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[[Image:2011-08-22_15-51-28.png|310px|thumb|An opening in Miniature]]
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You love chess. You love mobile devices. You believe they fit so well... yet you haven't found a convincing implementation of a free chess game. '''Miniature''' to the rescue!
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Miniature is a chess board that is always with you, ready to let you play and learn wherever you go
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'''We are moving to http://miniature-chess.org/'''
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At the moment we target MeeGo Harmattan running on the Nokia N9 and N950.
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Feedback, features and ports to other platforms & devices are welcome!
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== Download ==
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Miniature is not ready for end users BUT we have releases for early adopters willing to contribute feedback, fixes or new features.
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=== MeeGo Harmattan ===
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* '''Nokia N9 & N950''': packages are being uploaded provisionally to [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12315 a bug report]. You can CC yourself there to get updates. The plan is to move to apps.formeego.org once that service is ready. Just install the package from the browser.
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=== Maemo ===
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The first version of Miniature to play games offline & P2P on the '''Nokia N900''' can be found in the [[Extras-devel]] repository. Not maintained anymore.
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== Features ==
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Look also the [[/Wishlist]] to see what is coming (if someone does the homework).  ;)
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=== Play online - FICS (under development) ===
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* Login to [http://freechess.org FICS] as registered user or guest.
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* See offers to play a game.
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* Filter offers by type of game, time, increment and type of rating (under development).
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* Create a new offer to play a game (under development).
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* Play a game against another FICS user (under development).
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* Chat with the opponent while playing (under development).
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* [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/timeseal.html Timeseal] support (under development).
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== Screenshots ==
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These are real screenshots taken from Miniature running on a Nokia N9. Click the images for more details.
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<gallery widths=200px>
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Image:Miniature-FICS.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Login to FICS</div>
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Image:2011-08-22_13-53-16.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">List of games available</div>
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Image:2011-08-22_13-53-40.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">A game is selected</div>
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Image:2011-08-22_13-54-11.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Filtering search by type of chess</div>
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Image:2011-08-22_13-54-33.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Filtering search by time</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 13-55-19.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Filtering search by type of rating</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 13-57-04.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Initial position</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 13-57-29.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Selecting a piece</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 13-58-07.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Aiming to a destination square</div>
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Image:2011-08-22_13-58-31.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Move completed</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 15-51-28.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Playing... (still not for real)</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 13-59-01.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Chat area expanded</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 14-00-29.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Typing in chat area</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 14-01-20.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Leaving a game</div>
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Image:2011-08-22 14-01-55.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Example of confirmation dialog</div>
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Image:Miniature_Berlin_Defence.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">The Berlin Defence, as seen in Miniature</div>
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</gallery>
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== Contact us ==
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We love feedback!
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* Via IRC at #miniature in irc.freenode.net
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* Via [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=3757 web forum]
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* Via email at the [https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/chess-developer/ project's mailing list]
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* Bug reports and enhancement requests can be filed [https://bugs.maemo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&product=Miniature&content= here]
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== Get involved ==
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See the [[/Development]] section to know more about the project status and areas welcoming help.
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We welcome testers and contributors!
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Miniature is a Qt application with a C/C++ backend and a QML UI. The architecture is modular, thinking on the addition of different servers and types of interaction. If you are thinking on bringing new features let us convince you.  :)
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We are targeting our development on MeeGo Harmattan and the Nokia N9 but we welcome maintainers for other ports e.g. MeeGo upstream, Symbian, Android-Necessitas, Qt powered desktops...
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== History ==
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Yes, we do have some history at this point. It all started here:
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* 2009-10-31: First idea proposed in a Talk thread: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=33764 Contributors needed: the killer free chess game for Maemo]
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Check the [[/archive|archive]] if you want to know more.
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Latest revision as of 19:53, 16 September 2011

Miniature - Play chess everywhere you go!
.: Home : Releases : Wish list : Development : Coding style :. 
We are moving to http://miniature-chess.org/
Retrieved from "http://wiki.maemo.org/Miniature"