ChessToTheDeath

A simple chess variant where pieces have damage and health values.
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Made With
2. Getting Started
   • Installation
3. Usage
   • Help
   • Examples
4. License
5. Contact

About The Project

This project simply contains a custom chess variant in which every chess piece has it's own health and damage values. Therefor simply taking an enemy piece is not an option. Instead you have to fight it multiple times. The game ends when one of the Kings has no healthpoints left.

Made With

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Getting Started

Installation

Choose one of the options below:

pip install ChessToTheDeath

pip install git+https://github.com/SilenZcience/ChessToTheDeath.git

git clone git@github.com:SilenZcience/ChessToTheDeath.git
cd ./ChessToTheDeath

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Usage

python -m chess_to_the_death [-h] [-v] ...

Argument	Description
-h, --help	show help message and exit
-v, --version	show program's version number and exit
-fps FPS, --fps FPS	set max fps (a lower value will improve performance)
-nohighlight	disable cell-highlighting on mouse hover
-noflip	disable board flipping
-random	randomize the health and damage values of all pieces
-default	play the default chess variant
-crazy	play the crazyhouse chess variant
-pos POSITION	FEN starting position

• leftclick a piece to select it
• leftclick a tile to move/attack with your selected piece
• rightclick a tile to mark it with a circle
• rightclick a circled tile to mark it with a square
• rightclick drag & drop across different tiles to draw an arrow
• middleclick an empty tile to crazyplace a piece (only with -crazy parameter enabled)

Help

Q: Why am i seeing weird characters like �[31;1mr�[0m in the console?

A: This project uses ANSI-Escape Codes to display colors in the Terminal. If you see these weird characters, then your Terminal does not support these Codes.

⚠️If you are using the Command Prompt on Windows 10 you can most likely solve this issue by going in the Registry under Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console and adding/editing the DWORD value VirtualTerminalLevel and setting it to 1.

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Q: Is it possible to have a different board size/shape?

A: Yes, the -pos POSITION parameter supports different board widths and heights. Simply expand the notation with additional rows or columns.

Examples

python -m chess_to_the_death

python -m chess_to_the_death -default -pos "5Q/3k2/1p4/1Pp2p/2Pp1P/3P1K b" -noflip

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

Contact

SilenZcience