-09-18T15:08:08.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-28T02:54:36.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T12:02:00.268Z (7 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://invent.kde.org/games/ksirk
• Size: 20.1 MB
• Stars: 13
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

        
HISTORY OF KsirK

https://apps.kde.org/ksirk

I started this game during 1995 (?) in order to learn C++ and Windows 95 programming.

It was initialy named "Risk". I used a book about WinG, one of the first Microsoft

attempts to give gaming abilities to Windows. But a lot of the examples of this book

were in assembler, that I never learned :-( I used these routines but whithout being

able to fully understand them. This first version never got an acceptable status.

Some time later I heard from Java and decided to learn it. So, I decided to convert

Risk to JRisk. I obtained, if I remember well, a version that was running not so bad,

but really slowly.That was due to the use of an early version of Java but also to

a really uggly programming.

In the meantime, for my work, I learned Smalltalk (VisualWorks), THE OO language (try

it, you really cannot experience higher OO programming pleasure ; I was an addict)and so

discovered all the power of good OOP. I started also to use Linux and KDE. I wanted

to learn KDE programming and so decided to convert back my lovely project to C++ !

KRisk was born ! But with my experience of Smalltalk and the APIs of Qt and KDE, my

work has been, I think, quite better.

At the time of 04/24/2002, some architectural problems due to this complex history

remained, but it worked good and I think I could release a public version. I choosed to

rename it in order to avoid copyright problems : welcome to KsirK !

In early 2003, the evolution continued with a minimal AI (for Artificial Idiot as its

decisions were chosen completly at random) and the themability of the world.

This last point is a direct consequence of the improvements of the overall

architecture of the game.

In parallel, the online tools linked to the game continued to improve: with this

version appeared a mailing list and a CVS repository!

INSTALLATION

Please read INSTALL

USING KsirK

Please read tooltips on buttons, the statusbars and the KsirK HTML manual.

- map scrolling : place your mouse near a window border or use your mouse wheel

  (with the Alt modifier for horizontal scrolling)

- armies distribution : Left-click to put an army, Right-click to remove one

- to setup a move or an attack, click and drag from the source country to the

  target one

CONTACT

mailto:[email protected]