🥋 Kung Fu Chess - Real-Time Chess## 🎮 Controls

Player	Movement	Select/Move/Jump
Player A	Arrow Keys	Enter
Player B	W A S D	Spacebar

📊 System Controls:

• TAB: Show live game statistics
• ESC: Quit game

📱 Visual Interface:

• Side Panels: Show real-time player info, scores, and recent moves
• Game Board: Central chess board with piece animations

🔄 Game Rules

• Each player moves a selection cursor across the board
• Press the action key on your piece then on a target square → Move (3s cooldown)
• Press the action key on your piece then on the same piece again → Jump in place (2s cooldown)
• While on cooldown, the piece is shown with a visual overlay (blue square that fades)
• Win conditions (e.g., king capture) to be added in future versionsg Fu Chess** is a real-time, two-player chess-inspired game where both players can move simultaneously — no turns, just action!

This project was built using Python and OpenCV, with a focus on timing, input handling, and visual feedback for game states.

🎮 Features

• 🕒 Real-Time Gameplay — no turns, players act simultaneously
• 👥 Two-Player Control System:
  • Player A: Arrow Keys + Enter
  • Player B: WASD + Spacebar
• 🧠 Piece States:
  • Idle → Jump (1s cooldown) or Move (2s cooldown)
• ✅ Move Validation — only legal moves are allowed
• 🎨 Visual Feedback:
  • Colored selection frames (Red / Blue)
  • Frozen overlay when piece is in cooldown
• 🧩 Modular Design:
  • Separate classes for pieces, board, input commands, and image handling

📁 Project Structure

project/
│
├── Game.py          # Main game logic and loop
├── Board.py         # Handles board grid and image rendering
├── Piece.py         # Represents each chess piece and its behavior
├── Command.py       # Encapsulates player actions
├── img.py           # Image utilities (loading, drawing overlays, etc.)
├── assets/          # Folder for board/piece images and overlays
├── run_game.bat     # (Optional) Batch file to run the game on Windows
└── README.md        # This file

🕹️ Controls

Player	Movement Keys	Action Key
Player A	Arrow Keys	Enter
Player B	W A S D	Spacebar

🔄 Game Rules

• Each player moves a selection cursor across the board
• Press the action key on your piece → Jump (1s cooldown)
• Press the action key on a valid target square → Move (2s cooldown)
• While on cooldown, the piece is shown with a visual overlay (gray or yellow)
• Win conditions (e.g., king capture) to be added in future versions

🚀 How to Run

1. Make sure you have Python 3.8+ and opencv-python installed:

pip install opencv-python

2. Place your board and piece images inside the assets/ folder.

3. Run the game:

python Game.py

Or on Windows:

run_game.bat

🛠️ Developer Notes

• Add or customize piece types in Piece.py
• Implement capture logic in the _resolve_collisions() method
• Legal moves per piece are handled in _is_valid_move()

👩‍💻 Built By

Gitty Burstein
Final project for Kamatech Bootcamp 2025