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Soldier Chess: The Game by Sandcrawler

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made by Sandcrawler for LD26 (COMPO)
This game is a take on a long term art project of mine called Soldier Chess. Its never been a game before, but I have always considered making it into one.

It also happened that Sunday April 28th was Worldwide Pinhole photography day. So I combined both into one project. All of the images are photographs made using a pinhole lens on a Canon 50D.

Instructions and whatnot are all in game.

Web (html5) http://allaroundgames.net/LD/26/
Source http://allaroundgames.net/LD/26/source.zip
Timelapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_l3yNoTrw
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=3966

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1411
Overall 2.63 1091
Audio 2.44 711
Fun 2.19 1179
Graphics 2.73 789
Humor 1.87 826
Innovation 2.92 721
Mood 2.59 852
Theme 2.54 1264

Feedback

gizmo
29. Apr 2013 · 05:29 UTC
haha! perfectly fits the theme! .. :D Great idea! :D
sparkleswirl
29. Apr 2013 · 05:47 UTC
I have to say I have no idea what I was doing. I just clicked on pieces and they murdered other pieces and then everyone died. I think that's a very good metaphor on war.
sanojian
29. Apr 2013 · 16:51 UTC
Visuals have a WWI look to them. Nicely done.
yetanother
29. Apr 2013 · 17:20 UTC
original concept.
Guardian_Bob
30. Apr 2013 · 04:09 UTC
Colors could be more vivid, but interesting.
VDOgamez
30. Apr 2013 · 04:27 UTC
While ranged chess is a neat idea, I don't think this is the way to go about it. The pieces all just go forward and don't really affect anything not in their column. They also all have health, but don't have any indication of how much they have. The game doesn't really have a lot of strategy, either, you just march your pieces up the board and keep them possibly doing more damage than the two guys in front of them. The core concept is neat, and it would be interesting to see more done with it, but a more chesslike implementation might be more effective.
kbm0
30. Apr 2013 · 15:08 UTC
Interesting idea, good execution. Good job! I really liked the music.
fullmontis
30. Apr 2013 · 15:11 UTC
Very cool idea! And pretty fun too. Also really like the pinhole graphics :)
jlm
30. Apr 2013 · 15:12 UTC
That was... unexpected :)
I like @sparkleswirl's take on it, sums it up pretty nicely :)
Jacques_le_lezard
30. Apr 2013 · 15:15 UTC
21 I won! ^^ Well nice concept but there wasn't enough interactions, you could just move your pieces without thinking, maybe add some walls or pieces that could move in several directions (just an idea ;)
Brassawiking
13. May 2013 · 19:03 UTC
It was hard to get a grasp of what was going on. Reminded me of old c64 game called Archon.
dick_claus
18. May 2013 · 04:53 UTC
Strange game :) I don't understand rules, but win, fuck yeah!
wallmasterr
18. May 2013 · 08:52 UTC
Nice, ye got confused as how to play , but i won so must have been doing somethign right. Would have likeda 3d spin around but im ubsesed with 3d. through the board was a bit fuzzy even though that might be the dof u were gogin for. love the cover image though
f7f5
18. May 2013 · 11:31 UTC
I loved the visuals.
The strategic part didn't seem very interesting. I couldn't find a way to make use of the different types of soldiers, and I kept winning by just letting the CPU suicide both soldiers in a row, and then moving my soldiers in that row forward.
(btw, I could only hear the sound/music on Chrome and not on Firefox)