Built with Ruby using Object Oriented principles and designed to run in the terminal.
- Graphical command line UI
- Green highlighted squares represent possible move choices per piece
- Ability to save and load games
Be sure to gem install colorize to install the colorize gem.
To play a new game, run ruby game.rb at the command line from the root directory.
Use the arrow keys and press ENTER to select pieces to move.
Press S to save at any time, and run ruby game.rb chess_game.yml to load the saved game.
Press ESC to quit at any time.
The Piece parent class contains the functionality common to all pieces.
The individual pieces inherit from subclasses of the Piece class:
- Sliding pieces (Bishop/Rook/Queen)
- Stepping pieces (Knight/King)
- The pawn
Game makes a deep_dup to validate moves without modifying the game state.