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A jam submission

Backstabbing KingView game page

The king is in love with the enemy queen and will do anything to be with her, assassination isn't out of the question!
Submitted by Flown — 10 hours, 54 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#994.3394.339
Overall#1934.1074.107
Enjoyment#2153.9823.982
Presentation#6624.0004.000

Ranked from 56 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?
It is a chess game but at night your roles are reversed and you have to attack your own pieces.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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The intro cutscene was a wonderful setup and the game is a very fun and imaginative spin on chess

Submitted

I like chess and this is a cool spin that actually makes you think and manage risk/reward

Submitted

Cute take on the classic chess, the cutscene at the start was very well made and i like the graphics all around! good job :)

Submitted

I liked this a lot. The opening cutscene and blood splatters for dead pieces are particularly nice touches.  The risk-reward of trying to kill as many of your own pieces as you can without losing so many that you can't also take all the black pieces is very fun.

That the black queen will happily kill the white king is kinda funny and can make the endgame a bit tricky, though the AI seems a bit random in how aggressive it is.

A small UI thing, the "possible moves" highlights don't show enemy pieces you can take, I didn't realise the king has the queen's moveset at night initially because of this.


Submitted

Honestly my favorite game I've played so far. Super original and funny.

Interesting take on chess.  The strategy behind killing my own pieces but still having to kill theirs was fun to balance. 

Submitted

Very unique spin on classic chess, nice use of the theme. Taking pieces and killing my own guys was very satisfying

Submitted

Nice idea! Great opening cutscene which explains the changed rules and character motivation of this very familiar basic game. 

Submitted

This was a fun game, with a fantastic spin on the usual chess gameplay. Well done!

Submitted

goofy and fun. Good job!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

The art style is great.  And playing against yourself makes it really unique, well done!

Submitted

I beat it! It's kinda fun having to think twice as much ahead as you do compared to regular chess

Submitted

So much good about this! Amazing game

Submitted

I really really love the art style, the vfx when you capture a piece, and the theme interpretation. A really nice twist on chess!

Submitted

I like how you can just go ahead and take out the enemy king. They seem to do just fine without him!

This was quite fun.

Submitted

I like this idea

Submitted

This a really good game, very fun and a cool take on the theme!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Very Cool gameplay for a Chess Player, i played for like 15 minutes and it was very fun to Play!

Developer

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Submitted(+1)

Fun twist!

Submitted

very cool idea!

Developer

Thanks!

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