chess game in colour

i am a painter-photographer who’s been working for several years on a new type of chess game that’s played in colour. i managed to get a general idea on my website, but would appreciate if somebody could give me some help to make the game more interactive.(i’m fairly new to gamedesign)
here’s the link
http://www.theapplegallery.com/Chess/Game_Colour_1.htm

–played with little carpets
http://www.theapplegallery.com/drag%20and%20drop+.htm

–more info
http://www.theapplegallery.com/ches...somebasics.html

i managed to show things with the drag and drop system but need help with
-(1)how could i put the pieces straight on top of the carpets?
-(2)is there a way of counting the moves people make?
-(3)any help or idea to make it more interactive

the basic difference between this game and normal chess is
that the nature of the game is not one of attacking but of helping eachother
(i’m at present working (writing) on some form of play (story) where “WAR IS OVER” and the two clans are invited to a wedding (hence they need to get there as soon as possible)
my initial idea was (still is)to play the game with coloured lights (additive colour)when for example (in the theatre)you shine red+blue+green toghether on the stage it will make white. so having 2 opposites would make a white light(RIGHT MOVE)), while for example green and red would create just another colour (-yellow) so (WRONG MOVE)
the players need to find their opposite colour ( that could be made easy or difficult)+ you can change the whole setup

over the years i have been applying different forms how this game could be played
(for example the game with the carpets i made with the help of a whole village in india and works on the same principle- finding their opposite player) same as the other game with the coloured squares . i also used numbers to make it a bit easier to understand (opposite players need to make nr “7”)

the moves used are exactly the same as in chess (horse,bishop,etc…)

deedebee

website
http://www.theapplegallery.com/

I have updated the site with a java applet.
designed with java 1.5

The new version is at
http://www.theapplegallery.com/Chess/Game_Colour_1.htm

Could anyone check if the applet is loading? We have had problems on certain machines.Here’s the direct link to the applet http://www.theapplegallery.com/Chess/chess.html
If possible could you give me as much info on your system?

There’s a forum i just put up on the website.
I hope it might be helpfull to look at different angles of the game.
Feel free to join in the discussion .
Here’s the Link to the Forum (only the bare bones at the moment)
http://www.theapplegallery.com/ScriptLibrary/Forum/phpBB2/index.php

The applet worked for me, but you can only take players of the same color. The description said opposite, that took a little while to figure out. As for counting players moves you keep track of whose turn it is and whether they make a valid move or an invalid one, just att the code to increment the counter to where that all happens.

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