The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agoAn alternative chess platformlemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1imageAn alternative chess platformlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareMaia [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow do you differentiate black and white pieces? Maybe half the pieces should have white text instead
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWas thinking the same, use unicode or emojis for chess pieces.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, it definitely needs to be color coded. The other thing that would bother me is that if you’re playing black, you have to play upside down. I wonder if there would be a way to “flip the board”.
minus-squareGreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoProbably could make a board on another sheet with a formula that points to the opposite side of the board
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat sounds like a nightmare of VBA code. I love it!
minus-squareAThing4String@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI can think of 1½ ways to do that that wouldn’t involve VBA. They WOULD be a nightmare though.
How do you differentiate black and white pieces? Maybe half the pieces should have white text instead
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Was thinking the same, use unicode or emojis for chess pieces.
Yeah, it definitely needs to be color coded.
The other thing that would bother me is that if you’re playing black, you have to play upside down. I wonder if there would be a way to “flip the board”.
Probably could make a board on another sheet with a formula that points to the opposite side of the board
Brilliant
That sounds like a nightmare of VBA code. I love it!
I can think of 1½ ways to do that that wouldn’t involve VBA.
They WOULD be a nightmare though.