You can download the latest release here: Latest release
You can also clone the repository with the following terminal command:
git clone https://github.com/zachartrand/Chess.gitDownload the latest version here: Download Python
Instructions to download Pygame are here: Pygame: Getting Started
Instructions to download NumPy are here: Installing NumPy
This game uses Python 3.8, Pygame 2.0, and NumPy 1.20. When testing, the main was called in the IPython terminal, so that might be the best console to use when running this game. To run, open the chess_main.py file using Python or IPython in a command prompt window. If your Python distribution is through conda, be sure to have your conda environment activated before trying to load the main file.
ipython chess_main.pyThis game was designed for me to learn object oriented programming. Since I know the rules to Chess, I figured I could build objects based on aspects of the game and make a working game from those objects. I'm not sure if this is the most efficient way to make the game, but that isn't really the point of this exercise.
The chess_engine and chess_main were made following the YouTube tutorial by Eddie Sharick, found here:
and then modified to work with the objects that I created. Unlike Eddie's program, this one uses objects as the pieces and board elements whereas his pieces and board are text and a list of lists, respectively. I have also cleaned up some of the algorithms used to find squares for the pieces to move to and added square highlighting when pieces are selected.