Show HN: Conway's Game of Chess
elesiuta Sunday, September 17, 2023Chess, 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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