ChessScratchPad.txt

Ok, I need a place to clear my head and get all my ideas for chess out in an organized way

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Board: 

  - I have a basic method of displaying a board on the console but it currently builds the entire board at once
  I have a way for it to check if a certain location should display a peice or not but its very basic an manually
  set before the software is compiled


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Pieces:

  - I keep going back and forth on this, but I think the best move is to create a base class called "piece" and 
  then expand into different classes for the different pieces 

  - each individual piece class can track their own possible moves, but their current locations can be tracked
  in the database

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(current locations, turns, basically any information about what's going on)
Database:

  - To start with this will be a really simple system for tracking piece ID's and current locations, but eventually
  I want to expand this part of the program to also include validations & maybe a rudimentary computer player that
  can play against you

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I need to map this out on paper, I'm having trouble visualizing how this might work best