Hi, everyone. I'm taking a computer programming class, and one of my
projects is to develop a chess game rather than the graphical games my
classmates are developing. I'm trying to figure out the best format for
displaying the chess board. I have a couple ideas and want to get your
input on them. This game will be played right on the command line. I
have a couple ideas and just want to see which one you would prefer, or
if you have suggestions for other ideas. Here are the options I've come
up with. For either option, capital letters will indicate white pieces
and lowercase letters will indicate black pieces. I can't think of a way
to indicate the color of the square, but I'll provide a way for the
player to look it up if they're not sure. The first way involves using
|'s, -'s, and +'s to form squares around each spot on the board. My
worry with this is that there would be a lot of output, and it might be
confusing or irritating to navigate through it all with a screen reader.
The second idea I had might look something like this, with .'s to
indicate empty squares:
A B C D E F G H
1 R N B Q K B N R
2 P P P P P P P P
3 . . . . . . . .
Those are just the first three rows. It would be simpler to develop, but
I'm not sure how well it would work when playing. What do you all think?
Please also let me know if you have any other ideas. I would really
appreciate it if someone could answer this as soon as possible. Thanks.
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