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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!
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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Miniature is a chess board that is always with you, ready to let you play and learn wherever you go
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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!
== Features ==
== Features ==
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== Contact us ==
== Contact us ==
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Questions, feedback and contributions are welcome!
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We love feedback!
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* Talk discussion thread: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34242 Miniature development: Play chess games online].
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* With some luck you will find us online at #miniature in irc.freenode.net.
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== Development ==
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See [[/Development]] for more information on developing Miniature.
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There are some [[/Policies | policies]] that we follow in the project.
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Check [[Miniature/Development]] to follow the latest status and to get involved.
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Miniature is based on Qt and targets MeeGo Harmattan as primary platform. Repackaging and ports to other Qt platforms are welcome.
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== Contributors ==
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* Via IRC at #miniature in irc.freenode.net
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/mikhas Michael Hasselmann]: lead developer.
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* Via [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=3757 web forum]
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/kore Dennis Stötzel]: chess logics.
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* Via email at the [https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/chess-developer/ project's mailing list]
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/hasselmm Mathias Hasselmann]: veteran programmer.
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* [http://gitorious.org/~Malcolm Dariusz Mikulski]: P2P telepathy integration.
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/qgil Quim Gil]: documentation.
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/kittykat Ekaterina Gerasimova]: Game icon.
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Special thanks to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cburnett Colin M.L. Burnett] for his free piece set used by Wikipedia.
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== Get involved ==
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We welcome testers and contributors!
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== Users ==
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Miniature is a Qt application with a C/C++ backend and a QML frontend. 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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Do you want to test Miniature and it's cool possibility to play against other people over the air? Or do you want to make simply a match versus someone who is part of the community?
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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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-> [[/users|A list of users]] should help you to get an Opponent.
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See the [[/Development]] section to know more about the project status and areas welcoming help.
== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 00:20, 23 August 2011

An opening in Miniature

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!

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

At the moment we target MeeGo Harmattan running on the Nokia N9 and N950.

Feedback, features and ports to other platforms & devices are welcome!

Contents

Features

Miniature is not ready for end users BUT we have releases for early adopters willing to contribute feedback, fixes or new features.

Play online - FICS (under development)

  • Login to FICS as registered user or guest.
  • See offers to play a game.
  • Filter offers by type of game, time, increment and type of rating (under development).
  • Create a new offer to play a game (under development).
  • Play a game against another FICS user (under development).
  • Chat with the opponent while playing (under development).

Screenshots

These are real screenshots taken from Miniature running on a Nokia N9. Click the images for more details.

Playing... (still not for real)
Login to FICS
List of games available
A game is selected
Filtering search by type of chess
Filtering search by time
Filtering search by type of rating
Initial position
Selecting a piece
Aiming to a destination square
Move completed
Chat area expanded
Typing in chat area
Leaving a game
Example of confirmation dialog

Contact us

We love feedback!

Get involved

We welcome testers and contributors!

Miniature is a Qt application with a C/C++ backend and a QML frontend. 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.  :)

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...

See the /Development section to know more about the project status and areas welcoming help.

History

Yes, we do have some history at this point. It all started here:

Check the archive if you want to know more.

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