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Échec ⛌ Chess

By viashimo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3223.4221
Fun1883.6021
Innovation2683.3921
Theme1473.9421
Graphics4493.0820
Audio1213.6620
Humor1933.2220

Comments

nick-barrash 2022-04-04 03:06

Excellent voice acting. Sometimes I just kill my pieces to hear a good "Urk!"

mdnr 2022-04-05 02:30

Interesting game! The sounds are great and it looks good! I love chess and enjoy seeing any variations on the game!

I was a little sad when I couldn't promote to a queen or castle but totally understandable in a game jam setting.

ashley-watson 2022-04-05 02:35

I was like Yeah i Got this Then more , more ,an more good game

kory 2022-04-05 15:07

I love seeing the chess inspired games! I thought the voice acting was really fun :)

gummibot 2022-04-05 21:35

Never thought of the chess game to be this fun :D Didn't quite get the diamond mechanic, but those overpowered pieces were great! Like the idea

lazy-fox 2022-04-06 16:08

Oh, now I understand why they say that AI is an existential threat to humanity :) GG!

viashimo 2022-04-07 12:02

@Gummibot thanks!

The diamonds are powerups you can get for the piece that lands on them. +1 attack, +1 health, +1 movement, or spawn a new random piece. They are definitely hampered by lacking visual difference and no feedback (larger message, audio cue). However, if you hover over them you should see the type of buff you'll get.

jimbly 2022-04-08 19:16

I survived 41 turns. He had no king, but still did not lose :(.

Neat idea, and well implemented! When pieces upgraded, it would have been nice to get a little more feedback on that, I think attacked someone who had a block or something and nothing went as I expected after that ^_^.

zykra 2022-04-15 08:30

I survived 64 turns, the ai always spawn more pieces when just one remains. I though i could beat it :)

hmightypirate 2022-04-15 20:32

64 turns lasted my game. At one point I thought I was winning XDD (before the reinforcements arrived).

When I saw the first movements of my rival I thought I could win this. How wrong I was :grin:

The audio is really a good complement to the game.

kjscott 2022-04-17 11:52

64 turns myself, could have lasted a bit longer. I didn't think that the opposition needed to be boosted up making it impossible to defeat in a single turn, just an endless supply of re-enforcements would have been sufficient enough as eventually your board position should probably break down. You can ramp up the re-enforcements by increasing the number or utility of the units as time goes on (say by eventually only spawning queens and knights). Overall really quite fun and would like a see a more polished version of the game.