Rainbow Chess

A web-based chess game with a colorful rainbow-cycling background.

Description

Rainbow Chess (also known as Skittles Chess Game) is a two-player chess game built with Python and Flask. It features a fully functional chess board with move validation, pawn promotion, and an undo feature that allows players to revert up to 10 moves. The game showcases a visually appealing interface with a rainbow color-cycling background effect.

Features

• Interactive chess board with Unicode chess piece symbols
• Move validation for all chess pieces (King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Pawn)
• Pawn promotion to Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight
• Undo functionality with a circular stack that stores up to 10 moves
• Rainbow color-cycling background animation
• Responsive web interface

Technologies Used

• Python 3.8
• Flask (web framework)
• Jinja2 (templating engine)
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Gunicorn (WSGI HTTP Server)

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/bryanseah234/rainbowchess.git

# Navigate to project directory
cd rainbowchess

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

# Run the application
python main.py

The game will start on http://localhost:5000. Open your browser and navigate to this address to play.

How to Play

1. Click "START" to begin a new game
2. Enter moves in the format XY XY (e.g., 01 03 to move a piece from column 0, row 1 to column 0, row 3)
3. Coordinates are 0-7 for both columns and rows
4. Use the "UNDO" button to revert moves if needed

Demo

The game was originally hosted at: http://skittles-chessapp.herokuapp.com/

Disclaimer

1. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
2. USE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION

License

MIT License

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Author: bryanseah234