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chess-opengl

Fully functional chess game written using C and OpenGL with minimal external libraries.

chess-preview

DISCLAIMER: This project was created for fun and to explore OpenGL, so the code can definitely be improved / optimized further.

Features:

  • Supports all the main chess rules, including castling, promotion and En Passant.
  • Play with 2 people on the same device.
  • Interact with pieces by clicking or dragging.
  • Piece movement animations

For contributors:

Read CONTRIBUTING.md

Building:

Note: The provided Makefile currently only works on Windows. Has been tested with MSYS2/MinGW. Provided libraries in /lib are for Windows x64 MinGW.

  • Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/roh1th-s/chess-opengl.git
cd chess-opengl
  • Build the project using make
make
  • Run
"./build/chess"

Directory structure:

  • /src : Contains the main source code:

    • /ui : UI components
    • /gfx : Graphics rendering code
    • /chess : Main game logic lives here.
    • main.c : Entry point

  • /res : Contains project resources (fonts, shaders, textures)

To-do:

  • Improve build system to support more platforms.
  • Make UI system more flexible, remove hardcoded positions/sizes.
  • Implement an AI to play against.

License:

MIT