Multiplayer Chess
Quick Features
Create a game of chess at any time
See all availible moves for each of your pieces
Chat with your opponent and spectators
Instant feedback if checked or checkmated
This website features a fully-functioning game of Chess! You can create a game with another user (or yourself), or you can spectate a game being played by other users and even chat with them in real time. Making use of Hotwire for Rails, users can seamlessly click a chess piece to see where it can be moved and receive real-time updates for their opponent’s moves. The game calculates the board state to make sure that you can’t blunder your king and will automatically warn a player about check as well as inform them if they have been checkmated. The game also tracks a history of turns so a player can keep track of what’s happened.
I created this website because I was excited to learn more about creating a dynamic application with instant user updates. This project also aided me to reinforce my knowledge with more general Ruby development, as well as the OOP and TTD processes.
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