formation-chess-web 0.2.0

Rules engine and text notation for Formation Chess (阵棋), a strategy board game where piece formations reshape nearby abilities
formation-chess-web-0.2.0 is not a library.

formation-chess-web

A local web UI for Formation Chess (阵棋), built with Axum and vanilla JavaScript. No build tools, no framework — Rust serving a static frontend embedded in the binary.

Quick start

From crates.io:

cargo install formation-chess-web
formation-chess-web

From source:

cargo run -p formation-chess-web

Opens the browser automatically at an available local port. To specify a port:

formation-chess-web 4000          # after install
cargo run -p formation-chess-web -- 4000  # from source

API endpoints

Method Path Description
GET / Web UI
GET /api/state Full game state
POST /api/action Submit an action
POST /api/hints Legal moves or white placements
POST /api/new Create a game from config
GET /api/rules Chinese rules text

All request/response bodies are JSON. Coordinates are 0-based [x, y]. Enum values are serialised in English ("Red", "BlackWin", etc.).