Action Chess by antonsem
Basically, it is a chess game without turns. Although not as cool as First Person Shooter - Dungeon Crawler - Dating Sim at least it is something manageable in a given time frame. Still didn't rule out the possibility of FPS-DC-DS game!

| Source code | https://bitbucket.org/antonsem/realtimechess.git |
| HTML5 (web) | https://antonsem.itch.io/action-chess |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/action-chess |
Ratings
| Overall | 229th | 3.571⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 156th | 3.638⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 140th | 3.75⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 198th | 3.893⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 426th | 3.071⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 492th | 2.232⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 428th | 2.875⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
This game looks cool, nice idea, I will play it as soon as the rating round starts!
My secret win strategy: jump four times with the knight, always kills the king :-)
This strategy does not always win, sometimes the knight is taken down or some other piece threatens my king, I like that the CPU plays randomly, this makes it more unpredictable and creates some new situations. Really cool, great job on this one!
You are definitely right, this is not just "a good enough" game for a jam, don't be shy! This is a really cool idea and very well executed! You can be plenty proud of yourself for making this and making it in under 48 hours!
I also made a chess mashup! Check it out! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/rapid-bullet-hell-blitz-chess
PS: In case you're wondering what I did end up with, I got a Racing/Dodge meets Choice game. Would be glad if you found the time to give it a spin: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cruise-co
Really liked that the AI played randomly, adds some "complexity" to the game instead of a poorly implemented AI that gets in the way. Glad you put cooldowns on the pieces!
@Jupiter_Hadley Thank you for the video, I really appreciate it!
@jharler Thank you :)
check out my game, a unicorn riding and hunting flying whales: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/whale-hunter-racing
I rate your game, if I can give a game in my game, Witch's Escape.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
If you have time, check out my entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/golden-beak-golf
@cristiano.m.garcia @McCordinator I will check your games now :)
The contrast from the black players with the black fields was not that good.
Aesthetics-wise I loved the crunchy sound effects and found the on-piece timer totally clear and really necessary/helpful. I tried playing on a long train ride, but the color contrast is so low between the dark squares and dark pieces that I couldn't play. I was madly squinting, but it was like the enemy army had cloaking fields. I had to set it aside and come back with more friendly ambient lighting.
A cool idea that I enjoyed toying with. Nice work!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/street-chess There is the other one :) enjoy! A different take but both good games.