Map Generator Source

The map generator is written in Python, an object-oriented, embeddable, scripting language. I've made heavy use of Python's OO features; this code would be interesting to convert to Java or C++ ... a Smalltalk conversion would probably be easier.

• map.cgi
  This is the CGI interface to the mapping classes. It works by subclassing the CGI class from kw_cgi.py and then using a scenario to create a new board.
• kw_cgi.py
  This module has a couple of classes I wrote to make writing CGI programs with Python even easier than usual.
• scenarios.py
  This module contains classes that sub-class the Board class to provide the data necessary to create a specific arrangement of land, water, and port tiles, with the correct number placements.
• board.py
  This module defines the Board class, an abstract class which is responsible for generating a random board arrangement. It uses a Layout instance to manage displaying the board.
• layout.py
  This module defines the Layout class, an abstract class for displaying a board without knowing the output medium.
• ascii.py
  This module defines the ASCII class, which is a sub-class of the Layout class. This class handles output to a fixed-pitch character output device (and is also used for the web interface).
• pieces.py
  This module defines helper classes for the Board and Layout classes for the different types of board elements.
• evaluate.py
  This module defines a class that evaluates a board for desirable settlement locations. This is a very> rudimentary evaluation that depends upon the expected scarcity of resources and the expected probability of any given number being thrown.