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A regular visitor to my capsule might have noticed that I have not published many updates over the last week. The reason is that I've been working on a small project, and today I feel it's ready.
Discussion in Geminispace has recently focused on games--several have risen to prominence, such as SpellBinding. This inspired me to try my hand at programming a game over Gemini as well. My goal was partially to provide a service for other users and partially to practice my own scripting skills. The game I chose to implement was chess.
My implementation of chess is asynchronous, similar to chess over postcard or e-mail. It is written entirely in Bash, only because that's the scripting language with which I'm most familiar. Bash is certainly not an ideal choice, but the game works, and that's all I can really ask for.
If you'd like to try it out, you can find a link to the chess page on the home page of my capsule. If you find any bugs or would like to request any features, feel free to reach out!
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[Last updated: 2021-12-05]