piecepackr-package: piecepackr: Board Game Graphics

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piecepackr: Board Game Graphics

Description

Functions to make board game graphics with the 'ggplot2', 'grid', 'rayrender', 'rayvertex', and 'rgl' packages. Specializes in game diagrams, animations, and "Print & Play" layouts for the 'piecepack' https://www.ludism.org/ppwiki but can make graphics for other board game systems. Includes configurations for several public domain game systems such as checkers, (double-18) dominoes, go, 'piecepack', playing cards, etc.

Package options

The following piecepackr function arguments may be set globally via base::options():

piecepackr.at.inform

If FALSE turns off messages when affine transformation support not detected in active graphics device.

piecepackr.cfg

Sets a new default for the cfg argument

piecepackr.check.cairo

If FALSE don't check the version of cairo

piecepackr.default.units

Sets a new default for the default.units argument

piecepackr.envir

Sets a new default for the envir argument

piecepackr.fs.inform

If FALSE turns off messages when stroking and filling path support not detected in active graphics device.

piecepackr.metadata.inform

If FALSE turns off messages when support for embedding metadata not detected.

piecepackr.op_angle

Sets a new default for the op_angle argument

piecepackr.op_scale

Sets a new default for the op_scale argument

piecepackr.rgr.inform

If FALSE turns off messages when radial gradient support not detected in active graphics device.

piecepackr.trans

Sets a new default for the trans argument

Author(s)

Maintainer: Trevor L. Davis [e-mail] (ORCID)

Other contributors:

• Linux Foundation (Uses some data from the "SPDX License List" <https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML>) [data contributor]

• Delapouite <https://delapouite.com/> (Meeple shape extracted from "Meeple icon" <https://game-icons.net/1x1/delapouite/meeple.html> / "CC BY 3.0" <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>) [illustrator]

• Creative Commons (‘save_print_and_play()' uses "license badges" from Creative Commons to describe the generated print-and-play file’s license) [illustrator]

See Also

Useful links:

• blog: https://trevorldavis.com/piecepackr/

• pkgdown: https://trevorldavis.com/R/piecepackr/

• forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/piecepackr

• Report bugs: https://github.com/piecepackr/piecepackr/issues

piecepackr documentation built on June 8, 2025, 12:26 p.m.