Family Chess: Standalone Real-Time Multiplayer Chess for Restricted Network Environments
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Summary
Family Chess is a real-time multiplayer chess game built with Django that is 100% standalone with no external dependencies. It's specifically designed for users in restrictive network environments, particularly those behind firewalls like the Great Firewall of China. The game enables seamless chess gameplay across network and cultural boundaries, allowing players in different network environments to play together. The project was created to help the developer's family members in different countries (Singapore and China) play chess together despite network restrictions.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledA real-time online chess game built with Django, designed specifically for users in restrictive network environments with very different Internet culture from the rest-of-world (ROW)
Whether you're in a LAN-only setting or behind strict firewalls (e.g., users in China), Family Chess enables instant, seamless chess gameplay across network and cultural boundaries
100% standalone with no external dependancies real time multiplayer chess game
Suitable for deployment in restrictive environments are where players are within/outside the GFW
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