So I was putting the finishing touches on the chess rules, when I discovered that the king could ‘escape’ from checks by pieces like rooks by moving away from the rook (because the king’s previous position blocked its new one from being threatened.) Attempting to fix this bug introduced a bevy of new glitches whose causes are eluding me. All in all, I don’t feel like missing sleep over it or trying to salvage things in the six or so hours I’m likely to spend awake before the deadline tomorrow.

There’s also no way I would have time to add an AI, so you might as well find a friend to play Ridiculous Chess with.

I blame my ongoing illness for my failure, so I’m not ashamed of it and I think I did alright for the 24 hours I was actually able to spend working on my game. I might revisit this project later when I’ve gotten over the cough, or maybe do a private 48 hour jam of my very own (I’m gonna need to think of something else to submit to 1GAM.)