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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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== Features ==
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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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=== 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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== Screenshots ==
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These are real screenshots taken from Miniature running on a Nokia N9.
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<gallery widths=200px>
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Image:Miniature-between_the_turns.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Cool little animation to show that pieces turn around between the moves</div>
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Image:Miniature-Down_under.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Situation after white's move: The player with the black pieces also is able to see it's pieces from his/her point of view</div>
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Image:Miniature-20091219-1.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Starting position for human vs human, face to face.</div>
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Image:Screenshot-20091219-2.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Selecting one piece to move.</div>
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Image:Miniature-20091219-3.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Selecting destination square.</div>
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Image:Miniature_rooks_and_knights.jpg|<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Miniature learns chess in korius' development branch. Here rooks and knights know how to behave with each other.</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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== Contact us ==
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Questions, feedback and contributions are welcome!
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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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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/mikhas Michael Hasselmann]: lead developer.
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/kore Dennis Stötzel]: chess logics.
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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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== Users ==
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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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-> [[/users|A list of users]] should help you to get an Opponent.
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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/