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Tiny Shogi 48

By codexus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Graphics324.21
Overall2313.32
Fun2653.11
Audio3272.73
Mood3332.83
Humor4262.22
Innovation6232.54
Theme7902.19

Comments

dray 2012-04-24 09:16

I can't juge the difficulty of the AI or the game because it's the first time i played Shogy but the game feel pretty solid, with very great art. Good job !

john_conder9 2012-04-24 22:10

I think it's a very, very interesting way to implement the theme. I've never played shogi before but I toyed around with it, seems fun. Top notch art and sound though!

netmute 2012-04-25 19:51

You made this in 48 hours? I have to build you a shrine or something :)

Really good game! Better than some stuff that is sold.

telluse 2012-04-25 19:53

I dug the graphics - smooth, all the way. Kept trying to beat the computer as well. An idiot is me.

jhelle 2012-04-25 19:58

Great job on the graphics, best I have seen so far. Also digging your theme interpetation

mrphil 2012-04-25 20:03

Art is good. I like that the piece have icons on them that tell me what they do. I don't think I could have played with out that touch.

benjamin-soule 2012-04-25 20:05

Nice game. I could finally learn shogi thanks to you ! You should have add some move steps or pauses when your piece is taken just after your move, the first time it happens I was confused.

matthias_zarzecki 2012-04-25 20:24

Did you just make... Chess? Interesting move. (Ha! That was a chess-metaphor)

Nice graphics, especially the texture-work. Having both tile-sets be chese doesn't work though, and having them both be symbols-only doesn't either. (Cheese-wedge! Cheese-roll! Cheese-slice! Cheese-with-grape-thing!)

codexus 2012-04-25 20:52

Thanks everyone.

matthias, in shogi both players use the same pieces since you can use your opponent's pieces. For the textures I rely a lot on generators (FilterForge in my case) but I try to customize and tweak them a bit in Photoshop when possible.

benjamin, yeah I noticed that, I wish I could have fixed it quickly.

gregdevice 2012-04-26 19:03

Nice work, will have to keep playing to understand the game. I like how you themed it (mouse & cheese) to make it more interesting.

chinchang 2012-04-26 19:04

damn awesome art there! i m luv with this game. freakin cool :)

jfransham 2012-04-26 19:14

really excellent fun, with great graphics. The AI is actually pretty good, no matter what degrading names you call it :P I can see by the addition of the mouse what a last-minute consideration the theme was, but the solidness of the mechanics, interface and graphics made up for it

racarate 2012-04-26 20:32

Thanks for introducing me to a new game! I liked your implementation, though it ran somewhat sluggishly on my machine (2011 mac mini). Bonus points for creepy mouse. My one complaint would be that it was really hard to tell why I was captured. I'm not sure if that is because the animation happened so fast or what. Everything looked pretty nice (save the 'YOU LOSE' graphic), it really set a tranquil feel.

mark_ffrench 2012-04-26 20:52

This is AMAZING. I love the title music, the graphics, the game, everything! I didn't even have to look at any instructions to figure out how to play (I've never actually heard of shogi until now). Unbelievably good entry!

codexus 2012-04-26 21:17

As Benjamin and racarate have noticed, when your piece is captured immediately you don't see it reach the square you clicked (at least on the lower AI levels). It's one of those little things I wish I had fixed.

Thank you all for the great feedback!

redien 2012-04-27 23:05

I'd really like to play this but the links are broken for me.

codexus 2012-04-27 23:10

It looks like my host was down for a few minutes >_<, please try again :)

hegemege 2012-04-28 11:27

Amazing work with the graphics! Ai could've been better (I've never played shogi and managed to beat him always, but I'm an experienced chess player on the other hand...)

Keep up with the good work, I'd love to see more advanced AI for this :)

rik 2012-04-28 12:05

Pretty interesting. Nice graphics.. Piece designs could've been a bit more intuitive (although I appreciate them not being Japanese characters).

redien 2012-04-28 20:16

I found this quite enjoyable. The AI was just the right level for me as I've played chess before but suck at it. I managed to beat the AI at least once which was very satisfactory.

The 3d models were really nice but could use some animation. The particle effect did a lot to help with that but I found that it became annoying at times. Maybe it would be possible to have the particles in the background?

Anyway, I'll have to try this with a friend, it was fun! :)

suese 2012-04-29 04:27

It ran too slow to bear even on the lowest settings. Which is strange because I've been able to play most other unity entries on medium settings.

dr_soda 2012-05-10 06:28

I can't remark on Shogi as a game so I can't say how true you were to it. The game was nice up until I won a round and then my computer died in a ball of molten agony. I can't know if it was this game that caused it but I think I'll skip the rematch.

Those are some sweet models. The board and game pieces have very nice textures as well.

johanp 2012-05-13 09:59

Looks like a really interesting game. Nice implementation!