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Gambot

The Revenge

Basically XKCD's Bucket rewritten in C# with modularity out the wazoo.

Design Goals

1. Clean code -- should be readable and maintainable
2. Modularity -- the core should be as small as possible, with all features implemented as plugins
3. Compatibility -- should be compatible with any Bucket database

Module Design

Modules:

1. Can define "magic variables" (such as $who, $giveitem, $someone) through Variables class
2. Can read/write its own configuration data through Config class
3. Can read/write its own SQL tables
4. Can list other modules as dependencies and communicate with them (how??)

Problem Areas

1. Conjugation -- $verbed, $verbing, $nouns, etc.
2. Genders -- Keeping track of the last person variable
   • Probably doable if the $who/$to/$someone module can keep an internal reference to the last $who/$to/$someone reference and use that for further $he/$him/$his references
3. Casing - $who/$Who/$WHO

Other Notes

1. Variables are a part of the Gambot core, since almost all modules will make use of them
2. While Bucket uses MySQL, Gambot will use SQLite. Ideally, the schemas will be compatible
   • If we decide to break backwards compatibility, a migration script should be made