{"author_link":"\/author\/toadpud\/","author_name":"Toadpud","author_uid":"14440","comments":[{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:00am","epoch":1377496500,"text":"The white king is victorious while showing a black king made me laugh a lot lol I feel like I lost... at least I was playing against myself so I kinda win anyway :)"},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:45am","epoch":1377502800,"text":"Nicely done, I just wish I had someone to play against!"},{"author_name":"ThirteenWB","author_uid":"22557","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:13pm","epoch":1377526080,"text":"It's really a shame there's no AI, that ending made it all worth it though :p"},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1377536820,"text":"Funny graphics and nice take on the theme"},{"author_name":"Toadpud","author_uid":"14440","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1377557520,"text":"Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I'm uploading the first update. I inverted the colors on the victory screen (no idea what I was thinking). Also, it's now impossible to castle out of check. Luckily my chess-playing friend pointed this out to me when I showed him the game."},{"author_name":"Tlyn","author_uid":"26675","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:22am","epoch":1377569820,"text":"Funtimes! I love playing chess against myself."},{"author_name":"vandriver","author_uid":"4241","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1377616260,"text":"This is actually pretty playable with two on my nexus 7. Not original by any means, but I could totally see busting this out waiting somewhere with friends. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"PTSnoop","author_uid":"11718","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1377640740,"text":"Playing chess against yourself is surprisingly tricky... From the name, though, I was expecting the chess to be a bit more ridiculous. Ah well! :)"},{"author_name":"Sheep","author_uid":"5959","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1377640800,"text":"It's not very innovative, but I guess it could turn out in a lot of fun when playing seriously."},{"author_name":"Vile Smile","author_uid":"26636","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1377640920,"text":"Not bad. I feel as thought the theme could have been implemented in more creative ways."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1377640980,"text":"Heheh that was pretty nice! The shabby looking pieces are rather cute :]"},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1377641160,"text":"Remind me of the Real time chess game , disturbing to play on a desktop and to see all these chess pieces reversed :)"},{"author_name":"junkmail","author_uid":"7600","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1377643980,"text":"OH MY GOD YOUR GAME IS SO BAD -1\/10 UNINSTALL WINDOWS\r\rIn all seriousness, pretty good job. See if you can take more than 12 hours next time, and get a larger game done."},{"author_name":"Toadpud","author_uid":"14440","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:28am","epoch":1377649380,"text":"@vandriver Awesome! I'm really glad someone tried it out on an Android. Honestly, that's how it was meant to be played.\r\r@junkmail I read your post before seeing who you were... Good one. :P Next time I'll definitely do something original."},{"author_name":"Epiphane","author_uid":"25549","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:05am","epoch":1377662400,"text":"It's a solid chess game, it's really responsive and has a good UI, but it's not really as "Ridiculous" as the name implies :P Maybe you could mix it up with some sort of gimmick or clever mechanic?"},{"author_name":"anmorales","author_uid":"27315","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:28am","epoch":1377735780,"text":"This game looks cool, 12 hours to make this, wish you had more time to make it larger, add more rules to chess ;)"},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1377894240,"text":"Yeay, I won against myself!"},{"author_name":"imef","author_uid":"9591","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1377894240,"text":"That's how I try to play chess sometimes. ^^\rYou have no time to think so you must think fast.\r\rIt could be cool if you managed to make a chess AI (I know, it's not easy, MinMax might work as an algorithm)."},{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1377904020,"text":"The best is the horse :D"},{"author_name":"Toadpud","author_uid":"14440","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1377905220,"text":"I tried drawing a better horse like three times... just couldn't do it. :P"},{"author_name":"nikkesen","author_uid":"27549","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1378050000,"text":"Adorable. Nice to see something other than a platformer. I like the timer for each turn."},{"author_name":"onzephyr","author_uid":"5478","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1378052760,"text":"good game especially for 12 hrs nicely done."},{"author_name":"foumart","author_uid":"14368","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1378248480,"text":"The idea about Chess in 10 seconds per move is great. A super lame AI will be enough that way..."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1378480080,"text":"I love how you can just leave your king in check or even go like "Suicide time!"..."}],"images":["ld27\/14440-ad37f2a4e504fa623cef3cdb386adf21.jpg","ld27\/14440-d153657b434bad014723d3b6d6a58f9d.jpg","ld27\/14440-8c40c405556f21bedb724370fbec4b31.jpg","ld27\/14440-7b43eae4287f2195fa2e870045f8fade.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/toadpud.com\/downloads\/games\/Ridiculous%20Chess.jar","text":"Desktop"},{"url":"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.natman.chess","text":"Android"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Natman64\/RidiculousChess","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23008","g_author":"14440","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23038","g_title":"Ridiculous Chess","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1003","g_commentcount":"24","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/14440-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/14440-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/14440-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/14440-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I made my entry in about 12 hours of work using LibGDX and Gimp. It's Chess, but with 10 second turns. Must be played with another person, because there isn't any AI. Intended to be played on an Android.","title":"Ridiculous Chess"}