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In piecepackr/piecenikr: Looney Pyramid Graphics

piecenikr 0.2.1

Deprecated features

• The function df_martian_chess() chess is deprecated in favor of icehouse_martian_chess().
• The function looney_pyramids() is deprecatd in favor of looney_pyramid_game_system().

New features

• New looney_pyramid_game_sytem() (replaces deprecated looney_pyramids()) gains a border argument to enable/disable a black border, the colors have been tweaked (e.g. a lighter "yellow" and a darker "blue"), adds three new colors ("cyan", "magenta", and "orange"), and now the has_pyramids binding returns TRUE. icehouse_game_system() is a new alias for looney_pyramid_game_system().

• New icehouse piece setup functions:

• icehouse_martian_chess() (replaces the deprecated df_martian_chess())

• icehouse_none()
• icehouse_pyramids()

• icehouse_setup_by_name()

• New PPN parser function that can be used with ppn::read_ppn():

• icehouse_parser() with a looney_pyramid_parser() alias.

• icehouse_games() returns a data frame with info about the game setups provided by this package.

piecenikr 0.1.4

• Custom icehouse_pieces configuration returned by looney_pyramids() has been tweaked for improved rendering in piecepackr v1.11 when drawn in an oblique projection with its {grid} binding.

piecenikr 0.1.3

• The colors used in the icehouse_pieces configuration returned by looney_pyramids() have been tweaked to make it easier to see the pips.

piecenikr 0.1.1

• looney_pyramids() function which returns an icehouse pieces configuration.
• looneyPyramidGrob() to help make icehouse pieces.

• Game start functions:

• df_martian_chess

piecepackr/piecenikr documentation built on June 12, 2025, 5:33 p.m.