Dev tools · September 17, 2023
Conway's Game of Chess
Chess, but each square also follows the rules of Conway's Game of Life. Only your own pieces count as neighbours when deciding births/deaths. For births, an empty square must have 3 neighbours for 2 consecutive turns. For deaths, a piece must have 3 neighbours for 3 consecutive turns. This is a simple proof of concept I made with python and curses. You can play with a friend locally or over a socket connection. Controls: Arrow keys to move the cursor, enter/space to select and move a piece, u or backspace to undo a move, r to redo a move, q or escape to quit, s to perform a move…
In plain words
Conway's Game of Chess combines traditional chess with Conway's Game of Life mechanics, where pieces on each square evolve based on neighbor counts. Players can spawn new pieces when an empty square has three neighbors for two consecutive turns, and pieces disappear after having fewer than two or more than three neighbors for three turns. This Python-based proof of concept supports local two-player games and remote play over socket connections, with controls for cursor movement, piece selection, undo/redo, and optional Stockfish integration.
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Chess, but each square also follows the rules of Conway's Game of Life. Only your own pieces count as neighbours when deciding births/deaths. For births, an empty square must have 3 neighbours for 2 consecutive turns. For deaths, a piece must have <2 or >3 neighbours for 3 consecutive turns. This is a simple proof of concept I made with python and curses. You can play with a friend locally or over a socket connection. Controls: Arrow keys to move the cursor, enter/space to select and move a piece, u or backspace to undo a move, r to redo a move, q or escape to quit, s to perform a move with stockfish if installed (useless since it has no knowledge of this variant), any other key to unselect a currently selected piece.
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