I was wondering if there was anyone who would be interested in making an Open Source version of AnarchyChess. IE, take some specific rules like Siberian Swipe, Il Vaticano, Knight Boost, alpha beta decay, il vaticannon etc and modify an existing open source game (and engine) to play to these rules. Of course En Passant is forced and friendly fire may be turned on.
The new game would be hosted on github and probably be a fork of DreamChess for desktop or GCompris for android (or if someone knows something better that can be used on both Android and Apple, then im open to suggestions).
The first “deliverable” would be to enable people to play on a single shared device, then maybe see about adding some sort of algebraic notation to allow playing by correspondence.
Edit: At the core of this project would be open source, IE: program would be free to download, build and play, no accounts, no ads. This is not something I, or anyone else who would be working on would be looking to monetise. As part of accepting the upstream license of using the code, we always have to make the code available.
What are peoples thoughts ? Any other questions ?
Here’s some thoughts:
We could add custom pieces, like the knook. It could be possible to fuse rook and knight, or you can get them by promoting only.
I think en passant should not be forced, but severely punished if not taken, though I’m not sure how to implement a digital brick to throw at your opponent.
Wild idea, but maybe there’s even a tiny chance to get lichess on board…?
First thought on a digital brick is that the player throwing the brick could force the other player to skip a move and be able to move twice in a row (while the bricked player is immobilized due to the pain) Edit. Adding the Knook by promotion to TODO list.