Welcome screen

src/backend/Board.java

@@ -102,6 +102,42 @@ public class Board {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/*public void movePiece(int fromX, int fromY, int toX, int toY) {
+	    Piece piece = board.getPieceAt(fromX, fromY);
+	    if (piece == null) return;
+
+	    // --- En Passant ---
+	    SpecialMoves special = new SpecialMoves(piece, board);
+	    boolean isEnPassant = special.isEnpassant(fromX, fromY, toX, toY);
+
+	    // --- Move the piece
+	    board.setPieceAt(toX, toY, piece);
+	    board.setPieceAt(fromX, fromY, null);
+	    piece.setX(toX);
+	    piece.setY(toY);
+
+	    // --- Reset all pawns' en passant eligibility
+	    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+	        for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
+	            Piece p = board.getPieceAt(i, j);
+	            if (p != null && p.getType() == PieceType.Pawn) {
+	                p.setEnPassantEligible(false);
+	            }
+	        }
+	    }
+
+	    // --- If current pawn moved 2 steps forward, set it eligible for en passant
+	    if (piece.getType() == PieceType.Pawn && Math.abs(toY - fromY) == 2) {
+	        piece.setEnPassantEligible(true);
+	    }
+
+	    // --- En Passant message
+	    if (isEnPassant) {
+	        System.out.println("En Passant captured successfully!");
+	    }
+	}*/
+
+	
 	public void cleanBoard() {
 		pieces.clear();
 	}

src/backend/Piece.java

@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ public class Piece {
 	private boolean isWhite;
 	private PieceType type;
 
-	
+	/*private boolean enPassantEligible = false;
+
+	public boolean isEnPassantEligible() {
+	    return enPassantEligible;
+	}
+
+	public void setEnPassantEligible(boolean eligible) {
+	    this.enPassantEligible = eligible;
+	}
+*/
 	public Piece(int x, int y, boolean isWhite, PieceType type) {
 		this.x=x;
 		this.y=y;

src/backend/SpecialMoves.java

@@ -57,4 +57,35 @@ public class SpecialMoves {
     	}
 	}
 
-}*/
+}
+package backend;
+
+public class SpecialMoves {
+
+    private Piece piece;
+    private Board board;
+
+    public SpecialMoves(Piece piece, Board board) {
+        this.piece = piece;
+        this.board = board;
+    }
+
+    // Call this when trying to move a pawn to check for en passant
+    public boolean isEnpassant(int fromX, int fromY, int toX, int toY) {
+        if (piece.getType() != PieceType.Pawn) return false;
+
+        boolean isWhite = piece.isWhite();
+
+        // En passant capture happens diagonally
+        int dx = toX - fromX;
+        int dy = toY - fromY;
+
+        if (Math.abs(dx) != 1 || (isWhite && dy != -1) || (!isWhite && dy != 1)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Check the adjacent piece
+        Piece sidePawn = board.getPieceAt(toX, fromY);
+        if (sidePawn == null || sidePawn.getType() != PieceType.Pawn || sidePawn.isWhite() == isWhite) {
+
+*/

src/windowInterface/JPanelChessBoard.java

@@ -80,7 +80,28 @@ public class JPanelChessBoard extends JPanel {
 	@Override
 	protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
 		super.paintComponent(g);
-		this.setBackground(Color.black);
+		this.setBackground(new Color(170, 51, 106));
+		
+		if (myGame == null) {
+	        // Display title before game starts
+	        g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
+	        g.setFont(g.getFont().deriveFont(48f)); // larger font size
+	        String title = "Chess Project";
+	        int stringWidth = g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(title);
+	        int x = (getWidth() - stringWidth) / 2;
+	        int y = getHeight() / 2;
+	        g.drawString(title, x, y);
+	        
+	        g.setFont(g.getFont().deriveFont(24f));  // Smaller font for subtitle
+	        String subtitle = "Groupe 2A5";
+	        int subtitleWidth = g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(subtitle);
+	        int x2 = (getWidth() - subtitleWidth) / 2;
+	        int y2 = y + 40;  // 40 pixels below the title, adjust spacing if needed
+	        g.drawString(subtitle, x2, y2);
+	        
+	        return;
+	    }
+		
 		if(pieceSelectorMode) {
 			g.drawImage(
 					spriteSheet,