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R package piecenikr by piecepackr — release notes from GitHub.

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Drops the vendor name for the icehouse standard, and adds a notation parser.

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◆Current state
piecenikr draws icehouse-style game pieces for R graphics. The 0.2.1 release deprecates its two Looney-branded entry points in favour of generic icehouse_* names and adds four setup functions for common piece configurations. It also ships icehouse_parser(), which plugs the package into ppn::read_ppn() for portable game notation.
◆Where it's heading
The arc runs from a single-vendor drawing helper toward a general renderer for the icehouse piece standard. The two preview releases from 2020 were cosmetic - a colour tweak and the original function set - so almost the whole of the package's current shape arrived in one 2025 release. Naming, colour palette, and the games catalogue all moved together, which reads as a deliberate reset rather than accumulation.
◆Prediction
With the parser hook in place, the next visible step is more piece setups registered through icehouse_setup_by_name() and icehouse_games(); nothing in these entries points beyond that catalogue.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1y ago

    Generic icehouse API replaces Looney-branded functions

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    The release that gives the package its current shape: Looney-specific entry points become icehouse_* equivalents, three colours and a border option join the piece renderer, and a games catalogue lands alongside them.

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  2. 5y ago

    Piece colours tweaked so pips read more clearly

    A palette tweak to the pre-rename looney_pyramids() configuration - the same visual concern the 2025 release revisits with a wider colour set.

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  3. 6y ago

    First piece configuration and Martian Chess setup

    The original surface: looney_pyramids(), a grob helper, and df_martian_chess(). Both named functions here are the ones 0.2.1 later deprecates.

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