@stashm10 on Opening Knowledge
I made a fun chess game, specifically, a chess opening game, Chession. How it works is simple. A position from a famous chess opening is shown on the board, and you have to guess which opening it is. The opening is selected from a list of 25, and the board renders the position after move 10 (20 plies). You type a guess or pick from a list that filters as you type. If your guess is wrong, the board steps back two plies (one full move) and shows an earlier position as a hint. You get 5 guesses total. Each wrong guess reveals more of the position's history, making the next guess easier.
The cool part is that there are so many openings (well, 25 for now), so you can have multiple attempts. Unlike Wordle or other guessing games, you dont have to wait 24 hours to play.
It was difficult setting up the chess board, the pieces, and piece animation, however I made it work. The trickiest part was animating between positions when going back, since each wrong guess jumps the board back two plies rather than one. I solved this by stepping through each half-move individually and animating the piece slide for every step, rather than animating directly from the start position to the end position. This keeps the motion readable even when skipping multiple moves.
I hope in the future I can add more openings, and vartions of popular openings, that way I can make it more difficult :)
The idea is just a simple game for all types of chess players, a chess version of Wordle... if that makes sense.
Enjoy!
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