Anarchy Chess

Warning

This project is almost entirely vibe-coded through Claude Code. Proceed with appropriate skepticism.

A browser-based turn-based strategy game built on chess, inspired by Civilization. Chess pieces move according to chess rules, but all units act each turn and can be directed to far-away destinations over multiple turns. The goal is to destroy the enemy King.

Gameplay

Selecting and moving

• Click a unit to select it — valid one-turn moves are highlighted
• Click any tile to set a destination (near or far)
• A dotted line shows the planned route across multiple turns
• Press Space to end your turn — all units advance one step toward their destinations

Building

• Use the bottom bar to construct new pieces (costs resources)
• Resources accumulate each turn
• New pieces spawn near your King

Camera — WASD or arrow keys to pan

Piece set — press Tab to cycle through 38 piece sets

Win condition — capture the enemy King; lose if yours is captured

Piece movement

Piece	Movement
King	1 tile in any direction
Pawn	1 tile in any direction
Knight	L-shape jump (2+1), ignores blocking pieces
Bishop	Any number of tiles diagonally
Rook	Up to 6 tiles in a cardinal direction
Queen	Up to 6 tiles in any direction

Sliding pieces (rook, bishop, queen) are blocked by other pieces and can capture the first enemy in their path.

Development

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+

npm install
npm run dev       # start dev server at http://localhost:5173

npm run build     # type-check + production build (output in dist/)
npm run preview   # serve the production build locally

There is no test suite yet.

Stack

• Phaser 3 — game loop, rendering, input
• TypeScript
• Vite