https://github.com/badduck32/lovechess

Open source chess game made in Lua using LÖVE2D
https://github.com/badduck32/lovechess

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Open source chess game made in Lua using LÖVE2D

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/badduck32/lovechess
• Owner: badduck32
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-11-19T17:42:38.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-18T14:04:09.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T11:52:31.166Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: chess, game, love, love2d, love2d-framework, love2d-game
• Language: Lua
• Homepage:
• Size: 382 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# LÖVEchess

LÖVEchess is a chess game made entirely in [LÖVE](https://love2d.org/) (the game is currently not finished yet).

![](images/LÖVEchess_preview.png)

## How to play

To play my game you first need to download [LÖVE](https://love2d.org/) on your device. With that installed, open the [build.love](https://github.com/badduck32/LOVEchess/blob/main/firstbuild.love) file in LÖVE.

## Features

Already implemented features:

- Turn system

- All pieces move according to chess rules

- En passant

Upcoming features:

- Castling

- Pawn promotion

- Check detection (detection is there, but you can still move other pieces when king is checked)

- Checkmate detection

- Stalemate detection

- Pinned piece detection (detection is there, but you can still move the piece)

- Timers

- Win screen

Potentially upcoming features:

- Customizable board

- Customizable rules

- Online multiplayer

## Aim of this project

The aim of this project is to make a feature complete and fully open source chess game to be used and adapted by everyone, completely for free.

## Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

In case you find a bug, make sure to create an issue on Github so I can fix it.

## License

You are free to do what you want with this project, no credit or payment needed.

This project falls under the [MIT license](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/).