grociu/ue4-chess

A game of chess created using the Unreal Engine 4

UE4-Chess

A game of chess created using the Unreal Engine 4.

Unreal Engine Version 4.26.1

Features

• Populates the board with chess pieces.
• Assings the two players a color of pieces at random.
• Starts the game and sets the White player to be active.
• Players can make moves by selecting pieces with the mouse, then selecting a target square then pessing Space Bar to make the move.
• Player camera can be rotated using WSAD.
• Upon making a move, the camera automatically switches to the other players' view.

Implemented rules

• Standard chess piece movement rules including castling, en passant and pawn promotions.
• Highlights the legal moves for a selected piece, considering current and future boardstate (a move will not result in a check for the moving player).
• Various game end scenarios handles: checkmate, stalemate, draw by threefold repetition, draw by the 50 move rule, draw by insufficient mating matereial.