GoRilla v14 - SGF Editor for Go

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GoRilla is an SGF game viewer / reader / editor for the analysis and review of games of Go / Weiqi / Baduk. Although primarily for Go it also supports other games: Othello / Reversi, Hex, Unlur, Y, Havannah, Connect6 and Kropki.

The GoRilla software is freeware for Windows, and is available from this web page.

Use GoRilla to store and replay your games and the games of the professionals. Use it whenever you need to display a quick game board from your desktop. GoRilla is a compact product that can stand alongside the existing SGF editors and offer some original functionality. I hope that you will find it an enjoyable and useful product and that it will help you improve your skill at Go.

September 2011 - New Release. The latest version of GoRilla has been released.

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( Product and web page by Dariusz Stachowski. )

Screenshots

( Go - fuseki_db.sgf )	( Othello / Reversi )
( The bookmarks dialog )	( Composing a game of Havannah )
( Documentation )	( Displaying a background image )

GoRilla Features

A Multi-Game Application. Although primarily for the game of Go, GoRilla is a multi-game application that has been extended to support Othello / Reversi, Hex, Unlur, Y, Havannah, Connect6 and Kropki. Further additions are possible.

Stored Games. GoRilla uses the SGF gaming format to store games. SGF collections are supported, enabling many games to be held in a game file. Games may be a mixture of the supported ones. Many lines of play can be stored in a game. Information about SGF and the SGF extensions that GoRilla uses can be viewed at [ SGF Extensions ].

SGF Import. Games can be added to a collection by direct pasting of SGF text. Useful if you need to copy a game from an online site.

SGF Export. SGF text for a game can be copied to the Windows clipboard.

Comments. Users are able to add comments to a game position. Users are able to search the game comments for a text string.

Bookmarks. Game positions can be bookmarked.

Player Statistics. Player statistics can be viewed for the games in the collection.

Compose. Users can set the starting position for a game. Board positions can be modified.

GIF, BMP Image Generation. Game positions can be exported as GIF images or copied to the Windows clipboard as BMP images.

Configuration. Users are able to set their preferences for colours, sizes and fonts.

Background Image. A background image ( GIF, BMP, JPG ) may be displayed in the application window.

SGF Markup. Squares / nodes on the playing board may be marked using SGF markup: TR ( triangle ), CR ( circle ), SQ ( square ). Nodes may also be labelled with text ( SGF property LB ).

Printing. Games can be printed. The printout will include any text together with diagrams of selected positions of the game. Printing can be done either one or two columns down the page. Either the main line of play or all the branches may be printed.

Backup. Backups are taken by the program as a protection against game loss.

Download

The download is one executable installation program file. To download the file hit the link below. Run the installation program and follow the on-screen prompts. The installation program unpacks all the GoRilla files that are needed. Please read the ReadMe and Licence files that are included.

Download GoRilla v14

Hex, Havannah, Unlur, Connect6, Kropki, Onyx, Y

Hex. Hex is gaining in popularity on online game sites. For a good introduction visit [ www.hexwiki.org ].

Havannah, Unlur. [ unlur.html ], [ havannah.html ]. Unlur was invented by Jorge Gómez Arrausi and won the 2002 Unequal Forces Game Design Competition organised by the Abstract Games magazine. It is played at Richard Rognlie’s PBeM server [ http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/ ]. Havannah was invented by Christian Freeling and is also played at Richard Rognlie’s PBeM server, and also at MindSports [ http://www.mindsports.net/ ].

Connect6. With Connect6 [ http://www.connect6.org ], two players compete to be the first to create a 6-in-a-row line of pieces on a 19x19 board, each player placing two stones for each move.

Kropki. Kropki [ kropki.html ] is played by two people on a sheet of squared paper. Kropki supports any size up to 45 x 45. Each player takes turn to colour a node of the grid and aims to create regions of territory that surround the opponent's points.

Onyx, Y. Onyx [ onyx.html ] and Y [ y.html ] are also played at Richard Rognlie’s PBeM site.

The Penguin Editor for Chess

A companion game editor, Penguin, is available for the game of Chess. Download it from my web page [ penguin.html ].

Contact and Support

You may contact me, Dariusz Stachowski, at [ gorilla@dashstofsk.f9.co.uk ].

Please put forward any comments and suggestions you may have. If you experience something you think might be a bug then do let me know. Likewise if there is some feature or enhancement that you feel would make a nice improvement. All opinions will be welcomed.