Koala Chess

A handcrafted 2D chess game rendering Proof of Concept (PoC) written in Rust.

Supported platforms · Getting started · Development plan

Attention: This is not a fully-fledged game, but rather a Proof of Concept (PoC), as the technical implementation was the most exciting part.

Feel free to try out the published release(s) 😊

🖥️ Supported platforms

• Windows (OpenGL ES 3.2)
• Linux/X11 (OpenGL ES 3.2)

⚡ Getting started

Step by step

• Get Rust (nightly)
• Clone the repository
• Navigate to the cloned repository
• Run cargo run --release

📝 Development plan

🔧 Technical goals

• Use as few dependencies as possible
• Keep an eye on performance

💡 Personal goals

• Learn more about Rust, rendering and game development

Used development tools

• Visual Studio Code (website)
• Paint.NET (website)

Inspired by

• Handmade Hero (website)
• Casey Muratori (twitter)
• Jonathan Blow (twitter)