| 1 | # v[ariant]chess.club |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Website to play to many chess variants, including rare ones - some almost |
| 4 | never seen elsewhere, like "l'Échiqueté" [french], renamed "checkered chess" |
| 5 | in english. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Notes: |
| 8 | - Games start with a random assymetric position! |
| 9 | - No ratings, no tournaments: no "competition spirit" |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ## Resources |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Server side: |
| 14 | - node, |
| 15 | - Express, |
| 16 | - Other npm packages (see package.json), |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Client side: |
| 19 | - Vue.js, |
| 20 | - underscore.js, |
| 21 | - mini.css, |
| 22 | - Google font 'Open Sans' + a few icons, |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Sounds and pieces images where found at various locations. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ## Installation (for developers) |
| 27 | |
| 28 | 0. Install git-fat https://github.com/jedbrown/git-fat |
| 29 | 1. git fat init && git fat pull |
| 30 | 2. Execute db/\*.sql scripts to create and fill db/vchess.sqlite |
| 31 | 3. Rename and edit public/javascripts/socket\_url.js.dist into socket\_url.js |
| 32 | 4. Rename and edit utils/mailer.js.dist into mailer.js |
| 33 | 5. npm i && npm start |
| 34 | |
| 35 | ## Get involved |
| 36 | |
| 37 | All contributions are welcome! For example, |
| 38 | - translations, |
| 39 | - design, |
| 40 | - Vue front-end, |
| 41 | - Express back-end. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | If you wanna help, you can contact me with the form on the website, |
| 44 | so that we can discuss what to do and how :) |
| 45 | If you feel comfortable with the code a pull request is a good start too. |