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Computer Graphics Proposal

What?

In this project I aim to animate a functional 3D chess board using various computer graphics techniques.

I will be using python and opengl to produce and animate a functional chess board capable of playing a game or stepping through any game provided. To provide the chess functionality I will use the python-chess library to handle the complex move validation.

I will be writing the slide and capture animations, and constructing the models using blender.

I plan to add the following features

• Board
• Piece models
• Piece animations
• UI to play a game from a SAN string, reset, and see move history
• Click and drag pieces to new positions
• Highlight possible move lines.
• Use an engine to evaluate board states - Maybe
• CPU player - Maybe

Why?

The purpose of this project is to gain a further understanding of the structure and process of creating a computer graphics program as well as efficient techniques and methods while in the process of creating a chess program.

How?

I will use blender to create the piece models so that they can be visually appealing and unique.

• PyOpenGl for animations and rendering.
• python-chess for the chess specifics such as move validation and interfacing with engines.