Run For Your Knight by baychowski

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made by baychowski for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Navigate through obstacles to reach the other edge of this neverending chess board.

All the chess pieces by Cburnett, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons​

Sounds scrapped from chess.com

Ratings

Overall 407th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 168th 3.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 146th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 845th 2.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 653th 2.118⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 807th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 7🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

Gaudy
07. Apr 2025 · 13:38 UTC
WW chess
foolishfool
07. Apr 2025 · 13:41 UTC
Cannot connect to the theme but its fun to play.
OadT
07. Apr 2025 · 13:50 UTC
These bishops always get me! Very cool and quite addicting game! I think I got catured by an offscreen figure once, if that is possible? Good work!
VinogradovIvan
07. Apr 2025 · 13:51 UTC
Interesting game concept, very addicting too.
Camer the Dragon
07. Apr 2025 · 13:58 UTC
Cool game, only main thing I'd say is the further along you are on the board at the end of a round, it should scroll back a bit faster (or have the scroll speed cap a bit higher if this is already in place)
betovf
07. Apr 2025 · 14:01 UTC
Simple but witty :thumbsup:
🎤 baychowski
07. Apr 2025 · 14:21 UTC
Investigating it @oadt
edit: couldn’t recreate the issue
ssiannas
07. Apr 2025 · 14:58 UTC
Awesome game! Really clever.

I'd really like to have a way to gained back time if you take other pieces. It would add an extra layer where you might take moves backwards in order to capture more.

Thanks for the submission!
Jose Pedro Dias
07. Apr 2025 · 18:10 UTC
Really liked the mechanics. It's challenging ;)
There could be sound hinting when we're close to timing out and other one to let us know we increased the remaining time.
threegoldeneggs
07. Apr 2025 · 18:44 UTC
That was fun! My high score was 30 :)
Rustywolf
07. Apr 2025 · 19:40 UTC
GFetting checkmated off the screen is insane. But I love this concept, and honestly I need to get better at intuitively understanding how the knights move, so I might need to revisit this game
fungus mundus
09. Apr 2025 · 04:58 UTC
Fun game! My highest score was 34.
RascarCapackDev
09. Apr 2025 · 11:21 UTC
Pretty awesome idea ! endless runner + chess is quite the unexpected combo and it works! With more juice (vfx) and mechanics (like rewards for eating enemies, or even allowing the enemies to move somehow) would make for a really addictive game loop. Great work
Eugenik
14. Apr 2025 · 09:25 UTC
Wow this game is amazing for the short time frame we had! Great job!.
LDJam user 202408
14. Apr 2025 · 09:40 UTC
Surprisingly fun for its simplicity, I love games that are easy to understand and simple mechanically, which isn't to say it wasn't fun, I had a lot of fun trying to get the most out of the time I have and frantically trying to go fast before I mess up because I forgot for a second how queens move XD. Nice work on this innovative game!
Fernofai
14. Apr 2025 · 11:56 UTC
Very cool idea. There are some combinations where you can't get through though. I also thought about whether it would be nice to fill the remaining time up by beating enemy pieces? I would definitely play a more polished version of this on mobile.
OldDog
17. Apr 2025 · 08:09 UTC
this game is so creative!!!I love the game idea so much,wish for more levels to play,It is so simple but so good for the game jam theme~~~~