README.md

   1 # v[ariant]chess.club
   2
   3 Website to play to many chess variants, including rare ones - some almost never seens
   4 elsewhere, like "l'Échiqueté" [french], renamed "checkered chess" in english.
   5
   6 ## Usage
   7
   8 I hope it's intuitive enough :)
   9
  10 But, a few important points:
  11  - All games start with a random assymetric position!
  12  - Games are untimed: you decide to play fast or not...
  13
  14 ## Resources
  15
  16 Server side:
  17  - node,
  18  - npm packages (see package.json),
  19
  20 Client side:
  21  - Vue.js,
  22  - underscore.js (TODO: remove this dependency),
  23  - mini.css,
  24  - Google font 'Open Sans' + a few icons,
  25
  26 Pieces images where found at various locations.
  27
  28 ## Installation (for developers)
  29
  30  0. Install git-fat https://github.com/jedbrown/git-fat
  31  1. Rename public/javascripts/utils/socket\_url.js.dist into socket\_url.js
  32     and adjust its content.
  33  2. git fat init && git fat pull
  34  3. Execute db/create.sql script (SQLite) to fill db/vchess.sqlite database
  35  4. npm i && npm start