Quick Start

A brief guide for those who like to dive right in.

Launch a Board

Use the Setup Panel to make a board and place the pieces in their starting positions (two button clicks).

Create an Advancement Square (advsq)

Use the Advsq Panel to grow or shrink an advsq.

• Use Next Piece to see how it differs across the base pieces.
• Click on a tile and use Place to select its origin.
• Explore the panel controls.
  • Next Plane
  • Next Quad
  • Stride

Undo System

Use the Game Panel to navigate the history.

• Note there are four indpendent but sequential undo buffers.
• Click on the help icon (on every panel) for more details.

Change Point of View

• Use the Viewer Panel to set the board into a slow oscillation around the vertical.
• Use the Camera Panel to zoom in and out, or change the POV.

Creating Gambits

• Use the Gambit Panel to freeeze the current advsq.
• Collect as many as needed to understand a situation.
• There are multiple freeze options:
  • Quadrant
  • Linear
  • Duplex
  • Overlap
  • (the rest are in development)
• Key affordances are used as a cognitive aids, they are dimmed when not eligible.

Making Moves

• Use the Move Panel to make moves, White then Black.
• Rules are not yet enforced, just like with a physical board, that is the responsibility of the players.
• To capture, click on two pieces, first captures second.
• (Promotion and uplift are future features).