AnarchyChess

Ive added a FAQ to the first post of the game. https://lemmy.world/post/2490148

Attempts to play a shorter time frame hit snags with lag and federation, so the scheduled 2nd game in 11 hours is cancelled and being replaced with this longer timeframe game.

Im keeping the Kingside Knooks as starting pieces, and pawns can promote to Knooks. Other AnarchyChess rules are not legal for now, but i will consider bringing them into the game im playing this on AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktop at some point. The goal was to modify an Open Source chess game to include a Knook and this is a way to playtest with some people with much higher ELO than myself.

I want the game to go reasonably quickly, but still be open to everyone and will use variable time controls. Commenters will have a minimum of 30 minutes to make a move, typically 60 minutes , and a multi hour timeslot for overnight. I dont want to just play myself, so i might extend the next timeslot if they finish and no one else has made a legal move. Each timeslot, i'll add a "placeholder" move which will be default if no one else comments. I will remove my upvote, so anyone commenting should be top comment.

Let me know if you have any questions.

FAQ: **Will this be a regular thing ? ** No, Its the first real game using the code and i want to see if anything breaks. More gameplay testing will likely be done over at https://lemmy.world/c/anarchychessgaminglounge . If new rules like Siberian swipe come into play, another game here could be held.

**The top comment was resign, why isnt the game over ? ** ~~I recently announced i'd be running two games so anyone anywhere in the world could participate if they want, the second was due to kickoff in about 10 hours. I'm going to keep the game at an hourly time increment and veto any resigns until then. ~~ Update: Top comment of resign will now be honoured.

**Different time increments ? ** Throughout my day, i am away from the computer but other times, i'm close to it. If im close , i might shorten the timeframe to be 30mins. if i shorten a move for white, i'll shorten the next move for black and vice versa.

One side will get a long time to move while i sleep, which side won't be known until its bedtime. I might alternate sides each night.

**Atleast X minutes ? ** Things will get in the way, its not top priority so whatever time i get back to the game after X minutes have elapsed it the time, but the next post shouldnt be too long after the X minutes have elapsed. Im aiming for 10 minutes and am adjusting the minutes accordingly.

Why is there no image up yet ? Im away from the board some times, but can record moves, make new posts and edit in the image later. It shouldnt be too long without an image.

**Two are tied for top comment. Which one wins ? ** I will lean to whichever is older, and pick one.

The ice age continues.

This is triggering my OCD lmao
Hopefully that's a sufficiently slight pan

Top comment in 120 sec is next move

Game 1/2 is about to start. 2nd game in approx 12 hours. 2 minutes after each move, top comment makes the next move. After white and black have made a move, top comment of resign will be respected.

The Kingside bishop had to leave, something to do with beads. Kings asked Knooks to join the starting pieces.

Promotion to Knooks is now possible.

In just under 11 hours the first of two top comments decide next move games will start. Ive gotten blessing from the mod team to host.

Before anyone gets concerned about Spam, im not planning on this being a regular thing here and after each side makes a move, i will honour top comments of "Resign" to end the game.

I will post screenshots of the board, set a 2 minute timer and then take the top legal comment, do the move and make a new post with the updated board position. So it'll be a bit longer than 2 minutes from post to post.

The first one kicks off at 9pm UTC (just under 11 hours from now) and the second one starts 9am UTC to give people from all timezones a chance to play.

The only Anarchy rule in play is promotion to a Knook which has the algebraic letter of "O", but comments like Knook to e5 should work. Knooks look like a rook with a K tattoo.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I plan to make a comment to this post shortly prior to game on.

Mold and ice age still happens tho

The ice age continues.

Over the last few days i've been busy with an IDE and made a fork of an existing Open Source chess game Dreamchess. Their developers have done a great job, but i knew it was missing something. You can now promote to a Knook*

Earlier today I did a clean install of AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktop on a Raspberry pi and that means i now consider the project at version 0.8** ready for some alpha testing. Im hoping to get some input from some top chess minds, who can think more strategically than me at 400ishELO.

I know Garry Chess is hard at work with Chess 2.0, but i wanted to see about sharing some Knook gameplay around, so I'm going to see about hosting some games here on Lemmy with top comment decides format.

Normally i'd do some testing quietly, but it seems to be holding up to everything i'm throwing at it, and we've been waiting so long for a new update to drop. If for some reason it bluescreens, you have my sincerest apologies and promise to implement the bugfix. I might even give myself a bricking.

The plan would be to have something like a 3 minute increment game with a 2 hour game window where i take the top comment, make the move in the board, and make a new post here with the updated positioning. With lag, the top move will be taken something like 2min30s after the post is made. The increments open for discussion, but i think 30 seconds for me to do the move, take a screenshot and make a new post is about right.

If one game finishes, i can see about starting another, possibly with reduced time.

People would be requested to choose and stick to a side, but i cant see it being enforced. If you're a titled player and have a friend as a titled player, please consider choosing to play on opposing sides rather than everyone possibly playing both sides.

To try and be available to as many people worldwide, I plan to host a game at 9pm UTC one day and then another 12 hours later. If everything stays good, ive got 9pm UTC 35.5 hours from now pencilled in.

• Other moves like Il Vaticano and Bishops going on vacation have been considered, but i chose to make a complete something rather than try to make a partial something and not finish.

**Version 0.9 is after its received widespread playtesting and a 1.0 release will happen when some bugfixes (not gameplay releated) and better artwork is done.

Code is currently available with GPLv3 license at https://github.com/PossibleEmuWrangler/AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktopPrototype but the repository for future release will change. Downloading and compiling is not needed to participate here, i'll be posting screenshots of board updates and moves will be done in the comments.

Algebraic notation for Knook will be O. Please let me know if you have any questions.

P.s. If somehow a titled player active in the media chooses to play with their own OTB set following gameplay, i'd love to see a photo of them with carefully, cautiously planning their next move linked after.

p.p.s K tattoo for the Knook is going to be bigger.

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Ok, I did it, I made the fucking board 3D... I can't believe I had to learn how to use blender for a silly meme chess game lmao

The ice age continues.

Used 3D models:
Table: https://free3d.com/3d-model/table-747735.html
Chess Board: https://free3d.com/3d-model/-chess-board-v2--539169.html

A while ago i made a post about making an AnarchyChess implementation. I just finished uploading something to github and felt it was worth a post.

I created a fork of DreamChess where you can promote to a Knook.

The code is still very much in Alpha testing phase, and i plan to make another post here when there is more playtesting and build process is better.

I would call the current version at 0.7 as there are still a few things to iron out, but a complete 1.0 release is being planned and i'll likely make another post asking for assistance with artwork (PNG and 3d modelling in .dcm file format)

Future enhancements like Bishop going on vacation are being considered, but well on the horizon. The first release of AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktop will just allow promoting to a Knook and be humans vs humans.

for a link to the github respository, and if you have any specific questions and issues with getting it to run, please comment at https://lemmy.world/post/2369443

I'm not sure about being able to get answers to "can i build this on my system", but if you can download and build Dreamchess from the source, i'd love if people could have a look and playtest and give feedback. Thanks.

The ice age continues.

The dark lasted 19 days

A tie!