ChessMastery is a project developed as part of the second semester project for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) at FAST-NUCES. Collaboratively completed with my project partner Harris. This project features various OOP aspects such as classes, pointers, inheritance, abstraction, and polymorphism.
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Interactive Chess Board: Provides users with an interactive chess board for playing against each other.
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Interactive Sounds: Engaging sounds are played when a piece is moved, captured, promoted, or to announce the winner.
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Mouse Handling: Players can use their mouse to right-click a piece to view its valid moves and then left-click the desired chessboard cell to execute the move.
- C++ compiler
- SFML library (version 2.6.1)
To install ChessMastery, follow these steps:
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Clone the repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/mmujtabah/ChessMastery.git -
Navigate to the project directory:
cd ChessMastery -
Compile the source code:
g++ ChessMastery.cpp ChessWindow.cpp ChessPiece.cpp -o ChessMastery -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system -lsfml-audio -
Configure the project settings as needed.
Run the compiled executable: ./ChessMastery
ChessMastery offers a comprehensive gaming experience with the following features:
- White pieces start the game, with players taking alternating turns.
- Each turn, players can move only one piece of their color.
- The game objective is to capture the opposing color's king to win.
- Captured pieces are displayed on the left side of the window, organized by color.
Contributions to ChessMastery are welcome! Here's how you can contribute:
- Fork the repository.
- Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
- Make your changes and commit them with descriptive messages.
- Push your changes to your fork.
- Submit a pull request to the main repository.
Please ensure that your contributions adhere to the project's coding standards and guidelines.
- SFML Library - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.