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I recommended this game to one of my friend who loves to play chess, and he thought this is really cool and interesting.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100223,"author_name":"Overlix","author_uid":"overlix","epoch":1728494242,"text":"really good idea, that a nice game, keep it up !","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100226,"author_name":"Noah MAZARD","author_uid":"noah-mazard","epoch":1728494271,"text":"Realy cool game, Good job !","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100227,"author_name":"Corrochano","author_uid":"corrochano","epoch":1728494272,"text":"Love the game! Amazing how you rebrand the chess! the dragonfly were giving me victories :sunglasses: \nAlso love the art and music! Really set me in the mood of the bugs war!\nYou and your old guitar are reaaaally amazing :wink: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100263,"author_name":"Dan_Nik_SG","author_uid":"dan-nik-sg","epoch":1728494752,"text":"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!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100268,"author_name":"Wolfox121","author_uid":"wolfox121","epoch":1728494828,"text":"Wow, I played this for way too long as well... This is amazing! Great job. Love the advancement system","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100283,"author_name":"holzez","author_uid":"holzez","epoch":1728494991,"text":"This is my favourite game of this jam now. Everything is perfect. Well done! 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AI could be better, but it's not easy to make a good AI in 3 days :v: )","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100653,"author_name":"Boreal","author_uid":"boreal","epoch":1728499541,"text":"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!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101908,"author_name":"Pious","author_uid":"pious","epoch":1728513778,"text":"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!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1105751,"author_name":"Nikolas van Rus","author_uid":"nikolas-van-rus","epoch":1728599291,"text":"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.\nThe graphics are also at a high level. Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114981,"author_name":"Hawkin","author_uid":"hawkin","epoch":1729104467,"text":"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. \n\nWhile 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!\n\nWell done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115010,"author_name":"Transkuja","author_uid":"transkuja","epoch":1729106849,"text":"I really suck at it :laughing: Still fun tho, great job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115080,"author_name":"silkworm_sweatshop","author_uid":"silkworm-sweatshop","epoch":1729112663,"text":"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. 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