Terminal-Chess
A two-player chess game for the Terminal, written in Ruby (output below is colorized when run in the terminal)
>> Welcome to Terminal Chess v0.1.0
_A__ _B__ _C__ _D__ _E__ _F__ _G__ _H__
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1 | || KN || BI || QU || KI || BI || KN || RO | 1
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2 | || PA || PA || PA || PA || PA || PA || PA | 2
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3 | || || || || RO || || || | 3
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4 | PA || || || || || || || | 4
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5 | PA || || || || || || || | 5
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6 | || || || || || || || | 6
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7 | || PA || PA || PA || PA || PA || PA || PA | 7
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8 | RO || KN || BI || QU || KI || BI || KN || RO | 8
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A B C D E F G H
Piece to Move: B8
Valid destinations: C6, A6
Location: c6
Requirements
Requires the colorize Ruby gem (listed in .gemspec file)
$ sudo gem install colorize
Usage
The easiest way to use terminal_chess is to install it via the Rubygem. This is likely to be a few commits behind, but generally more stable.
Otherwise, clone this repo directly and run:
$ git clone [email protected]:at1as/Terminal-Chess.git
$ chmod +x lib/terminal_chess.rb
$ ruby lib/terminal_chess.rb
Limitations
- Built and tested on Terminal in OS 10.10
- For now, checkmate will need to be verified manually
- TODO: Code cleanup. Printer module is painful to read.
- Niether player can be automated