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Cosmic Critter Chess by tomrijnbeek

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made by tomrijnbeek for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

👽 A WAR IS BEING WAGED IN SPACE, BUT YOU DON'T CARE SO YOU'RE JUST WATCHING FROM YOUR TV 👽

Cosmic Critter Chess is a turn based, chess-inspired game where you control tiny creatures that are waging war against each other

NOTE: unfortunately the web builds are not working, so after several hours of debugging we've given up. The Windows and macOS builds should work fine though!

👨🏽‍💻 Credits

  • Tom: Code, Level Design
  • Will: Code, Music, Graphics

🛠️ Tooling

  • Code: Godot 3.5, all in C#
  • Music: GarageBand (and my old guitar)
  • Graphics: Aseprite

🖼️ Screenshots

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Link https://github.com/halfnibblegames/ludum-dare-56
Link https://files.jam.host/uploads/$396563/ccc.zip
Link https://files.jam.host/uploads/$396563/ccc.dmg
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/cosmic-critter-chess

Ratings

Overall 44th 4.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 23th 4.25⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 161th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 224th 4.045⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 98th 4.413⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 106th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 302th 3.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

unloosed
08. Oct 2024 · 01:12 UTC
Really great game! I think the designs of all the bugs are interesting and I also like the abilities.
Adrien Tremblay
08. Oct 2024 · 04:02 UTC
Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing game. I legit spent so much time playing it. So fun. I could see myself playing this for many hours.Art is nice. THe pieces are interesting. Team grasshopper all the way.
LouieWu
09. Oct 2024 · 17:12 UTC
Loved the art and the game mechanic. I recommended this game to one of my friend who loves to play chess, and he thought this is really cool and interesting.
Overlix
09. Oct 2024 · 17:17 UTC
really good idea, that a nice game, keep it up !
Noah MAZARD
09. Oct 2024 · 17:17 UTC
Realy cool game, Good job !
Corrochano
09. Oct 2024 · 17:17 UTC
Love the game! Amazing how you rebrand the chess! the dragonfly were giving me victories :sunglasses:
Also love the art and music! Really set me in the mood of the bugs war!
You and your old guitar are reaaaally amazing :wink:
Dan_Nik_SG
09. Oct 2024 · 17:25 UTC
An amazing game, i like it a lot. but i cannot tell that its a good theme usage. the ai is fine, graphics good, and mechanics how expected, everything works fine and the game is interesting and fun!
Wolfox121
09. Oct 2024 · 17:27 UTC
Wow, I played this for way too long as well... This is amazing! Great job. Love the advancement system
holzez
09. Oct 2024 · 17:29 UTC
This is my favourite game of this jam now. Everything is perfect. Well done!
ContraBlue
09. Oct 2024 · 17:40 UTC
I always tende to plan with chess piece movements but then the ai whooped me because their units did things I didnt expect. wonderful
Stracker
09. Oct 2024 · 17:41 UTC
I, uhm, wow, I'm actually impressed !
Consistent pixel art, genuinely interesting tactical gameplay and ideas, cool music, there ain't much to criticize !
firellon
09. Oct 2024 · 17:57 UTC
Whoa, this is a very, very solid chess-like game, reminds me of Battle Bugs and Shotgun King

Great job!

(And it's a lot of it, too, both the bugs and bonuses variety and the amount of levels... AI could be better, but it's not easy to make a good AI in 3 days :v: )
Boreal
09. Oct 2024 · 18:45 UTC
I really enjoyed playing this game! I think a couple of the bugs could have been explained/designed a little better - the grasshopper solos, and the dragonfly being unable to take bugs on the edge of the screen is rough. Otherwise, I had a blast!
Pious
09. Oct 2024 · 22:42 UTC
Very nicely done game! Liked the chess but with a twist and abilities kind of angle. Would've loved more and maybe some kind of free play mode. Definitely an expandable game. Great job!
Nikolas van Rus
10. Oct 2024 · 22:28 UTC
It was interesting to play, at first I thought it was simple chess, but the longer I played, the more I realized that this game has its own identity and that the game has its own character. Separately, I would like to note the well-developed balance and artificial intelligence of the enemy. Thanks to this, it was interesting to play every game.
The graphics are also at a high level. Great job!
Hawkin
16. Oct 2024 · 18:47 UTC
Despite the troubles you confessed to in your dev log, the polish and the gameplay are great! The pieces really were interesting and unique, so the strategy was satisfying. I'm surprised you also got in some nice progression with upgrades as well.

While I'm not sure the rock mood is what I would have chosen myself, I was def jamming. So I can't fault you there! The controls felt polished, as well as explainable, and I appreciated the funny bios for the pieces. Telegraphing the enemy moves was nice of you, too!

Well done!
Transkuja
16. Oct 2024 · 19:27 UTC
I really suck at it :laughing: Still fun tho, great job!
silkworm_sweatshop
16. Oct 2024 · 21:04 UTC
Awesome chess variant! My mistakes always came down to treating it like normal chess and not one where my knight can move 2 times in a row or a rook rams through everything in it's path. On top of that there are special abilities adding another layer. One thing though, I wish there was a bigger color difference between yours and the opponents pieces to easier tell them apart.