BCMGames
(and Shogi related Software)
Overview
Boardgame program types
There are different tasks. For each task, you need a program, which is
specialized about this job.
I'm not sure, if the best way is to have only one program which can do
all tasks, or if it is better to have different programs, each
specialized for his job.
I've made a table about the different types of tasks.
Read here: Boardgame
program types
Program compare
My target mostly is about analizing games.
So first I searched in the internet about programs doing this job.
Read here: Shogi program
compare
Result
I didn't find any program, which will do all the things I need.
So the only sollution is, to write my own program.
Long time ago I've thought about it, but it was too difficulty to
implement a game-engine.
But now, all problems are solved and BCMGames is becoming
true.
Download and install instructions
Look here: Download
Don't forgett to read the FAQs
!
Screenshots
Look here: Screenshots
FAQs
Look here: FAQs
History
here
Credits
Thanks to the following persons/organisations for there help/work.
Pieces
Bona
(http://mucho.girly.jp/bona)
For the wonderful Koma graphics.
MacShogi
(http://www.macshogi.com)
Thanks to Florian Guzek (http://www.florianguzek.com) to use and
distribute the graphics he made for MacShogi.
playok
(http://www.playok.com)
For the graphics.
Wikimedia Commons - 13xforever
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shougi_no_koma_gyokushou.svg)
I used it as basis and manipulated it.
Wikimedia Commons - David
Benbennick (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Chess_tile_pd.png)
For the chess-graphics (I created a shogi-set with it.)
Hidetchi
For his nice improvements of the Bona pieces and his own creations.
Karim
For his piece-set in the HIDETCHI-Theme.
Yoshio
Kobayashi
For his free shogi-font.
Other graphics
ChiyoDads
(http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/glgo/skins.html)
For the allowness to use and distribute his nice background graphics.
Engines
Reijer Grimbergen
(http://gamelab.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/SHOGI/shogipage.html)
For his free USI compatible shogi-engine Spear.
And very, very much thanks for his permission to distribute his
engine
with my program, which makes the install process much easier:
unzip&start.
H.G.Muller (http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller)
For his free WB compatible engines HaQiKiD and Shokidoki.
And very, very much thanks for his permission to distribute his
engines
with my program, which makes the install process much easier:
unzip&start.
Others
For all people, who have written a USI/UCI/UCCI/XQ/WB compatible engines, or
plan to do it.
Web
Fat Bold Cyclop
(http://sites.google.com/site/fatboldcyclopsplace)
For his SFEN converter.
Sound
Online Shop Saiga
(http://www.saiga-jp.com)
For there great Kanji Dictionary with sounds and the permission to use
this sounds for my first Move-Notation-Reader.
Hidetchi
For his permission to use his sounds from his video (for great sounding
moves).
Also much thanks for his voice, his help in creating a
speech-set.
Steve Shih
For his chinese speech set.
Robert Lozyniak
For his speech set.
Webspace (traffic)
Fred Splittgerber
(http://fhs-consulting.com)
Because my provider give me to less traffic for free (1 GB per month).
Thanks for the time he gave webspace.
Translating
Marco Milone:
Italian
Hidetchi:
Japanese
Steve Shih:
Chinese
Fabien Osmont:
French
2rok:
Hungarian
Alexey Stupnev:
Russian