README.md

Schach

Some kind of interative chess application.

Features

Must haves

Kinda need these to call it chess.

• Render a chess board
• Take turns
• Move pieces according to game rules
  • Usual piece movement
  • Capture pieces
  • Pawn 2-move
  • Castling
  • En passant
  • Promotion
• Check
• Game over
  • Checkmate
  • Stalemate - no moves
  • Stalemate - insufficient material
  • Stalemate - repetition
  • Resignation / draw by agreement

Nice to have

We'll see if I get there.

• Display taken pieces in a side board (also show material point score there)
• Pan & rotate board
• Undo move
• Time control
• Various screens (splash, pause, game over, etc)
• Duck chess
• Wasm target
• Hosted multiplayer?
• Output game results in some type of notation
• Load game state from some type of notation
• Use an engine to run AI opponent
• 2D vs 3D

Out of scope

• No captures / pawn moves in X turns

References

• Initially adapted from https://caballerocoll.com/blog/bevy-chess-tutorial/