Antzy21.Games.Checkerboard 1.1.0

Checkerboard

This library is for creating, modifying and accessing a checkboard. A checkboard is a 2D grid of squares, and games that use a checkboard typically have pieces that are placed in the squares available. e.g. Chess and Checkers. Checkerboard is written functionally in F# and does not rely on external packages.

Types and Modules

The Checkerboard library contains 4 types, each with a module to perform functions on the type.

Board

The board type is a 2D array of squares of a generic piece type.

type board<'Piece> = square<'Piece>[,]

The Board module contains submodules for creating a board, getting square(s) and updating a board.

Square

The square type is a record type of an optional generic piece type, and the coordinates it has on a board.

type square<'Piece> = {piece: 'Piece option; coordinates: int * int}

The Square module contains functions for getting its properties, and updating the piece it contains.

Move

The move type is a tuple of two squares.

type move<'Piece> = square<'Piece> * square<'Piece>

It is useful for representing when a piece moves between two squares. The Move module contains functions for getting the pieces on the starting and destination squares, and finding the shift between the two squares.

Coordinates

The coordinates type is a tuple of ints.

type coordinates = int * int

The Coordinates module can parse rank and file naming convention into coordinates.

e.g. "a1" = (0, 0), "c4" = (2, 3)