At least add animation while the piece is moving toward the captured piece and add animation of knocking it out, not just replacing the sprite with the new one
Really cool game 👍. A drag & drop feature would be a nice improvement. And red blinking pieces isn't a good choice from what I know, makes the game less accessible to people with disabilities.
Edit: would be cool to be able to promote pawns when you capture on the last rank.
Awesome. Really cool idea and very polished! Some thoughts:
I found the visuals distracting, e.g. the palette changing automatically on each unlock, the animated background, the flashing pieces.
It adds mechanics gradually with some easy puzzles to show how they work, but I'd like to explore that mechanic more before moving to the next. I'd like some more challenging puzzles. 50 was REALLY satisfying, I'd love some more like that!
Do red and green pieces also act as golden pieces? At first I thought it was a bug that I could take a white piece with a green/white piece.
I'd like to be able to move between the levels faster without the confetti/new palette.
I would add (non-flashing) patterns so colourblind players can differentiate the special pieces.
I'd like to be able to deselect a piece by clicking on it again.
It got me thinking in shapes to visualise how all the pieces could connect, which was nice.
Level 14 has a solution where f3xd3, d3xd4, c6xe5 takes out _all_ the pieces and leaves the stage empty. An empty stage I suppose doesn't count as having one piece left? I suppose that's intentional, but it feels a little weird looking at the empty board and having to hit the reset button. :)
And on the flip side, Level 37: having a bomb left I guess counts as a piece?
Really lovely game. I think levels 47, 48, and 50 are my favorites.
Yeah, these design choices were deliberate. Once I introduced bombs and self-destructing pieces, I realized it was sometimes easy to cheese the game if an empty board counted as victory.
I forget in which level, but the position notation is wrong for one level's hint. it says "Bishop e4 to g5" when it should be "Bishop e4 to g6" or something like that, and this error is carried over to the next line. I don't remember the exact level where the error is, but its somewhere around level 39-ish I think
Such a fun and clever twist on chess—love how the special rules keep things fresh and challenging! Great job making something so engaging and easy to pick up.
Another bug i found: If i reopen the game it starts giving me the older palettes and I can't unlock the new ones (unless I played the game in one sitting)
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solved in like 40 minutes, very great game!!!
At least add animation while the piece is moving toward the captured piece and add animation of knocking it out, not just replacing the sprite with the new one
very coool!!!!!!!!!!
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This is called solo chess on chess.co
Really cool game 👍. A drag & drop feature would be a nice improvement. And red blinking pieces isn't a good choice from what I know, makes the game less accessible to people with disabilities.
Edit: would be cool to be able to promote pawns when you capture on the last rank.
As an 1800 I found the mechanics cute and the visuals were very enjoyable, the soundtrack was great too, but the game was a bit easy.
" perfect for beginners"
Awesome. Really cool idea and very polished! Some thoughts:
I found the visuals distracting, e.g. the palette changing automatically on each unlock, the animated background, the flashing pieces.
It adds mechanics gradually with some easy puzzles to show how they work, but I'd like to explore that mechanic more before moving to the next. I'd like some more challenging puzzles. 50 was REALLY satisfying, I'd love some more like that!
Do red and green pieces also act as golden pieces? At first I thought it was a bug that I could take a white piece with a green/white piece.
I'd like to be able to move between the levels faster without the confetti/new palette.
I would add (non-flashing) patterns so colourblind players can differentiate the special pieces.
I'd like to be able to deselect a piece by clicking on it again.
It got me thinking in shapes to visualise how all the pieces could connect, which was nice.
Well done!!
the game is to easy (sorry)
it says in the description that its a casual game for beginners
ohh
Reminds me of these puzzles: https://www.puzzle-chess.com/
As a 1800 rated fellow chess player, I liked the visual aesthetic, and game play. And yeah the new theme colors needs some contrast. Well done.
As a 350 rated occasional chess player I feel dumb but still enjoyed the game.
I'm enjoying the game so far, but the first few unlocked color palettes lack good contrast, which makes it hard to tell white from black
I loved every element of this game. Lvl 44 and 50 took me a while. Thanks for making this :)
I loved it so much, hope you will create more levels!
i Cant install it ):
you play it in the browser
Reset the level, you need to keep 1 alive
Already finish the game, nice game.
Interesting concept, well executed, but I think it lacked potential to expand. It gets tiring pretty quickly
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Fun stuff. It wasn't particularly challenging, but I always love putting creative twists on Chess. Well done!
This is really good.
Level 14 has a solution where f3xd3, d3xd4, c6xe5 takes out _all_ the pieces and leaves the stage empty. An empty stage I suppose doesn't count as having one piece left? I suppose that's intentional, but it feels a little weird looking at the empty board and having to hit the reset button. :)
And on the flip side, Level 37: having a bomb left I guess counts as a piece?
Really lovely game. I think levels 47, 48, and 50 are my favorites.
Yeah, these design choices were deliberate. Once I introduced bombs and self-destructing pieces, I realized it was sometimes easy to cheese the game if an empty board counted as victory.
Glad you liked the game!
Very fun game :)
Loved the puzzles, very well designed
10/10
I forget in which level, but the position notation is wrong for one level's hint. it says "Bishop e4 to g5" when it should be "Bishop e4 to g6" or something like that, and this error is carried over to the next line. I don't remember the exact level where the error is, but its somewhere around level 39-ish I think
Such a fun and clever twist on chess—love how the special rules keep things fresh and challenging! Great job making something so engaging and easy to pick up.
was fun
Such a fun game!!
Amazing! I'm going to use your game to help my children learn how to play chess. Well done once again!
really fun game!! a nice casual take on chess for sure (:
Release this on mobile platform, it would be successful.
Awesom
Short game, but i liked it.
It was a fun take on solo chess with the new rules implemented Overall, I had fun <3
Insanely good gfame. Congrats.
Get this on steam ASAP and start printing money (Id pay $5 easily)
very cool game! not too difficult and the special rules make it really fun to play <33
hey man wanna collaborate?
Great game!
chess battle simplified
Here's a board game version of it, if anyone wants to take the concept on the go: Solitaire Chess
This is a nice, relaxing, digital version of that game. Good job!
Love this game so muchhh 2000/10
Thank you! This means a lot!
The last puzzle took me 10 minutes and I still don't know how I solved any of those puzzles. :D No Castling/10
Another bug i found: If i reopen the game it starts giving me the older palettes and I can't unlock the new ones (unless I played the game in one sitting)