Gamut 0.3.7 review
DownloadThis is a beta release of Gamut, a graphical client for the Volity game platform.
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This is a beta release of Gamut, a graphical client for the Volity game platform. We're still working on it, but it is complete enough to both play existing games and to use as a Volity game development tool.
Here are some key features of "Gamut":
Basic Jabber functionality
Maintain a roster of your buddies
Chat privately, or in chat rooms
Basic Volity functionality
Use the Game Finder to create or join Volity tables
lay games using SVG/ECMAScript UI files
Invitation system (recently improved)s
Summon bots to provide automated competition
Extended Volity stuff
View players' game records and profiles
The beginnings of a Volity.net website (linked to throughout the app).
What's New:
Added a "nicknames" field to the Seat object you get in the ECMAScript UI. So you can do info.gameseats[0].nicknames. (This puts us at ECMAScript API 3.2.)
Added a "Request Bot From..." menu option, for when the bookkeeper doesn't know about your bot.
Gamut now supports the new bot and bot factory API. If a parlor supplies a list of bots, Gamut will let you choose one; if the parlor supplies bot factories, the client will query them and display the bots they have available. If no bots are available, the "invite bot" menu option will be greyed out. Old-style parlors will get the old-style behavior (a single "invite bot" menu option, whether they offer bots or not).
Added a "Remember password" option to connect dialog box.
Requirements:
Java 1.4.2 or later.
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