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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>