Last Pawn Standing - Chess Battle Royale by jsloth
Last Pawn Standing is a Battle Royale game with chess mechanics.
Play HTML5 version here!
The game is online multiplayer only so get your friends to play with you. I'll try to post some times for sessions when I'll be playing. If you really just want to check the game out, I guess you can just open it twice..
The game supports up to 8 players that battle out in a 50x50 area. Grow your army by capturing loot pieces and slay your enemies!
How To Play:

Made with Godot, Aseprite and energy drinks.
(If you cant connect to the server, please leave a commen't so I'll know to fix it.)
| HTML5 | https://jiisloth.github.io/LD51/LastPawnStanding/ |
| Source | https://github.com/jiisloth/LD51 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/last-pawn-standing-chess-battle-royale |
Ratings
| Given | 23🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
Well done!
It's a crazy cool idea.
Though I think bots will be needed just to get that initial traction as finding players for MP is tough.
@solah Thanks! I have already some improvements in mind... Let's see if I get around making post jam version of this. ^^
@iquant Yeah I was a bit hesitant to make a multiplayer game since in my experience its really hard to find players to try out the game.. and its just gonna get much harder to find multiple players at the same time. Luckily I get to pwn people if they happen to join while I'm lurking. >:))) jk jk. :D
Yeah. Simple bots were on my list to add but I just didn't have enough time. Definetelly will add them if I continue developing the game.
- Don't let pieces move if it would put your king in check (highlight these pinned pieces in red so that the player sees they are in danger!)
- Implement a pawn promotion system
- implement castling somehow(swap positions with nearby rook and draw all pawns towards king)
- Make the ground fall away faster or maybe start some decay spots around the map, making navigation interesting.
Idea: since the name is "Last Pawn Standing", maybe if your king is taken, your opponent gets all non pawns, and one of your pawns is promoted to king? This could let players stay in, but at a disadvantage.
https://youtu.be/m7KJvAJLSXE
I'll definitely show and play this game with my buddies later. This is something I would play outside of the jam - so I definitely encourage you to stick with it after the jam.
Solid work overall. GJ!
It's definitely an interesting twist on chess though especially having it based around a clear time period, though it's a little vaguer on how long till it will be done, it's mostly fits but there were definitely a few times I thought that time was over and I was moving after it, but it ended up not being over and I could not move. Which had me confused for a sec, but it's relatively fast to get back into it.
The perspective is also a little weird especially considering the normal perspective of a chess game. I would' e thought maybe it would've gone with a top down view but more of a Chinese checkers (I think) style of board. Could be remembering that wrong though. That way it could be a slightly easier perspective at times. Cause it a was little hard to tell the diagonals from the straight directions sometimes due to the perspective.
Otherwise though it was definitely an interesting strategy setup especially getting free pieces. Assuming you don't uh instantly have them die like I did., they could likely be quite useful.
So overall, a very interesting take on Chess that adds some unique twists and some much faster paced gameplay. Definitely gonna have fun murdering people with chess pieces a few more times.
[Stream vod here!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1623146465?t=02h30m05s)