Shogi

A desktop application for Windows and Linux to play Shogi (Japanese chess)

Features

• There are 4 game modes (varying board sizes and pieces used):
  • Mini (5x5)
  • Standard (9x9)
  • Chu (12x12)
  • Tenjiku (16x16)
• There are 5 AI difficulty levels:
  • Normal (AI will play with normal difficulty)
  • Hard (AI will play harder than normal difficulty)
  • Suicidal (AI will make worst possible move)
  • Protracted death (after ensuring the safety of the king, AI will make worst possible move)
  • Random (AI will make random moves)
• Timed mode
• Multiplayer
  • Same computer
  • Over email (email game file to other player to make move)
  • Over LAN

Getting Started

Clone the repository in your local machine:

$ git clone https://github.com/salmanfs815/Shogi.git

Prerequisites

• Julia v0.5

Extra Libraries

The libraries used in this project are:

• GTK
• DataFranes
• SQLite

Installation

Run the script:

$ ./shogi.sh

Press Enter twice when prompted about requirements installations. We will now assume that Julia and the required libraries are installed on your machine.

Running The Program

Run the program: $ ./Shogi_Linux/shogi/game.jl

Authors

Team: Null_ptr

Members:

• Salman Siddiqui
• Laura Guevara
• Haider Ilahi
• Daniel Korin
• Eddie Chiu

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.