Hi there! I have to code the game checkers using c++ and SFML for my introductory CompSci class and it is not making much sense. I have

#include

#include

#include

#include

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char const** argv)

{

const int MaxRow = 8;

const int MaxCol = 8;

int x = 0;

int y = 0;

// Create the variable for the window side

double windowside = 600; //initialize variable for the window size

sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(windowside, windowside), "Sean's Game of Checkers");

vector vec;

vector vec1;

for (int y=0; y < MaxRow; y++) //loop through all of the rows

{

for (int x = 0; x< MaxCol; x++) //loop through all of the columns

{

if ((x + y) % 2 ==0) //even locations on the board

{

sf::RectangleShape RedColorSquares(sf::Vector2f (windowside/8, windowside/8)); //make size of square 1/8 of the board

RedColorSquares.setFillColor(sf::Color::Red); //color square Red

RedColorSquares.setPosition(sf::Vector2f(((x*windowside)/8), (y*windowside)/8)); //Set position of square

if ((x+y) % 2 ==1) // odd locations on the board

{

sf::RectangleShape BlackColor(sf::Vector2f (windowside/8, windowside/8));

BlackColor.setFillColor(sf::Color::Black);

BlackColor.setPosition(sf::Vector2f(((x*windowside)/8),(y*windowside)/8));

}

}

}

}

//First Blue checker row

for(int x = 0; x< MaxRow; x++)

{

sf::CircleShape BlueCheckers; // loop through all of the circles

BlueCheckers.setRadius(windowside/18); //circle is slightly smaller than its outer square

BlueCheckers.setPosition(x *windowside/16, y * windowside / 16 ); // Centers the circles in the middle of the square

BlueCheckers.setFillColor(sf::Color::Blue); //colors the circles blue

vec1.push_back(BlueCheckers);

}

// Start the game loop

while (window.isOpen())

{

// Process events

sf::Event event;

while (window.pollEvent(event))

{

// Close window: exit

if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed) {

window.close();

}

// Escape pressed: exit

if (event.type == sf::Event::KeyPressed && event.key.code == sf::Keyboard::Escape) {

window.close();

}

}

// Clear screen

window.clear(sf::Color::Black);

// Draw the string

window.draw(text);

// Update the window

window.display();

}

return 0;

}.

This is how i tried to design the board but it isn't right and won't load. How do I build the checkerboard? And how do i animate the pieces so that you can make moves?