3D Chess is a personal free-time project to develop a fully playable and functional Chess game for iOS, written in Swift. It started as a way for me to gain an introduction into some areas of iOS development I was not familiar with, such as SceneKit, but has blossomed into a fully-featured app with a focus on strong user-experience.
At its core, this application uses a SceneKit front-end on top of a Chess logic backend known as SwiftChess, which has been slightly modified to fit the needs of the application. The front-end is responsible for for translating user touches into logic for the back-end, and moving the pieces on screen according to the back-end's response.
I could go on and on about the incredibly rewarding challenges I've faced developing this app from a development/learning perspective. Areas such as API interfacing, basic multithreading & race-conditions, creating a "live" and polished user experience, SceneKit nodes/cameras/animations, working heavily with delegates and nested view controllers, and so much more.
Most of my specific tasks and overall workflow/progress can be seen from the Projects tab. Many of these tasks are likely not due to be completed any time soon, and many are just some bonus features if I happen to find a ton of time to waste on tackling them. Though I'm the only one really using this repository, I find the agile-esque kanban board for me to be a very effective way of keeping track of my progress.
Here's an WIP in-game shot:
Simply clone, open the workspace, and build! All necessary frameworks/Pods are included in the repository. If they don't work, ensuring CocoaPods is installed, run:
$ pod installin the main project directory. This should download the necessary dependencies. If my development really hits a home run, I likely will publish this to the App Store.
My own code & app: All rights reserved. See LICENSE for more information.
I am always looking for suggestions on how I can make the app better, especially from a visual standpoint. Any thoughts/suggestions on my coding practices are very welcome. I am always looking for ways to improve.
I do hope you will take the time to check out some of my other work! I am especially proud of my project MusicansToolkit a set of tools for musicians including a tuner, metronome, audio recorder, on-screen playable guitar, and more!