Chess Game in C++ and SFML [WIP]

[Nineshadow]

So, today I've decided to try to do something graphical with C++. The language itself doesn't have support for anything like that, so I would have to resort to libraries. The first one that came to my mind was SFML, and this is my first contact with it. But what would I do with it? A game, of course, and chess seemed like a pretty easy example to implement.

 

Here we go :

 

The graphical side is pretty much done.

 

Mouse user input works. I just need to give a graphical response to the user input , such as the piece they select, and where they can move it .

 

I still have a lot of game logic to implement though. I wanted to get used to SFML first, and I gotta say : it's awesome . It makes a lot of sense to me, but I've used Unity extensively before, I'm accustomed to game programming logic and I'm quite a good programmer so those might have had something to do with it.

 

I will keep updating this post as the game develops. I'm currently at around 250 lines of code.

 

Working features :

• Graphical interface
• User input
• Moving a piece to another position , legal or illegal
• Take a piece with a piece
• Checks for checkmate

To be implemented :

• Graphical response to user input , highlighting legal moves
• Check for illegal moves
• Some other stuff
• ??? any other ideas ???

[fizzlesticks]

 

• ??? any other ideas ???

 

AI opponent.

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

I play chess on my TI-83+ Graphing Calculator in school

[Nineshadow]

AI opponent.

Oh, right!

[Nuluvius]

Remote opponent LAN/WAN.

[Nineshadow]

Remote opponent LAN/WAN.

Oh , I've thought about that. I want to implement it.

[Nuluvius]

A tutorial system; introduce a beginner to chess - this can extend/crossover with work on AI, graphical hinting & game logic.

[Nineshadow]

Small update :

I've changed a lot of how the game logic used to work. Now it's more object-oriented, and I have quite a good template to work forward on setting up new rules for movement. I managed to get the game to mainly register only legal moves.

 

Now I need to implement the check game mechanic and checkmate.

 

I'm currently at 800 lines though.

[as96]

Nice job, if you need help just mention/quote me, I've used SFML a lot.

[Nineshadow]

Nice job, if you need help just mention/quote me, I've used SFML a lot.

I'm kinda done with the SFML part honestly. I just need to finish the game logic.

Only thing I could maybe add is a main menu, but I'll figure out how to make one myself.

[deviant88]

Cool im learning openlGL/SDL2/GLSL and C++ right now and im planning to do the same game but in 3D.Altough unity would be easy for that task, i want to learn better how stuff works in the background etc, and all calculations will help me better understand trigonometry and linear algebra and C++ in general.

[as96]

Cool im learning openlGL/SDL2/GLSL and C++ right now and im planning to do the same game but in 3D.Altough unity would be easy for that task, i want to learn better how stuff works in the background etc, and all calculations will help me better understand trigonometry and linear algebra and C++ in general.

Have fun!

[as96]

I'm kinda done with the SFML part honestly. I just need to finish the game logic.

Only thing I could maybe add is a main menu, but I'll figure out how to make one myself.

Nice to know, if you want to go beyond the complexity of a chess game I'd suggest you to implement an ECS (if you didn't already) it will make your project a lot more clean and easier to maintain.

[prolemur]

Maybe add a chess timer into the game. Looks really cool and I've wanted to get into making graphical games with c++ for a while

[Nineshadow]

Here's the game in its current state for those who might want it.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/8sg9fzrfc9zlyuc/c.7z

Can you play it?

@as96

 

It's not done yet.

I still need to add check and checkmate and probably some other less common chess rules.

[as96]

Here's the game in its current state for those who might want it.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/pxl16fbcbiolgob/chess.zip

Can you play it?

@as96

 

It's not done yet.

I still need to add check and checkmate and probably some other less common chess rules.

Sure, I'll play it tomorrow

[Nineshadow]

Sure, I'll play it tomorrow

I was asking if it was working D:

I'm pretty sure I forgot to include some dlls.

[as96]

I was asking if it was working D:

I'm pretty sure I forgot to include some dlls.

Oh ok I'm on my macbook right now, wait a couple of minutes I need to turn on my pc.

[Nineshadow]

Oh ok I'm on my macbook right now, wait a couple of minutes I need to turn on my pc.

Ok, this should work now :

http://www.mediafire.com/download/8sg9fzrfc9zlyuc/c.7z

 

I tried it on my desktop and it works.

But wow, damn. It produces coil whine on my GPU , .

[prolemur]

and libstdc++-6.dll

 

both of those errors popped up twice

[Nineshadow]

 

and libstdc++-6.dll

 

both of those errors popped up twice

Try with the new link.

[as96]

Ok, this should work now :

http://www.mediafire.com/download/8sg9fzrfc9zlyuc/c.7z

 

I tried it on my desktop and it works.

But wow, damn. It produces coil whine on my GPU , .

It works, but enable vSync you are making my 7970 work hard for nothing

[as96]

Ok so the game looks fine but you really need to implement some kind of AI or multiplayer.

[voldelord]

It ran without errors , but testing it revealed that I couldn't perform the Castling move.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling

[Nineshadow]

It ran without errors , but testing it revealed that I couldn't perform the Castling move.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling

Yes, I know. You can't do En Passant either, nor promote pawns.