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An (incomplete) chess program written in JavaFX. Note that by default this program uses localhost for multiplayer.

Feature List

  • Fully functional chessboard GUI
  • Movable chess piece objects with team-colored piece images
  • Game board drawn differently for white/black
  • Supports 2 player online games
    • Game board is frozen while waiting for opponent's move
  • Offline mode for local play
  • Unique piece movement for King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, and Pawn
    • Pawns restricted to one-way movement
  • Chat area for messages between players
  • Both client & server validate moves before updating board
  • Licensed for reuse under MIT License
  • Customizable board colors via stylesheet.css

Missing Features

  • Special pawn rules (Piece promotion, en passant)
  • Indicators for check, checkmate, and stalemate
  • Handling for edge case where client & server disagree on whether a move is valid
  • Allow castling

Bugs

  • Queens, Rooks, and Bishops can move past occupied spaces
  • GameBoard can be interacted with before client-server connection is established

Edge Cases

  • If the client cannot find a server (ie: client started before server), chatbox displays "Error: Failed to connect to server"
  • Players cannot capture their own pieces. Clicking on a piece of the same color will update the currently selected piece

Future plans

  • When a piece is selected, hightlight spaces it can move to
  • Implement check, checkmate, & stalemate
  • Add ability to surrender
  • Option to start a new game without closing connection
  • Add indicator showing which player's turn it is

TODO list

  • Piece movement
    • Prevent Bishop, Rook, & Queen from moving over other pieces
    • Implement Pawn promotion and en passant
    • Implement castling
  • Board rules
    • Pawn piece promotion.
    • Implement check & checkmate.
    • Implement stalemate.
    • When a piece is selected, highlight spaces it can move to
  • GUI
    • Add label to show which player's turn it is.
    • Add "surrender" button
  • Documentation
    • README: Add usage instructions.
    • README: List program status & implemented features.
    • README: List future improvements & features to add.
    • Document and screenshot general usage & test cases.
    • Revise design document based on changes made.
  • General
    • Move remaining networking code out of ChessBoard into ChessGUI.

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