Life In 19x19

I really hope this project takes off nicely. It looks really sexy. I would probably shiver with anticipation were I the shivering type.

EDIT: One thing that makes toroidal and cylindrical games more easily followable is a "zoom out" feature, for example with the mousewheel, which makes some board ...

Thanks for testing those browsers. It's surprising that it worked at all in IE9 though.

Does anything seem broken? I don't see why else it should be; I'm relying on canvas methods & jquery for most of the DOM interaction.

Dear zpmorgan,

Does this news mean that Basilisk is down for good? To be replaced by Cinderblock in the future?

I had just discovered Basilisk and began a couple of games on there so it's slightly sad. I really hope The Cinderblock Project turns out ok so that me and everyone else can play ...

zpmorgan, thanks! Could you change the star points from small squares to small circles (anti-aliased, if possible)?

I just did that :)

I've looked into aliasing on the html5 canvas; it turns out that there's no real standard and anti-aliasing is browser dependent. Is your board aliased? What ...

zpmorgan, thanks!
Quick suggestions:
1. Rotate the board graphics so that the grains run vertically, not horizontally.
2. Add the 9 star points for 19x19 (adjust different star points for other board sizes).
3. Try other wood patterns -- the current one looks a bit strange...
See below for gIGo's ...

EdLee wrote:I can only play the first move as Black. What else can I do?

To the left of the board there's an invite URL. Maybe you can give it to a friend; the code only works the first time it's entered.

Hi, all. I have set up another server .

What Cinderblock has:

A couple variants (irregular size, cylindrical, toroidal).
Play in real-time or turn-based.
A simple & easy invitation system.
graphics & sound, and .

What Cinderblock currently lacks:

Ratings.
User accounts.
A time system ...