What is StoneSaver?
Presentation
StoneSaver is a screen saver which replays professional Go games. It allows you to have a look at professional Go games effortlessly while you and your mac are taking a break. The program picks the games randomly in a set of games which come along with StoneSaver.
Games
StoneSaver is featured with professional Go games which come from two excellent Go sites:
- Gobase.org by Jan van der Steen
- My Friday Night Files by Jan van Rongen
You may also add other games in the bundle of StoneSaver. Read the Read Me file for more details.
Installation
You need to install both the screen saver and a framework. You may either use the installer or move the files manually as indicated in the Read Me file.
Screenshots
Information about the game
Most of the games contain information about the name of the players, the issue of the game, and sometimes other pieces of information as the location, the date, the event etc.
Steering the game
An interesting feature is that of being able to either steer the ongoing game (backward, forward one move, pause) or to open the game in an editor to study it more thoroughly.
Preferences
The preferences allow you to set the pace at which the games are replayed. It is expressed in seconds between two consecutive games.
The board
Localisation
StoneSaver is localised in several languages. Here is an example of information about a game in Chinese.
