Chess But Better

Chess But Better is an online chess mod game made for a project in GDIM 41 at UCI with professor Constance Steinkuehler. In the assignment, teams had to modify or build on core elements of chess to achieve a specific purpose. Our group aimed to increase the chance that a novice could edge out a victory against an expert player by introducing randomness into the chess experience. To accomplish this we added randomly spawning items. When the player moves a chess piece onto a tile with an item, a r...