Cguilled / JavaFX-Online-Chess

An (unfinished) chess program written in JavaFX

JavaFX-Online-Chess

An (incomplete) chess program written in JavaFX. Note that by default this program uses localhost for multiplayer.

Feature List

• Fully functional chessboard GUI
• Movable chess piece objects with team-colored piece images
• Game board drawn differently for white/black
• Supports 2 player online games
  • Game board is frozen while waiting for opponent's move
• Offline mode for local play
• Unique piece movement for King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, and Pawn
  • Pawns restricted to one-way movement
• Chat area for messages between players
• Both client & server validate moves before updating board
• Licensed for reuse under MIT License
• Customizable board colors via stylesheet.css

Missing Features

• Special pawn rules (Piece promotion, en passant, only capture diagonally, situational 2 space movement, etc)
• Indicators for check, checkmate, and stalemate
• Handling for edge case where client & server disagree on whether a move is valid
• Allow castling

Bugs

• Queens, Rooks, and Bishops can move past occupied spaces
• GameBoard can be interacted with before client-server connection is established

Edge Cases

• If the client cannot find a server (ie: client started before server), chatbox displays "Error: Failed to connect to server"
• Players cannot capture their own pieces. Clicking on a piece of the same color will update the currently selected piece

Future plans

• When a piece is selected, hightlight spaces it can move to
• Implement check, checkmate, & stalemate
• Add ability to surrender
• Option to start a new game without closing connection
• Switch project to public on GitHub
• Add indicator showing which player's turn it is

TODO list

• Piece movement
  • Create list of valid movements for each piece
  • Check against moveList when calling moveIsValid(). [ChessBoard.java]
    • Allow Bishop, Rook, & Queen to move further across the board
    • Prevent Bishop, Rook, & Queen from moving over other pieces
  • Create exceptions for pawn movement.
  • Implement castling
• Board rules
  • Pawn piece promotion.
  • Implement check & checkmate.
  • Implement stalemate.
  • When a piece is selected, highlight spaces it can move to
• GUI
  • Add option for offline mode.
  • Only allow White player to make the first move.
  • Add label to show which player's turn it is.
  • Add "surrender" button
• Documentation
  • README: Add usage instructions.
  • README: List program status & implemented features.
  • README: List future improvements & features to add.
  • Document and screenshot general usage & test cases.
  • Revise design document based on changes made.
• General
  • Move remaining networking code out of ChessBoard into ChessGUI.