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== Screenshots ==
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This is how the real application looks like, while being still under very initial and heavy development. Check the [[Miniature/Development#Mockups|mockups]] in order to see how things should look like in the future.
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This is how the real application looks like in v0.1-1.
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Image:Miniature glossy svg.png|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Miniature with a glossy SVG board (contributed by tbf).</div>
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Image:Miniature glossy svg.png|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Miniature with a glossy SVG board (contributed by tbf) as seen in the SDK.</div>
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Image:Miniature qt46 n900.png|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Miniature in portrait mode, using the latest Qt 4.6 for Maemo package.</div>
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Image:Screenshot00.png|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Miniature right after boot in the N900. It should look nice and glossy but there is a bug in the missing SVG transparency.</div>
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Image:Miniature_on_n900.jpg|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Current approximation to the [[:Image:Miniature-playgame-portrait.png|Play Game window in portrait mode]]</div>
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Image:Miniature Screenshot01.png|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">The opening looks nice and the UI is finger friendly, very usable and actually precise.</div>
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Image:Miniature_new_next_prev.jpg|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">The non-hildonized menues show that we used an outdated Qt4 package ;)</div>
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Image:Miniature Screenshot02 20091116.png|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">We are still teaching Miniature how to play proper chess. </div>
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Image:Miniature_it_moves.jpg|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Miniature can now display any FEN position description.</div>
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=== Mockups ===
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How things should look like in the future. (We are looking for real designers!)
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Image:Miniature-playgame-portrait-start.png|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">First boot.</div>
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Revision as of 07:44, 17 November 2009

You love chess. You love Maemo and its devices. You believe they fit so well... yet you haven't found a convincing implementation of a chess game for Maemo. Miniature to the rescue!

Contents

The concept

Miniature is a chess board that is always with you, ready to let you play and learn wherever you go.

  • The main use case is playing online against other players at http://freechess.org (FICS)
  • Now imagine that you can also chat with the other player.
  • Learning is important: watch games live, review stored games and also process offline the lessons offered at FICS.
  • Play P2P games against other players next to you or in your Contacts.
  • And not only regular chess. See also Antichess, Chess960...

Miniature is based on Qt, targets Maemo as primary platform and plans to have ports for Symbian, Windows Mobile and desktop OSs (Linux, Windows, Mac).

News

Features

None for real users yet. Miniature is just few days old and we are defining the features of the first relase.

Check Miniature/Development to follow the latest status and to get involved.

Screenshots

This is how the real application looks like in v0.1-1.

Miniature glossy svg.png
Miniature with a glossy SVG board (contributed by tbf) as seen in the SDK.
Screenshot00.png
Miniature right after boot in the N900. It should look nice and glossy but there is a bug in the missing SVG transparency.
Miniature Screenshot01.png
The opening looks nice and the UI is finger friendly, very usable and actually precise.
Miniature Screenshot02 20091116.png
We are still teaching Miniature how to play proper chess.

Mockups

How things should look like in the future. (We are looking for real designers!)

First boot.

Contact us

Questions, feedback and contributions are welcome!

Development

See /Development for more information on developing Miniature.

There are some policies that we follow in the project.

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