DukeChess Demo

This is a demo of my favourite boardgame The Duke.

It is originally based on Java 7 with Tomcat 7 websocket (see folder "/Java-deprecated/"), and jQurey (see folder "/jQuery-deprecated/"). The latest version is based on Node.js, socket.io, and React.

How to play?

Game rules

You can get the full rules from here. For your convenience, a movement reference is provided here.

Online version

This game is available here to play.

Run it locally

Clone the project.
Make sure you have npm and node (Node.js) installed.
Go to the root directory of the project, and run npm install in command prompt to install all dependencies.
(Optional) Modify "/index.js" and "/dukechess/index.html" for port and path.
(Optional) This project is originally designed on Windows. For Linux, please modify paths to the following files:
- Path to "Chess.xml" in "/dukechess/js-backend/chess/ChessFactory.js";
- Path to "Player.properties" in "/dukechess/js-backend/flow/Player.js"
Run node index.js at the root directory.
Visit http://host:port/path (the default is "http://localhost:80/") on two or more pages and enjoy!

Build it yourself

Source code of React is under folder "/React/src/".
You need "/React/0_babel.bat" to preprocess JSX.
You need "/React/1_terser.bat" to minify JavaScript for Production.
More details can be found here.

Chess Demo

The code is also adapted for Chess, under the folder "/chess/"). Chess is available here to play.