If the foundation piles were moved to the side, rather than on top, Grandfather could be played with larger cards (compare Grandfather layout as it currently is, with the layout of Yukon). Not a big deal I know, but then it should be easy to implement the change.
I think the placement of the foundation pile is an integral part of the game, and preferably shouldn’t be changed. But by just reducing the space at the bottom, we should be able to reclaim some wasted space and make the cards much larger. I’ll work a patch for this.
Git commit eb5fa8dab3559bf008829154c4c17239af607da6 by Karl Ove Hufthammer. Committed on 20/09/2018 at 18:00. Pushed by huftis into branch 'Applications/18.08'. Reduce wasted space for Klondike and Grandfather Summary: Klondike and (especially) Grandfather reserves a lot of space at the bottom of the screen for long card piles. This results in very small cards, which makes the game uncomfortable to play, especially on smaller screens. This commmit reduces the space reserved at the bottom of the screen, which automatically enlarges the cards. Long piles don’t pose a problem, as KPat automatically compresses the cards to fit the screen. Even with the reduced space, the colours and numbers are still clearly visible, also in a ‘worst case’ scenario with very long piles. (In these two game types, only the colour (i.e. red vs. black) matter, not the suit, so it is not a problem if the suits of the cards aren’t visible.) Related: bug 307625 FIXED-IN: 18.08.2 Test Plan: Play Grandfather and Klondike before and after this patch. Note that the cards are much bigger after the patch and that the numbers and colours are still clearly visible. Reviewers: #kde_games, fabiank, mlaurent Reviewed By: fabiank Subscribers: kde-games-devel Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D15534 M +1 -1 grandf.cpp M +1 -1 klondike.cpp https://commits.kde.org/kpat/eb5fa8dab3559bf008829154c4c17239af607da6