From a7f9e689391cfc0c270d012d2a65d1238abd1c4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noa Aarts <noa@voorwaarts.nl>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 15:03:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make the board show function look a lot better

---
 blokus.py | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blokus.py b/blokus.py
index b61cd6e..975c252 100755
--- a/blokus.py
+++ b/blokus.py
@@ -34,27 +34,34 @@ def print_game_state(game_state: tuple[game.Board, list[int], list[int]]):
     (board, p1tiles, p2tiles) = game_state
 
     barr = []
-    for i in range(BOARD_SIZE):
-        barr.append([])
-        for j in range(BOARD_SIZE):
-            barr[i].append(board[(j, i)])
+    for y in range(BOARD_SIZE):
+        row = []
+        for x in range(BOARD_SIZE):
+            row.append(board[(x, y)])
+        barr.append(row)
 
-    print(f" {'-' * BOARD_SIZE} ")
+    print(f" {'--' * BOARD_SIZE} ")
     for row in barr:
         print(
             f"|{
                 ''.join(
                     [
-                        ' ' if x == 0 else 'X' if x == 1 else 'O' if x == 2 else 'S'
+                        '  '
+                        if x == 0
+                        else '\033[93m██\033[00m'
+                        if x == 1
+                        else '\033[94m██\033[00m'
+                        if x == 2
+                        else '██'
                         for x in row
                     ]
                 )
             }|"
         )
-    print(f" {'-' * BOARD_SIZE} ")
+    print(f" {'--' * BOARD_SIZE} ")
 
-    print(f"Player 1 tiles left: {p1tiles}")
-    print(f"Player 2 tiles left: {p2tiles}")
+    print(f"\033[93mPlayer 1\033[00m tiles left: {p1tiles}")
+    print(f"\033[94mPlayer 2\033[00m tiles left: {p2tiles}")
 
 
 def plot_losses(loss_history, out_path="loss_curve.png"):