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Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Carlos Cetina wrote on Sat, Jul 25, 2020 07:06 PM UTC:

Okay, thanks. The issue about images has been fixed as can be seen in the following diagram:

files=12 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=Z Q S G D M A L H W F graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaerie/ squareSize=52 graphicsType=gif pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,i2,j2,k2,l2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7,i7,j7,k7,l7 queen:Q:Q:queen:d1,,d8 archbishop:A:BN:cardinal:a1,,a8 chancellor:M:RN:chancellor:l1,,l8 amazon:Z:QN:amazon:i1,,i8 sissa:S:mavsiQ:snake:f1,,f8 gryphon:G:FyafsF:gryphon:h1,,h8 dragon:D:WyavsW:dragon:c1,,c8 wazirknight:W:WN:knightwazir:e1,,e8 ferzknight:F:FN:knightferz:j1,,j8 dragon horse:H:BW:promotedbishop:k1,,k8 dragon king:L:RF:promotedrook:b1,,b8 king:K:KisO4:king:g1,,g8

The applet works fine with mirror symmetry but something is wrong with asymmetric setups since after uploading the applet to a webpage they are distorted duplicating some images.

Play-test applet 2

files=12 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=A Q S G D M C R B N H graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaerie/ squareSize=52 graphicsType=gif pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,i2,j2,k2,l2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7,i7,j7,k7,l7 queen:Q:Q:queen:b1,,e8 archbishop:C:BN:cardinal:l1,,g8 chancellor:M:RN:chancellor:h1,,l8 amazon:A:QN:amazon:j1,,f8 sissa:S:mavsiQ:snake:f1,,i8 gryphon:G:FyafsF:gryphon:g1,,d8 dragon:D:WyavsW:dragon:c1,,k8 wazirknight:N:WN:knightwazir:e1,,c8 ferzknight:H:FN:knightferz:i1,,j8 dragon horse:B:BW:promotedbishop:k1,,a8 dragon king:R:RF:promotedrook:a1,,b8 king:K:KisO4:king:d1,,h8

I am already labeling the pieces with single letters.

On the other hand, while playing vs the applet's AI at one point it castled Fischer-style, which is problematic in this variant because I am proposing there be no castling. It would be nice if in asymmetric setups one could choose the option "do not cast", but if implementing it requires to spend too much time, please do not worry, for me it is not something urgent, do it when you can.