more elaborate game rules

1 files changed, 72 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/web/pw-server/src/lib/components/RulesView.svelte b/web/pw-server/src/lib/components/RulesView.svelte
index 58e6bf2..177b5b1 100644
--- a/web/pw-server/src/lib/components/RulesView.svelte
+++ b/web/pw-server/src/lib/components/RulesView.svelte
@@ -1,27 +1,41 @@
-<div class="game-rules">
-  <p>
-    Every turn, your bot will receive a json-encoded line on stdin, representing the current game
-    state.
-  </p>
+<div class="container">
+  <div class="game-rules">
+    <h3>Welcome to planetwars!</h3>
 
-  Example game state:
-  <pre>{`
+    <p>
+      Planetwars is a game of galactic conquest for busy people. Your goal is to program a bot that
+      will conquer the galaxy for you, while you take care of more important stuff.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      In every game turn, your bot will receive a json-encoded line on stdin, describing the current
+      state of the game. Each state will hold a set of planets, and a set of spaceship fleets
+      traveling between the planets (<em>expeditions</em>).
+    </p>
+    <p>Example game state:</p>
+    <pre>{`
   {
     "planets": [
       {
-          "ship_count": 2,
-          "x": -2.0,
-          "y": 0.0,
-          "owner": 1,
-          "name": "your planet"
+        "ship_count": 2,
+        "x": -2.0,
+        "y": 0.0,
+        "owner": 1,
+        "name": "your planet"
       },
       {
-          "ship_count": 4,
-          "x": 2.0,
-          "y": 0.0,
-          "owner": 2,
-          "name": "enemy planet"
+        "ship_count": 4,
+        "x": 2.0,
+        "y": 0.0,
+        "owner": 2,
+        "name": "enemy planet"
       },
+      {
+        "ship_count": 2,
+        "x": 0.0,
+        "y": 2.0,
+        "owner": null,
+        "name": "neutral planet"
+      }
     ],
     "expeditions": [
       {
@@ -36,13 +50,20 @@
   }
   `}</pre>
 
-  <p>
-    Every turn, you may send out expeditions to conquer other planets. You can do this by writing a
-    json-encoded line to stdout:
-  </p>
+    <p>
+      The <code>owner</code> field holds a player number when the planet is held by a player, and is
+      <code>null</code> otherwise. Your bot is always referred to as player 1.<br />
+      Each turn, every player-owned planet will gain one additional ship. <br />
+      Planets will never move during the game.
+    </p>
 
-  Example command:
-  <pre>{`
+    <p>
+      Every turn, you may send out expeditions to conquer other planets. You can do this by writing
+      a json-encoded line to stdout:
+    </p>
+
+    <p>Example command:</p>
+    <pre>{`
   {
     "moves": [
       {
@@ -54,16 +75,40 @@
   }
   `}
   </pre>
+    <p>
+      All players send out their commands simultaneously, so there is no turn order. You may send as
+      many commands as you please.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      The amount of turns an expedition will travel is equal to the ceiled euclidean distance
+      between its origin and target planet.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      Ships will only battle on planets. Combat resolution is simple: every ship destroys one enemy
+      ship, last man standing gets to keep the planet.
+    </p>
 
-  The amount of turns an expedition will travel is equal to the ceiled euclidean distance between
-  its origin and target planet.
+    <p>
+      Head over to the editor view to get started - a working example is provided. <br />
+      Feel free to just hit the play button to see how it works!
+    </p>
+  </div>
 </div>
 
 <style lang="scss">
-  .game-rules {
-    padding: 15px;
+  .container {
     overflow-y: scroll;
     height: 100%;
     box-sizing: border-box;
   }
+  .game-rules {
+    padding: 15px 30px;
+    max-width: 800px;
+  }
+
+  .game-rules p {
+    padding-top: 1.5em;
+  }
 </style>