Features

• Operates on any O/S which supports Java 1.4 and above
• Realtime Graphical display of battle
• Battle your friends (or more correctly the rulers they have developed).
• Simple programming API for development of Rulers
• Reasonable set of tools to aid in debugging your Ruler
• Eventlog records every move
• Battlefield Tooltips help monitor the action
• Ability to pause, step and resume the game
• User defined settings control the size of the battlefield,  number of pieces and their stength.
• Exeptions thrown if an illegal move made in debug mode (helps debug your ruler)

Planned Features

• Game Server (I think)
• Scenario Builder - to aid in testing a ruler.
• Save/Load Scenarios
• Snail Trails to highlight the path a Subject has taken
• Game replay (I think)
• Improved graphics
• Refactor code base
  
• Other things as I think of them

Features compared with CodeRuler

• Location tool tips showing the co-ordinates of each location and the occupants details
• Event log recording each Subjects moves
• Graphical highlights show which Knight is attacking and which piece is being attacked.
• Ability to pause and step the game turn by turn.
• User defined settings for grid size, number of pieces, piece strength etc
  
• Exceptions thrown when illegal moves are attempted (when debug mode is turned on).
• Ability to encapsulate logic and classes derived from Peasant, Knight and Castle rather than having all logic in the Ruler class.
  

• No game server, Rulers must be loaded and run within the User Interface
• Not very pretty
• No splash screen (and it will never have one because I just find them annoying)
• Very little security to stop people cheating
• No restrictions on creating threads, sockets, files etc.
  
• A set of sample rulers (contributions excepted)
• Timing and termination of turns