Chess

Chess in pygame
Requires:

• python 3.11.4

Optional:

• Stockfish 15.1 https://stockfishchess.org/download/

Features

• Play against other Player on same machine
• Play against other Player on the local network
• Start server on the local network
• Play against stock fish bot
• Watch stock fish play against itself
• tkinter launcher

Instructions

# use stockfish
download the stockfish engine - https://stockfishchess.org/download/
copy the path of the engine and paste it into the
bot path entry inside the launcher

# start launcher
python src/main.py

#start server
python src/main.py --app_type "SERVER"

#start player vs player on same machine
python src/main.py --app_type "PLAYER_V_PLAYER"
    options:
        --scale
        --theme_id
        --pieces_asset
        --timer

Options description

--app_type : select what to launch. 
    LAUNCHER, SERVER, PLAYER_V_PLAYER
    default = LAUNCHER

--timer  :  Choose timer settings.
    Custom setting format: 
        "time increment" 
        (time-minutes, increment-seconds)
        e.g "15 0"
    possible timers:
        BULLET_1_0 
        BULLET_1_1 
        BULLET_2_1
        BLITZ_3_0 
        BLITZ_3_2 
        BLITZ_5_0
        RAPID_15_10 
        RAPID_30_0 
        RAPID_60_0
  
--scale  :  specify size of application
    default size = 3.5
    not recommended to go below 2, font will become unreadable

--theme_id  :  Choose theme of the Game
    possible theme_id: 1, 2, 3, 4, -1
    -1 = Random theme
        
--pieces_asset  :  Choose Pieces Asset
    possible pieces Asset: SMALL, LARGE, RANDOM

Flags description

--server_log_stdout : sets server log output to stdout

--client_log_stdout : sets client log output to stdout

--bot_log_stdout : sets chess bot log output to stdout

--database_log_stdout : sets database log output to stdout

--launcher_log_stdout : sets launcher log output to stdout

Problems

• if windows is timing out incoming connections to the local server, you must allow python through the Windows Firewall. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53231849/python-socket-windows-10-connection-times-out

Resources

• sprites : https://dani-maccari.itch.io/pixel-chess
• fonts
  • The Oleaguid font was made by Arynoc https://opengameart.org/content/oleaguid-font
  • The Quinquefive font
    https://ggbot.itch.io/quinquefive-font