Thread: Contributors needed: the killer free chess game for Maemo
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kanishou is offline kanishou
2009-11-04 , 12:59
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Originally Posted by Addison View Post
Hey kanishou!

Let me first say, WOW! Those screen shots of yours look absolutely gooey!
Thanks!

I sure hope you'll be able to package together a version for us lowly N8x0 owners.
I don't think I will port it to Diablo, but if Mer adds the new hildon API functions, it should just work.

Also, is it possible to include some type of "chess puzzles" feature with this current build as well? It sounds doubtful but thought I would ask anyway.
This is probably out of scope for Chessmonk, in fact I see very little code that could be shared between a chess puzzle app and a PGN viewer, other than the board display. Aside from that the UI would be completely different, so I would just make it a stand-alone app.


I do like the concept of the board being in the middle of the screen, especially in landscape mode. This way you could have player information on each side of the board creating an overall visual balance to the screen instead of one side being too overloaded.
But the sides are much easier to reach with a single thumb, and I think that's important for a fast-paced chess game.