checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj 0.1.6

Checkers implementation in python based on the international draughts

🏁 Checkers Implementation in Python

Built within the pygame framework as a university project

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Contact Info
• Dependancies
• References

Introduction

This package is an implementation of the well known checkers board game, and the rules are based on the international draughts guidelines. The checkers-main package consists of 2 modules utility and game each responsible for handling thier respective features for the game. This is my first time creating a project of this scale using pygame.

Features

• Graphical User Interface
• Multiplayer Mode: Play 1v1 with a second player
• Save and Load Games: Your previous game is auto-saved upon quitting
• Checker Rule Implementation: Game rules are based on international checkers guidelines

Installation

Installation from GitHub

To install the application:

Create project directory(In Terminal)

mkdir checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj-techscreed

Enter directory(In Terminal)

cd checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj-techscreed

Clone repository(In Terminal)

git clone https://github.com/ScreedVA/checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj.git

Move into repository directory(In Terminal)

cd checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj

Create virtual environment (In Terminal)

python -m venv .venv

Activate virtual environment (In Terminal)

.venv\Scripts\activate

Update pip if nessasary (In Terminal)

python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

Install package locally (In Terminal)

pip install -e .

Installation from Pypi

Create project directory (In Terminal)

mkdir checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj-techscreed

Enter directory (In Terminal)

cd checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj-techscreed

Create virtual environment(In Terminal)

python -m venv .venv

Activate virtual environment(In Terminal)

.venv\Scripts\activate

Install package from Pypi(In Terminal)

pip install checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj

Usage - After Installed with Pypi

There are 2 ways you can run this package

Example 1 Running package with CLI Command

Run application (In Terminal)

run_checkers_round

Output: You have no previous games, Starting round...

Example 2 Running package through execution file

Create project directory (In Terminal)

mkdir checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj-techscreed

Enter project directory (In Terminal)

cd checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj-techscreed

Create file for execution and import main from checkers-main package (In Terminal)

echo > main.py "from checkers-main import main"

Call main function in main.py (In Script)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Run application execution file (In Terminal)

python main.py

Usage - After Installed from GitHub

Example 2 Running package through execution file

Enter repository directory if not already (In Terminal)

cd checkers-imp-adv-coding-proj

Run application execution file (In Terminal)

python main.py

Output: You have no previous games, Starting round...

Contact Info

LinkedIn Profile

Dependancies

• Pygame Framework handles graphical user interface functionality
• Pillow Library is used for image manupluation and cropping
• Json libary handles python dictionary to json serialization

References

• The render_game_env() method which utilizes modular congruences to asses rows and columns to draw evenly positioned squares is inspired from an article by Sundar Sing - Singh, S. (2017, December 10). D3: Modulo operation to create a grid.

• The game images used throughout the project are by "andi" on OpenGameart.ORG