The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agoAn alternative chess platformlemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11
arrow-up137arrow-down1imageAn alternative chess platformlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareLxrduy@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoHow do you differentiate black and white pieces? Maybe half the pieces should have white text instead
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWas thinking the same, use unicode or emojis for chess pieces.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months 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-up2·10 months agoProbably could make a board on another sheet with a formula that points to the opposite side of the board
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThat sounds like a nightmare of VBA code. I love it!
minus-squareAThing4String@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI can think of 1½ ways to do that that wouldn’t involve VBA. They WOULD be a nightmare though.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoLol. Fair enough. I’m not sure which would be worse.
minus-squareAThing4String@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIn the spirit of anarchy chess, I MAY need to find out. For science.
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.
CAPS vs lowercase
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.
Lol. Fair enough. I’m not sure which would be worse.
In the spirit of anarchy chess, I MAY need to find out. For science.
Did you find out?
Otherwise I may