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A jam submission

Chaotic ChessView game page

A game of strategy where the rules spiral into madness.
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#263.9213.921
Game Design#1253.6983.698
Fun#1343.6673.667
Overall#3023.3523.352
Audio#5522.9522.952
Graphics#6303.0793.079
Theme#6792.7942.794

Ranked from 63 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Imagine playing a chess game where a new rule gets added every few turns. it could be surprising, and unexpected at first, but as the game goes on, it becomes a little more... chaotic!

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes

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Submitted(+3)

This game is really fun, I really liked the random rules hahaha

This could be a good multiplayer game or to try to have a good time with friends or people online. I played a few games to see more rules and maybe I missed a few but this is a good game. It’s a good start that the 1st rule it’s always capture the king.

A few things I see when I played that could be better is that, when the rule change and there still a notification from the old one, the new rule replace the old text and the notification disappear fast so I can’t see what it does, I had this happening in the rules where you have to move fast. 

And the other thing that maybe only happens in the web is, playing full screen, then going window mode and then going full screen again in game, makes the game break and just a gray screen is left, I had to refresh the page to play again.

Other than that, I didn’t have trouble playing, great concept, really fun to play for quick matches! :)

Submitted(+2)

So innovative and fun. I laughed so hard at how chaotic it became. Being an amateur chess player, I particularly enjoyed this. Thanks for making!

Submitted(+1)

WOW, so cool! I enjoyed the idea a lot! Please add a local multiplayer! :D
Having a log of all the rules could be great in my opinion.

Well done!

Submitted(+3)

Lmao, great take on Chess, def my top games for innovation, also the checkmate sound bwhahahaha!!

Developer

Our SFX guy was so funny I remember playtesting and I lost it checkmates XD 

Submitted(+3)

Definitely was chaotic and very fun, the game just kept evolving. Really interesting concept which i really enjoyed.

Submitted(+2)

I really enjoyed the game. I'd love to keep playing it even when the jam's over. The only thing I would like is a choice of difficulty. It turned out to be a little simple for me. Still, it was pretty cool overall. Good job!

Submitted(+2)

Randomness is always a fun mechanic, especially to shake up a game like chess that a lot of folks already know the rules to. I think my only comment would be that once the board starts getting moved around, the way pieces move across the board started to get less and less easy to understand at a glance, so I didn't feel like I could plan moves ahead.

But again, overall I really appreciate the thought that went into building all of the modifiers and dynamically adjusting the game board!

Submitted(+2)

Really cool ideas, it is even too much sometimes, I do not even have to to adapt to the change of gameplay that a new change is introduced :D

Submitted(+2)

I loved the gameplay, my only complaint is that the enemy ai is pretty stupid, but all things considered this entry is great!

Submitted(+1)

Really cool version of chess, I enjoy regular chess but this one is a lot of fun adapting to the random things the game throws at you!

(+1)

This is a more exciting version of chess.

Submitted(+2)

This is a really fun game, I really like it. Something I noticed is when there is this bridge in the middle of the board, it's not perfectly aligned with the chess grid and seems a bit hard to figure out where the chess pieces would move, the same happens for me with the island modifier as well. Maybe it's a ME issue, but overall it's a good game and I love the twist it brought to chess. 

Good job on the game!   

Submitted (2 edits) (+2)

I was about to win and a drunk driver knocked out my queen, 10/10.

In all seriousness though, I am a sucker for chess, and I love the twists you guys gave to it! Its interesting to see how weird the game gets.

I personally would have loved a more difficult AI, but I understand coding chess alone is already extremely hard, let alone adding all these twists to it, (plus, that's a nitpick more than anything). 

I really enjoyed my time with this!!

Submitted(+1)

This was an interesting twist on chess! It was quite easy to beat the AI before the chaos began because they did not protect their king at all, but once the chaos did start it got much more interesting. The different modifiers were well made, and making the AI incorporate all the different rules seems like a big task!

(+1)

Fun & tactical. Awesome. I really like it. Now it's ur turn to try & vote us. Thank u

Submitted(+2)

I had lots of fun with the game; I wish the opponents were a bit smarter.

Submitted(+1)

It was a cool little game, chess is fun enough on it's own so adding cool features at random to it just makes it even more fun! Perhaps a little bit more difficulty would be nice because the AI just kind of gave up at some point after some rules were added, but still it's fun! Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Fun and unique idea, things got chaotic quick! Could see this becoming a fully published game with a bit of polish. The AI could have been a bit harder though. 

Submitted(+1)

The idea of the game is really fun. It certainly didn't feel like chess, especially with the lack of castling, but it had it's own unique gameplay. The mini board at the top left was a nice addition, but the resolution was too low to be useful, might be a hardware issue on my part though. Overall, it's a really interesting game concept.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

That was a fun experience) The game is really chaotic, it's important to play it in more exploring manner, otherwise it will end before the real fun starts)

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