[admin] Project "The Feebs War"

[Erik Enge]

Sorry for the very long delay.

Done.

On 9/8/07, Gustavo <gugamilare at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I believe the "Planet of the Feebs" is a well-known project made for
> begginers. But it has many problems:
>
> - The project is not active, and really old;
> - The documentation is not 100% compatible with the code;
> - Graphics are displayed only in X Window System in a black-and-white poor
> style;
> - There are about 2000 lines of code in a single file! (Well, it's old and
> probably there wasn't ASDF at that time);
> - The code for the graphics is complex (it looks like written in C!) and (I
> believe) represents about 75% of the number of lines;
> - Whenever someone makes a feeb "brain", he or she needs to test for every
> element of the "vision" (or of the "proximity" structure) whether it is a
> single element or a list (why not the convention that every element is a
> list?);
> - No help for newbies (the project is mainly directed to them);
> ...
>
> Well, I started to make a project called "The Feebs War" (based on the code
> of "Planet of the Feebs") that is intended to correct its problems, with:
>
> - A graphical interface (using lispbuilder), supporting that you choose the
> graphics of your own feeb;
> - An easier way to make a feeb brain intended to help lisp newbies;
> - A more complete and direct-to-the-point manual;
> - Implementation of some features that the original manual points but the
> code doesn't have;
> - More global parameters;
> ...
>
> The graphical interface is not ready yet, but there is already a way to
> display a game (printing the map in text mode), and it works quite well...
> But I need a place to put the project, and this version, so more advanced
> users could see the code and point some mistakes (I am a begginer, I am 20
> and have about 1 year of lisp), and later anyone can get the 1.0 version and
> learn lisp, a place where people can put their feeb, and maybe some contests
> to see who can make the best feeb...
>
> Here are more information of the project:
>
> - Project: The Feebs War
> - License: GPL
>  - Repository: Subversion (I would like to have svn, I believe it is better,
> and I already use it)
> - Developer: Gustavo Henrique Milare <gugamilare at gmail.com> (just myself for
> now)
> - Public Key: it is attached (I have just created it for this purpose).
>
> If you have any questions, just let me know.
>
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