A few days ago Mark Ireland wrote this on the FMEpedia: (http://www.fmepedia.com/index.php/FME_Fun_and_Games_Challenges)
> I couldn't think of a good work-related challenge to throw down, so > thought I would post this because it's been on my mind for a while. > > Challenge: Create an FME workspace that lets you play a game. > > Since most turn-based games (and even board games) have some spatial > aspect it ought to be possible to process turns using Workbench and > save the current state of play to a GIS format dataset. > > I got the idea when some Safers started playing Masters of Orion and > thought of a really neat idea for a multi-player game that I could > use FME for if I just had the time to write the workspace (so will > never happen). > > However - even a basic noughts-and-crosses/tic-tac-toe type game > ought to be feasible. Presumably the input would be through a > workspace GUI and the results sent to the FME Viewer. The current > state of the game would be saved by writing it to FFS and updated or > over-written after each turn. > > > So there's your challenge. Top marks to anyone who manages to get > their FME to play a game of Chess and bonus points if it can beat > other users! Well, I got to work on this and I just finished a crude "FME plays tic-tac-toe", consisting of 4 separate workbenches. There's still room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness, but the basic functionality is there. It can be downloaded here: http://www.redgeographics.com/fme_tictactoe.zip Let me know what you think of it. -- Hans van der Maarel Red Geographics www.redgeographics.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
