Ah yes, now I remember. I have also corresponded a lot with the WhitePawn developer and it was supported, but ChessUp stopped supporting the integration
No that is not true at all. We know Khadim quite well. Our API never changed. ChessUp is more work to integrate because it is a chess computer.
Most of the other products actually have zero functionality when they are separated from a phone. They only relay the piece scan and that is all they do. So the interface to them is really really simple.
ChessUp can play chess, sense touching of pieces, and do so much more. It is more work to integrate.
Khadim (who is a full time student) opted to work on other things.
Chess for Android and Chess Connect both have maintained their integrations.
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Thanks for the clarification @Jeff, cool to have your explanation as well. I was trying to understand why he couldnāt integrate your board and his explanation didnāt convince me fully since as you said, chess connect is working with CU2 so I raised the point to him that the API should permit the integration and thatās where he started telling me that since it doesnāt behave the same way, it was harder for him to integrate. Iām glad I have the full picture now
These 3rd party guys are mostly doing the work as side projects for fun.
We donāt pressure any of them to support our board. We just provide the documentation and help answer any implementation questions.
But they are doing this stuff usually for free and with nights and weekends - so anything they put out people should really appreciate.
Khadim is an amazing developer (as are Jƶrn w/ ChessConnect and Aart with Chess for Android). And what he has done with White Pawn as a project is impressive.
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Fully agree with you @Jeff, really good work done by Khadim and the guys at chessconnect and chess for android, those side project are very cool
Absolutely would use this feature for streaming as well as YouTube content- usually recording long form games and analysis.
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Thanks for the clarification. I have communicated a lot with Khadim through the last few years and he has even implemented many features Iāve recommended to him, mostly regarding other eboards. I must have misunderstood him then about ChessUp. He has been very busy with his studies, as you point out and thatās why the updates are not as frequent, but what heās already achieved is really impressive.
Some of my friends Are interested in learning some chess skills, I will also try to grow a chess streaming channel so I can teach my limited skills. I think this will be a great way to incorporate my favorite chess tools into a channel.