User-friendly vchess presentation on index + some code cleaning

[vchess.git] / views / index.pug

diff --git a/views/index.pug b/views/index.pug
index 1caded7..99a5b56 100644 (file)
--- a/views/index.pug
+++ b/views/index.pug
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ block content
        .container#indexPage
                .row
                        .col-sm-12
-                               h1.text-center Welcome to v[ariant] chess club !
-                               h2.help.text-center(onClick="document.getElementById('modal-control').checked=true") Help ?
-                               input#modal-control.modal(type="checkbox")
+                               h1.text-center(style="font-style:italic") Welcome to v[ariant] chess club !
+                               h2.text-center
+                                       span.help(onClick="document.getElementById('modal-help').checked=true") Help ? 
+                                       a(href="/demo.webm") Demo !
+                               input#modal-help.modal(type="checkbox")
                                div(role="dialog")
                                        .card
-                                               label.modal-close(for="modal-control")
+                                               label.modal-close(for="modal-help")
                                                h3.blue.section Modes
                                                p.section.
                                                        Each variant page offers two modes: against a human or computer opponent,
@@ -30,6 +32,44 @@ block content
                                                        3. send an email to
                                                        #[a(href="mailto:contact@vchess.club?subject=[vchess.club] bug report") contact@vchess.club]
                                                        with relevant comments and the PGN attached. Thank you!
+                               input#modal-welcome.modal(type="checkbox")
+                               div(role="dialog")
+                                       #welcome.card.text-center
+                                               label.modal-close(for="modal-welcome")
+                                               h3.blue.section Welcome to vchess.club!
+                                               .section
+                                                       p A fun place to play chess variants in real time!
+                                                       p But wait... what is a chess variant?
+                                                       img(src="/images/Hexagonal_chess.svg")
+                                                       p.
+                                                               As suggested by the picture, a variant setup generally
+                                                               looks more or less like a chessboard with regular pieces
+                                                               (otherwise it's no longer a variant but a whole new game!).
+                                                       p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") However...
+                                                       p Each variant has its own new rules, which can involve
+                                                       ul
+                                                               li * different pieces movements
+                                                               li * different chessboard(s)   
+                                                               li * new pieces                
+                                                               li * moves side effects        
+                                                               li ...and so on                
+                                               .section
+                                                       p.
+                                                               Example: imagine that a capture is an atomic explosion, wiping all adjacent squares
+                                                               – except the pawns, which as cockroaches can resist this kind of event.
+                                                       p Also state a goal: make the opponent's king explode.
+                                                       p → Congrats, you defined Atomic chess! (Playable here)
+                                               .section
+                                                       p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") OK, this all sounds interesting, but why would that be fun?
+                                                       p.
+                                                               Because all games here start with a random setup: no more boring
+                                                               openings memorization, you have to rely on your chess skills only :)
+                                                       p Moreover, I claim that the chosen variants here are fun to play :P
+                                                       p.
+                                                               For informations about hundreds (if not thousands!) of variants, you
+                                                               can visit the excellent #[a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/") chessvariants] website.
+                                               p(style="cursor:pointer;color:darkgrey" onClick="setCookie('visited','1');document.getElementById('modal-welcome').checked=false") Do not annoy me again!
+                                               p(style="font-size:0.8em") Image credit: #[a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_variants#/media/File:Hexagonal_chess.svg") Wikpedia]
                .row
                        my-variant-summary(
                                v-for="(v,idx) in sortedCounts",
@@ -41,6 +81,7 @@ block javascripts
        script.
                const variantArray = !{JSON.stringify(variantArray)};
                //JSON.parse("!{variantArray}".replace(/\"/g,'"'));
+       script(src="/javascripts/utils/misc.js")
        script(src="/javascripts/utils/socket_url.js")
        script(src="/javascripts/components/variantSummary.js")
        script(src="/javascripts/index.js")