Chess on Gemini
Looks like it's not lively, huh?
gemini://dev.spool-five.com/src/app/chess
I think without time control the games are problematic.
The best option is just playing in a thread somewhere on Station or BBS.
You can also chat though but the game requires an additional board or analysis page opened.
2025-12-10 · 5 months ago · 👍 norayr, Half_Elf_Monk, roughnecks
7 Comments ↓
🐦 roughnecks · Dec 10 at 15:28:
ATM I have "logged in" and bookmarked your capsule; I was unable to find the "active games" page which is mentioned there.. maybe it only appears when there's actual activity?
Cool project anyway!
🐉 theo [OP/mod] · Dec 10 at 15:59:
🐦 roughnecks,
look at the dates and game progress. Unfortunately, we can hardly call active.
It's not mine but I also enjoy this one. I'm grateful for the interactive chess implementation on gemini.
Atm, it's not independent friendly. Maybe if you agreed w/ someone on a game, so you create one and it'll be convenient to have the interface.
I wonder if the Unicode chess glyphs would be better or worse...
🐉 theo [OP/mod] · Dec 10 at 16:51:
🚀 stack,
It should work. And mentioning this, better abstain from square colors. I've seen somewhere ASCII of chessboard and it's unreadable solely because of try to represent this.
🌲 Half_Elf_Monk · Dec 10 at 19:27:
I didn't know this existed. I wish I had known! That said, I imagine that "It's your turn!" notifications and time limits would go a long way towards keeping activity going. Games probably stall because people forget.
🐦 roughnecks · Dec 10 at 19:34:
Email notifications should be quite easy to implement, right? I mean, if you already have a running server, adding that in a similar way BBS handles it..
🐉 theo [OP/mod] · Dec 10 at 20:08:
@Half_Elf_Monk @roughnecks Some more features would be handy. And I think 30+30 time control already would be playable with the UI. Daily chess would be great.