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Hi guys,
This may be somewhat an unusual request but if anybody cares to help me
I would really apreciate it. I'm looking for a computer chess program,
not for the sake of playing it (although, sometimes I *do* play chess,
you know ), but for an art project. What I want to do is to make some
screenshots of the chess board (with pieces on it, of course) and use it
as a main motive in an art picture. To achieve that, I came to the
conclusion that I need a game that fullfills certain criteria, which are:
First, mandatory criteria:
- a true 3D chess program, which enables the user to move, tilt and pan
the chessboard.. in other words, the ability to select any point of view
- ability to set up the initial position.. since I'm doing a screenshot,
I already have an idea of what a position should look like, and that is
very important
Non-mandatory criteria:
- it would be helpful if a game has a few 'skins', with different boards
and/or pieces available.. so that I could try different feels of it
- it would also be nice if the game is available in some sort of
trial/demo mode, as I really can't afford to buy the game just in order
to make a few screenshots
As there are hundreds of chess programs out there and I cant download
and try out all of them (well, so far I have tried maybe a dozen..), I
would really appreciate it if somebody could recommend me a computer
game that meets at least the upper two criteria. Thanks!!
ASP
Hi guys,
This may be somewhat an unusual request but if anybody cares to help me
I would really apreciate it. I'm looking for a computer chess program,
not for the sake of playing it (although, sometimes I *do* play chess,
you know ), but for an art project. What I want to do is to make some
screenshots of the chess board (with pieces on it, of course) and use it
as a main motive in an art picture. To achieve that, I came to the
conclusion that I need a game that fullfills certain criteria, which are:
First, mandatory criteria:
- a true 3D chess program, which enables the user to move, tilt and pan
the chessboard.. in other words, the ability to select any point of view
- ability to set up the initial position.. since I'm doing a screenshot,
I already have an idea of what a position should look like, and that is
very important
Non-mandatory criteria:
- it would be helpful if a game has a few 'skins', with different boards
and/or pieces available.. so that I could try different feels of it
- it would also be nice if the game is available in some sort of
trial/demo mode, as I really can't afford to buy the game just in order
to make a few screenshots
As there are hundreds of chess programs out there and I cant download
and try out all of them (well, so far I have tried maybe a dozen..), I
would really appreciate it if somebody could recommend me a computer
game that meets at least the upper two criteria. Thanks!!
ASP