ARCHITECTURE.md

Chess-Raylib Architecture

Overview

Chess-Raylib is structured in layers:

1. GUI Layer (Raylib)
2. Game Logic Layer
3. Board State Management

Component Breakdown

GUI (gui.c)

• Handles window management
• Renders game board and pieces
• Processes user input
• Manages animations

Game Logic (game_logic.c)

• Validates moves
• Manages game state
• Handles special moves
• Detects check/checkmate

Piece Management (pieces.c)

• Loads piece textures
• Manages piece resources
• Handles piece rendering

Data Flow

1. User Input → GUI Layer
2. GUI Layer → Game Logic
3. Game Logic → Board State
4. Board State → GUI Layer (render)

File Structure

chess/
├── src/
│   ├── gui.c
│   ├── game_logic.c
│   └── pieces.c
├── header/
│   ├── gui.h
│   ├── game_logic.h
│   └── pieces.h
└── assets/
    └── images/