Chess Walk - online and offline chess

[fhucho]

Hi,
I created a chess game for Android - Chess Walk, it's on Market for free under title "Chess Walk (BETA)". It has online mode (you can play on Free Internet Chess Server (http://www.freechess.org)) and offline mode. The built-in chess engine is not very good, I'll probably focus now on improving its strength and style of play. I would really appreciate some feedback - ideas for improvements, bug reports, your overall impression and anything that occurs to you when using it. Web - androidchess.appspot.com (http://androidchess.appspot.com)

P.S. I don't have an Android phone right now, what are the comments (if any) in Market?

[Lounge Fly]

I have a suggestion:

I'd like to see a move list in that black area below the board because sometimes I can't tell if my opponent took a piece of mine, or sometimes my phone will time out and go black then when I come back, they made a move. I know the squares are highlighted where the last move was, but a move list would be helpful also.

A two player offline mode would be fun too in case you don't have a real board handy.

Also, are there penalties for people leaving early in the game? I have not been able to complete one game because the second I take someone's queen or start to win, my opponent quits. I understand that penalties cannot be given to guests, but maybe if you could to users?

Just some of my suggestions.

As for the community, I just checked it and it's got 4.5/5 stars. One person that gave it less than 5 says the offline mode is for kids, and someone else says you can't choose black in 2.0. Instead, the game will set you up as white and abort. And someone else had a mysql error trying to register.

Those are old though, so you may have gotten or fixed those by now.

[Lounge Fly]

Might I also suggest a function that can keep the Droid from timing out. It's rather irritating concentrating on making a move and then my phone suddenly goes black.

[Fasel]

Where can I get this app? It seems to be exactly what I am looking for. appbrains knows it, but when trying to install, I only get the message "item not found"!?