Chess_Game v2

• Create a chess game from 0 -> END #multiplayer
• Using: Pygame, Python, Node.js, Socket.io

note: make sure you have installed the colorama library before running the script.

• to install the colorama library

  pip install colorama

• all the assets are provided in the chessAssets directory

Usage

• clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/karanBRAVO/Chess_Game.git

• move to the cloned directory

  cd Chess_Game

• move to the chess server directory

  cd chessServer

• install the dependencies and run the build command

  npm install && npm run build

• start the server

  npm run start

• run the game script (you have to run multiple terminals and run below command from the root dir)

  chmod +x main.sh && ./main.sh

Preview of the Game

File Structure

chessAssets/
|
chessEngine/
|-- assets/
|   |-- army/
|   |-- chessboard.py
|   |-- logger.py
|   |-- pieces.py
|-- main.py
|
chessServer/

Virtual Environment Setup (recommended)

1. Install the python3-venv

   sudo apt install python3-venv

2. Create the virtual env.

   python3 -m venv myenv

3. Activate the env.

   source myenv/bin/activate

note: to deactivate type deactivate in terminal

Create the desktop application

1. install the module

pip install pyinstaller

2. run the command

pyinstaller --onefile --icon=chessEngine/icon.ico --add-data "chessAssets;chessAssets" --hidden-import socketio --hidden-import colorama --name=chess chessEngine/main.py

3. run the final output

./dist/chess

Note

To fix the path issue while creating the .exe file

import os
import sys


def resource_path(relative_path):
    """ Get the absolute path to a resource, works for development and PyInstaller bundling """
    base_path = getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', os.path.abspath("."))
    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)

# pygame.image.load(resource_path("chessAssets/rook.png"))

©️ Karan Yadav 2023