HOXChess at Mac App Store analyse

HOXChess is a free and open source Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) application for iPhone/iPod touch. The user can either practice with Artificial Intelligent (AI) or play with other people around the world through the free PlayXiangqi.com server. Common features: - Replay mode with 4-button panel (Begin, Previous, Next, End). - Five different Piece sets and Boards, including Western ones. - Sound support. - Graphics effects for Move-Hints and the Last-Move-Highlight. - Three languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), and French. Offline or Artificial Intelligent (AI) mode: - Two different AI engines to choose from. - Each AI has four different Difficulty Levels: Easy (default), Normal, Hard, Master. - Auto Save and Auto Resume the current game. - Disable/Enable (i.e., Pause/Resume) AI at any time to allow the user to play both sides/roles. - Support Player-vs-Player (PvP) with AI being disabled. - Unlimited Undo Moves. - Either Human or AI can move first (as Red player). Online mode (through a centralized server at PlayXiangqi.com): - Play with other people either as a registered user or as a Guest. - Play or Observe existing games/tables. - Support basic Chat feature. - Support receiving Invitations from other people. - Track Rating/Points and game statistics using Elo Rating System. - Support Auto-Resume after having disconnected from the network. - Basic online options: Resign, Draw, Reset, and Timers. Acknowledgements: - HOXChess is created by the team at PlayXiangqi.com. - HOXChess is a fork/branch of NevoChess at nevochess.googlecode.com - XQWLight is an open source AI engine written by Huang Chen at xqbase.com - HaQiKi D is an AI engine written by H.G. Muller at home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller - Some Chinese pieces, boards, and sound files are from XQWizard at xqwizard.sourceforge.net - Western pieces are from chessvariants.com and wikipedia.org - Some icons are from Tango Desktop Project at tango.freedesktop.org - Other icons and from Crystal Project Icons (by Everaldo) at crystalxp.net