Chess with Death by P7153

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made by P7153 for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Battle the Grim Reaper for your soul in this shmup-ified version of chess! Dodge the oncoming pieces and try to fight back!

My submission for Ludum Dare 50 for the Jam event, with the theme "Delay the inevitable".

Ratings

Given 6🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Dunusoor
05. Apr 2022 · 05:00 UTC
The game was fun, it was definitely not what i was expecting. My only note was i kept losing track of myself as the enemies would fill the screen and all be pulsing together as they moved.
Adrien Tremblay
05. Apr 2022 · 07:19 UTC
Nice theming! I really liked how you made a bullet hell game with the enemies inspired by chess pieces (and how they move). For some reason the game only starts when you press 'z'. Clicking on the 'Play' button doesn't start the game either. I also got the idea of 'playing chess with death'. Nice Game!
velvetlobster
05. Apr 2022 · 15:16 UTC
oh I really wanna play or see this, any chance someone with a windows recored it ... any chance to get a web version?
Milan8890
05. Apr 2022 · 15:16 UTC
Fun game, would be better if moving wasn't snappy but smooth.
Music really good too.
notApollogising
05. Apr 2022 · 20:54 UTC
Cool game. Liked the laser section. Only the Z button starting the game is super weird but I won't hold it against you cause thats supernitpicky. The movement of pieces should've been tweened slightly or something, the way they all just jump forward at the same time makes it hard to track whats going on and kinda makes my head hurt a little bit. All in all solid entry
SAGIII
06. Apr 2022 · 09:24 UTC
Hey! I loved the game. Pretty simple but it was fun to dodge all the coming attacks.
Tsugumi
07. Apr 2022 · 05:26 UTC
Before: I don't know if I can beat a chess game.
After: I know how to play chess now!
Squerf
07. Apr 2022 · 14:38 UTC
I really like this! Strong old school 90s public domain game vibes; I think it's the music. :ok_hand: