( speed up version )

Idiocracied chess, with health, guns, obstacles, boom and stuff

sound assisted by Wambutz

Instructions for running in IntelliJ:

Click on Gradle on the right hand sidebar
Gradle -> desktop -> Tasks -> others -> run

Game Assets in the folder /assets

core game-building:

/core/src/com.boomchess.game/BoomChess.java

create method for menuStart and gameCreation
render method for gameLoop

configuration for desktop-specific rendering:

/desktop/src/com.boomchess.game/DesktopLauncher.java

libGDX will be used as a general framework, providing a low-end basis for smooth game programming with a core costumizable canvas game class Gradle will be used to easily work with libraries (dependencies) and for smooth game starts.

Board Size: 9x8

Starting Menu Layout:

Boom-Chess

Tutorial
Start a 2-player-game
Start a game against a bot
Options
Credits
EXIT

Quick intro: The game will be modernized using a different approach to chess. Each piece is a new piece resembling it only slightly in the way it can move. The King will be a General. The Towers will be tanks. The Pawns Infantry. The Runners will be Dogs. The Horses will be Helicopters. The Queen will be a Commando.

The whole board will be 9x8. Each piece has a healtvalue and a damagevalue that is randomised and subject to dis- and advantages

At the end of each chess-like turn, the current players pieces will all attack anyone they can.

Damage is scaled by the health of the piece. The less health the piece has, the less it will deal damage. Its in the format of if ( current health / standard health ) < 0.5 -> damage * 0.75

A Pieces Damage to an enemy is lowered by a fraction of 0.05 per Enemy surrounding it

A Piece gets a damage boost by per number of surrounding friend 0.1

General(King) / health: int: 50 / damage: 5-10

The most critical piece on the board. It can move one square in any direction (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). if killed team loses takes only half the possible damage

Commando(Queen)n / health: int: 50 / damage: 10-30 / advantages: +10 to attacking tanks

The most powerful piece. It can move horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and in any direction for any number of squares. on a randomized 1-5 scale, he takes (/5)*100 percent less damage

Tank(Rook) / health: int: 60 / damage: 10-20 / advantages: +5 to attacking infantry / disadvantages: deals -5 to wardogs

These are often represented as towers. They can move horizontally or vertically for any number of squares. high health. hard on other armour. easily killed by helicopters. acts like towers

War Dogs(Bishop) / health: int: 40 / damage: 5-20 / advantages: +5 to attacking infantry

They move diagonally for any number of squares. is the end of faith for all infantry. easy target for helicopters the war dogs fear them because they go broom.

Helicopter(Knight)/ health: int : 50 / damage: 10-20 / advantages: +5 to attacking tanks

Knights move in an L-shape: two squares in one direction (either horizontally or vertically) and then one square in a perpendicular direction. Knights can jump over other pieces. High movement. doesn't care about obstacles. high effectiveness against armour.

Infantry(Pawn) / health: int: 40 / damage: 5-20 / advantages: +5 to attacking helicopters / disadvantages: -5 to tank

Pawns move forward one square but capture diagonally. On their first move, they have the option to move forward two squares. When a pawn reaches the opponent's back rank, it can be promoted to any other piece (typically a queen). the simple pawn Has a bonus on attacking helicopters. an easy target for war dogs.

Artillery / damage 5-10

Artillery can move in any direction one tile. It can hit targets 2 tiles away

main-menu title: Victory Sound by Lesiakower https://pixabay.com/music/video-games-victory-screen-150573/

"Boom Sound" from "https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/vine-boom-162668/" at date: 11.10.23

Background-Music ingame:

"Retro Wave" from "https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/retro-wave-melodie-128-bpm-8970/" at date: 11.10.23

"epic-battle" by Lesiakower https://pixabay.com/music/video-games-epic-battle-153400/

r and r, outside the colloseum https://bit-by-bit-sound.itch.io/16-bit-starter-pack

safe zone https://hzsmith.itch.io/vol2

downfall, thought soup, total dissonance, stray cat, coffee break, tonal resonance https://garoslaw.itch.io/monolith-ost

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/autocannon-20mm-143113/

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/sniper-rifle-129927/

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/helicopter-rotor-loop-105796/

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/cannonball-89596/

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/dog-barking-6296/

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/desert-eagle-gunshot-14622/

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/driving-tank-engine-88503/

gameStage-Explanation:

the game Stage will be created by initializing the gameBoard. This gameBoard will hold the Soldiers. The gameStage will create the gameBoard by looping through it and creating the Overlay-GameBoard depending on what Soldiers are on what tile. Each tile has a Listener on it that activated if the Widget is dragged - during dragging, its possible moves from its current Drag-Start location get calculated and overlaid above the gameBoard-Stage. It ends when a click occurs.

Sources for Pictures:

the background has been created by Marty Lauterbach (mklemmingen) using LibreSprite All Characters have been created by Marty Lauterbach (mklemmingen) using LibreSprite