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Or is that an oversight?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":995868,"author_name":"Igor Fam","author_uid":"igor-fam","epoch":1696334161,"text":"Really clever and creative! The controls could have been made a little clearer, but great concept overall!\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1002255,"author_name":"Steffo","author_uid":"steffo","epoch":1696379855,"text":"Interesting concept!\n\nWhat's the difference between walls and pits?\n\nI didn't manage to understand from your description.\n\n*(Won't rate the game because I didn't have anyone to play the game with.)*","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1005063,"author_name":"Enad96","author_uid":"enad96","epoch":1696425120,"text":"Finally the chess 1.1.2 patch notes, about time knight got nerfed for real. When you dropping the chess battle pass?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1005776,"author_name":"m0rph1y","author_uid":"m0rph1y","epoch":1696433807,"text":"Like ur game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1012003,"author_name":"Ackbad","author_uid":"ackbad","epoch":1696539557,"text":"It needs a basic AI to play against to better understand how the game plays, even if all the AI dose is random moves.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1019296,"author_name":"Shiiro 10psi","author_uid":"shiiro-10psi","epoch":1696813619,"text":"I love weird chess games. I think there's something wrong with the walls. I could move bishops through but not knights.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1019638,"author_name":"LDJam user 4886","author_uid":"4886","epoch":1696844426,"text":"oook... this one was weird, but I think it has tons of potential! Chess pieces altering the nature of the board itself sounds compelling!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/8b\/8b4ee43d56114555ac2932326fe7e42d8d64778ed35b084afd5a55a0e8130aeb.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jOdM-EIrn-7Y02En8aVIreW7EXQwl9Q3\/view?usp=drive_link","text":"Bugfixed Version"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1lyCtRzOWLFfiCLfs2tRiUL-oTqfsSi3O\/view?usp=drive_link","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/unnamed1334.itch.io\/terraforming-chess","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OkT8mBfckOU3RmRhF9zi_4kfvsr2w1QP\/view?usp=drive_link","text":"Jam Version"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"92135","g_author":"1182942","g_event":"LD54","g_eventkey":"117","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"436310","g_title":"Terraforming Chess","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"964","g_commentcount":"10","g_site2_node_id":"378055","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"378055","n_urlkey":"436310","n_parent":"371459","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/terraforming-chess","n_slug":"terraforming-chess","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"182942","n_created":"1696105672","n_modified":"1777025426","n_version":"1180360","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD54","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":4,"author":182942,"body":"Chess, but your forces wield terraforming technologies, restricting the play space as turns pass.\nRules are as normal chess, with the following changes. As such, you may also play this game with a physical chess set, so long as you have extra markers for Wall, Pit, and Ice tiles.\n\n**Pawns** are now **Workers**. They retain their special 2-space move, can perform En Passant, and can be promoted. In addition, they ignore special terrain types, restoring tiles they enter to normal.\n\n**Rooks** are now **Extruders**. They create a **Wall** tile in the space they started in which blocks the movement of all pieces except pawns and knights. Castling, while not technically disallowed, is functionally impossible due to the king ending on the bishop's space, which is almost guaranteed to be a pit. As such, our game does not implement castling in any way, but feel free to use it on a physical board.\n\n**Bishops** are now **Sappers**. They create a **Pit** in the tile they started in that capture any pieces except pawns that stop on them. 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