Cebe by Sapazu
You want to play chess but don't have time to learn rules and strategies? Then this is right game for you. Cebe combines chess with beat em up and the result is chaotic mess.
Instructions: Goal is to clear as many waves of enemies as you can. You can kill enemies by moving to where they are. Move with arrow keys or WASD
I had very limited time to make this game because I had work to do on both saturday and monday, so there may be bugs I'm not aware of.
| Windows | https://gamejolt.com/games/cebe/335409 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/chess-x-beat-em-up |
Ratings
| Overall | 315th | 3.711⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 169th | 3.842⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 141th | 3.917⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 217th | 4.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 636th | 3.395⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 620th | 2.816⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 677th | 3.176⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
The levels were a bit random in difficulty after the first two, but still great fun. I would make it a little more forgiving by adding lives :-) and/or powerups. I'd also make the fast pieces (rook, queen, bishop) skip some turns, also to make it easier (you could make them skip less turns as the score goes up). Yeah, my reflexes aren't very good :-) - but your game still feels great.
I just love the minimalism of the game and how much fun it is!
The game could be better if the enemies moved in rhythm with the music.
You should post screenshots to have more play and vote.
Good work !
It's chess as i would've played it as a 5 year old... Hah! Pretty neat game dude, keep it up <3
My only complaint would just be the odd timing of pieces and when it counts for you or against you. I'm not sure how to polish that, but sometimes the difference between winning and losing is microscopic in terms of timing.
I love the idea though and it'd be cool to see where it could go.