Hi mates,
There’s a new version of Hoshi 星, and it adds a module for studying and reviewing your games.
It’s still in beta. What I wanted was a way to keep what I was thinking during a game, not only the moves. Too often I’d open a game the next day and have no idea why I played something. So now you can press S at any point (even during an OGS game) and pin the moment:
- Pins: mark a move as a mistake, good move, question, key moment, joseki, life and death or lesson, with a short note about your intention or doubt at that moment.
- Drawings: arrows, areas, circles, letters and numbered “what if” lines, without touching the game.
- Sharing: save the study as an SGF and send it to a friend or teacher. They can reply to your notes and send it back, and Hoshi merges everything move by move. Other programs like Sabaki still see it as normal comments.
- “What would you play?”: a small quiz built from your own pins, so you face those positions again later.
- Game report: a printable page with every pinned moment, your notes and, after the game, KataGo’s opinion.
On OGS it stays fair: during a live game it’s notes and drawings only, with no engine and no quiz, and drawing never sends a move.
It’s free and open source. Since it’s still early, I’d really like to hear how it fits (or doesn’t fit) the way you review your games. Bug reports and ideas are very welcome.
You all can get more info on Hoshi — a Go board that feels every move feel free to add some feedback