Activity Diagram for the Chess Game
Create an activity diagram for the chess game.
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An activity diagram is a great way to visualize the flow of messages from one activity to another in the system. We can create different activity diagrams for our chess game. In this lesson, we will create an activity diagram to show how to play chess.
Chess game
The following states and actions will be involved in this activity diagram.
States
Initial state: The player makes the first move.
Final state: Any of the game-over conditions are met.
Actions
The player initiates a new game. The board appears, and the player takes a turn. The system validates each move and then checks if any game-over conditions (such as checkmate, resignation, forfeit, or draw) have been met. If the game is not over, play continues with the next turn. This process repeats until the system detects a game-over condition and automatically declares the result.
Based on this flow, the activity diagram of the chess game is given below.
We’ve looked at the activity diagram for our chess game. In the next lesson, we will present the code for our designed classes in some of the most popular programming languages.