Everyone Chess by Jezzamon

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made by Jezzamon for LD 42 (COMPO)

Chess + Battle Royale (kind of)

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Welcome to Everyone Chess, a game of chess for everyone. I don't have many pieces so you'll have to play with just one for now. Also I don't have many chess boards so you'll have to share the same chess board as everyone else. It can get a little cramped, we're kind of running out of space, sorry!

How to play:

  • Click a square to move
  • Take as many chess pieces as you can
  • When you die you respawn so that's fine
  • There are AI enemy chess pieces, as well as real humans playing at the same time. And one board for all of you.

How to distinguish AI players for human players? Well... the humans are probably a lot better. You might need to message a friend and get them to play at the same time to actually see that happen though.

Known Issues

  • It can kind of lag a little bit
  • Sometimes doesn't register clicks properly :(

If you just see a grey screen and music, if means the game couldn't connect to the server. Make sure you have an internet connection and try restarting it!

Windows and Linux builds totally untested :)

No WebGL because the ironically the Websockets library doesn't seem to be compatible :/

Ratings

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Feedback

Andre van Zuydam
14. Aug 2018 · 00:58 UTC
Please mention me when you get it up and working so I can rate your game.
🎤 Jezzamon
14. Aug 2018 · 16:32 UTC
@andre-van-zuydam Should be up now!
LillyByte
14. Aug 2018 · 18:14 UTC
This game is a really novel take on the chess genre; I hope it gets fleshed out more. I really liked the style!
velvetlobster
20. Aug 2018 · 03:11 UTC
Interesting idea and I really liked this style of animations, art and music. I wish the music was a bit longer though for its cool but gets repetitive fast. I think I understood how it works, but whenever I tried to play it, the board was just too crowded and lagging too much. You should invest in this project though, its fun and has a lot of potential I think.