Chess

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Tue 24 May, 2005 10:11 pm

I know there are already quite a few chess programs on the calculator, but I couldnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t find any that I enjoyed, so I decided to make my own, and here it isÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦ It uses xLib and Omnicalc (and once the app version of xLib is released, it will just use xLib). It follows all the rules of chess, and is only missing Check validation (I canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t think of a fast way to do this), and en passant (most people donÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t know that anyway), and features castling, saving and loading, and fully graphical interface (kind of)ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦
The controls:
Arrows: Move ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…â€œcursorÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â

Spooner · Post by **Spooner** » Tue 24 May, 2005 10:14 pm

Is there an AI? And also does it support linking?

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Tue 24 May, 2005 10:20 pm

No, and no, unfourtunatley, it is for two people on one calc...

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Tue 24 May, 2005 10:26 pm

*thinks about testing* sounds pretty good...

MetalHead25 · Post by **MetalHead25** » Tue 24 May, 2005 10:32 pm

yeah, i see you used Omnicalc. I did something like that a while a go but got bored and never finished so this looks hopeful

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Tue 24 May, 2005 10:33 pm

Omnicalc does sprites more efficiently (well, faster) so unill xLib is an app, that's where I'll be...

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Tue 24 May, 2005 11:21 pm

Actually, that will be good. I'm afraid to try a lot of basic games(any n00b can program in basic so there are a lot more crappy games) tho with xlib it should be good. So far there are no good asm chess programs that ti-connect likes anywho, and if this one is good, I will be very happy.

MetalHead25 · Post by **MetalHead25** » Tue 24 May, 2005 11:22 pm

there is Chessmaster 83+ in ASM. it has good graphics and a decent AI

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Wed 25 May, 2005 12:04 pm

Hey, sounds cool.

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Sun 29 May, 2005 2:00 am

There is now castling, so it's v.09, though it doesn't say it is... The only thing it needs is check verification, and I still can't think of a way to implement it. After xLib is released the piece selection will look better, because you will be actually moving the piece (I could do that now, but why bother)...
If you have any idea of how I could do an easy check validation please tell me...
Chess v0.09

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Sun 29 May, 2005 10:54 pm

Well, I just realized that I screwed up with some of the code in that, but since it seems there isn't too much interest here, I think I'll just work on my RPG (once stuff get's made there I will officially announce it)...

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Sun 29 May, 2005 11:08 pm

*waits for merth to announce rpg*

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Mon 30 May, 2005 11:52 pm

MetalHead25 wrote:there is Chessmaster 83+ in ASM. it has good graphics and a decent AI

I use ti-conect and it doesn't like chessmaster.

GuillaumeH · Post by **GuillaumeH** » Tue 31 May, 2005 10:56 am

MetalHead25 wrote:there is Chessmaster 83+ in ASM. it has good graphics and a decent AI

I made a smaller version of it a few years ago, called MiniChess. It's on ticalc.org

koolmansam375 · Post by **koolmansam375** » Tue 31 May, 2005 6:46 pm

Spengo wrote:
MetalHead25 wrote:there is Chessmaster 83+ in ASM. it has good graphics and a decent AI
I use ti-conect and it doesn't like chessmaster.

*sigh* did you read the reviews of it? it has a borken header which you have to fix yourself for Mirage to recognize it.