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I made a checkers game for byond and forgot about one important thing, getting blocked in. I added a check to see if you had possible moves, but if you don't have any does this mean you lost... or is it a draw?

Wall04
you lose!
It is about freakin time someone has made a checkers game. I personally find Chess to be boring. Checkers is easier to move in. Do you have a High Score system in? Whenever you get the chance to host, page me.
Wall04 wrote:
I made a checkers game for byond and forgot about one important thing, getting blocked in. I added a check to see if you had possible moves, but if you don't have any does this mean you lost... or is it a draw?

Wall04

Stalemate, or draw, whatever you want to call it.
In response to Ebonshadow
I believe in checkers you lose... That's chess...
In response to Ebonshadow
Ebonshadow wrote:
Wall04 wrote:
I made a checkers game for byond and forgot about one important thing, getting blocked in. I added a check to see if you had possible moves, but if you don't have any does this mean you lost... or is it a draw?

Wall04

Stalemate, or draw, whatever you want to call it.

I was thinking that, because I know you can tie in checkers but they may call it a tie when you get into a stalemate.
Make an option. Before the game starts, you set what happens if a player has no moves. You could have that player lose the game, it be a draw, or skip their turn. In my opinion at least, checkers is much less official than chess, so the rules are a little more lenient. This way the players can agree on what they like.
In response to OneFishDown
OneFishDown wrote:
Make an option. Before the game starts, you set what happens if a player has no moves. You could have that player lose the game, it be a draw, or skip their turn. In my opinion at least, checkers is much less official than chess, so the rules are a little more lenient. This way the players can agree on what they like.

That is a good idea, but there are official Checkers matches and now I'm just curious to know the rules they go by.
In response to Wall04
You lose if you cant move.
In response to Branks
I tryed to make a checkers game, i got about half way though and gave up, its still on my computer, i thought byond needed checkers too, i dont like chess, but i dont care what anyone thinks, checkers can be just as hard, if not harder, than chess. Chess just has diffrent peices, but when it comes down to it, checkers can be twice as hard as a game of chess simply because you cant predict your opponits move half as much as you can in chess. At my school, i have never been defeted more than once by anyone, and anyone i have lost agenst i have played a few times and i always win more than i loss agenst them by a large margen. Not saying in the best at my school, or on BYOND, but i know it takes skills to really play the game. Most dont play, they just randomly move avouding being jumped.