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Save the king

By beregalto, redfenix, Yaroslav134 and Wacco

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4363.8438
Fun3633.7738
Innovation3023.8036
Theme17073.4237
Graphics11483.6837
Audio3583.7936
Humor5243.4836
Mood9753.5137

Comments

meemog 2020-04-20 22:08

Really interesting take on the theme, I really enjoyed it. The controls felt a bit weird at the start, but I got used to them

nuckelavee13 2020-04-20 22:08

Nice idea, fun to play!

fever-dream-johnny 2020-04-20 22:12

I like the idea a great deal, though I'll admit I'm no good at chess games! I will admit I'm not sure what's going on with the graphics, a lot of it seems blurry and pixelated, which takes away from the overall feel a bit. Also there seems to be some typos in the text, but it's perfectly fine.

penguinbob 2020-04-20 22:13

A very fun game stuck to the game jam theme well. The levels were fun and tricky. I did not understand the enemy troops movement or enemy horses movement at first, but once I figured it out I enjoyed the game a lot more.

memogaming 2020-04-20 22:13

Love it, really fun to play and simple to understand :D

izokia 2020-04-20 22:13

That was really interesting. The goal of "rebuilding" the king was interesting. A nice concept of "keeping it alive". One thing that set me off was awkward, but it was understandable (and I can't judge as some creators do not speak English). The A.I. is hard to read and seems random so completing a level is sometimes impossible. I do like how losing rearranges the map so each experience is different. Art looks cute and feels good and progress is fine.

petturtle 2020-04-20 22:14

Another Game based on chess pieces! This is a great game, but having indicators where the pieces could move would be great!

daniel-conway 2020-04-20 22:16

Great entry! Had fun using the chess mechanics with a clear goal!

pxgluz 2020-04-20 22:19

I was legit grooving to the soundtrack, really enjoyed how I had to think every time a new map layout loaded, though some of them felt impossible, but within the 72 hours given, it is more than enough.

bziarkowski 2020-04-20 22:26

I liked it. Good soundtrack and art. But it was hard for me to understand enemies movement patterns.

storyteller-games 2020-04-21 02:05

Great game! The music is so fun, the messages the king says are fun, the challenges for each map are fun. I loved!

2020-04-21 10:59

Cool game! Liked the idea of recovering the king. Easy controls and fastly understandable movements of figures. Thank you!

yxmx-rsx 2020-04-21 13:11

The music was groovy and the game is fairly easy to get into. I think it's a cool game overall. Good job.

daregb 2020-04-21 19:34

Nice game. I love the art in this game.

franklin-lei 2020-04-21 19:43

Very clever use of chess mechanics!

robowarrior1982 2020-04-22 07:04

I like the idea, character and story is original and fun. Fortunately it's easier than the real chess game ^^, good job.

reiqy 2020-04-22 07:38

Interesting game! But I would change the controls or the perspective. WASD directions confuse me a lot with isometric. It's definitely very difficult game at least for me!

ynk 2020-04-22 07:50

Soooooo clever idea! Reusing the chess game this way is so cool! The AI is a bit random though, so it is at the same time difficult to anticipate the next move but also very easy if the AI doesn't chase you. A more polished version of this game could definitely be very enjoyable to play! :D

tsombi100 2020-04-22 07:52

Really cool idea here. This game surprisingly challenging after a while. The perspective messed little bit the controls, but once you got them it was fine

akwardwhale 2020-04-22 07:54

Loved gameplay, sound and the concept, but i would suggest not haveing random enemy placement and having a Into the Breach sytle system where u know exatey when the enemy AI will move next because it was diffculty to tell where they were going to go based on my next move.

michaela-schanes 2020-04-22 12:54

I love it! I'm a chessnoob but know some movements of the enemies and even though it said "CHESSBOARD" I didn't realize my enemies are chess figures so I straight ran into an enemy. Compared to others I had no problem with WASD (I WOULD have had them if the camera moved too) and I think it's really smooth made! Love the graphics too! Well done :)

doctortm 2020-04-23 05:28

Really nice concept, simple and fun :)

pabulum 2020-04-23 18:29

I reeaally suck at chess but had good fun with this. I found the isometric angle made it a little difficult to see where the enemies could move but the speed of play kept me having fun when I skrewed up. Good job!

molpe 2020-04-23 23:52

I am so bad at chess :D And it took me some time to realize they are moving like prope chess peaces... But I did it! Really nice game, good job!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2c_ptJTJvc