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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #449 | 3.774 | 3.774 |
| Creativity | #516 | 3.968 | 3.968 |
| Overall | #563 | 3.828 | 3.828 |
| Presentation | #1108 | 3.742 | 3.742 |
Ranked from 31 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?
The pawn, the weakest piece in chess, now becomes a beast and takes on the entire board!
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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Tight gameplay overall, and an interesting spin on chess. That being said, it is WAY too difficult, and the hitboxes, especially on the king's sword, are too big and do not match the visuals. The UI is too big and often obstructs gameplay. Also only the first 2 cutscenes played.
Thanks for the feedback. We'll be updating the game after the jam to address everyone's criticisms. (Also, you didn't miss any cutscenes - the third cutscene is after the king fight.)
Really fun to play! Found the rooks hid behind the UI sometimes and it made them very tricky to hit, but other then that it was great. The little cutscenes were tons of fun and the victory lap at the end is always a nice bonus
Haaahah! This is really good! I like how you were able to adapt the different chess pieces into this genre - the way the knights thud as they jump the way the bishops zip in from across the board. It's very good. Once I internalized that "en passant" really wanted me to *pass* the enemies and not go through them, I started doing much better.
I love the little profile picture of our rambo pawn.
The victory lap ending level is great, too. It's always fun when there's a surprise final step at the end.
Really fun game!! I love how you interpreted classic chess mechanics and made them work with this kind of game. The knights are absolutely terrifying, btw
Holy hell! So cool to see another chess game in this jam. The art style and tone really reminded me of early 2000s flash games which was fun. I like how you built on the basic gameplay loop with interesting enemies, and it was cool to see how you interpreted their movement into this non-gridded gameplay. Very fun stuff.
Love chess so this game come as really fun to play
You definitely choose the right name for it
It's more challenging than I thought
Amazing game, really fun. Loved the music and the reimagining of the chess pieces. Bishops’ dash is very tricky to dodge, and the king’s sword hitbox is a bit too big, but apart from that it was really enjoyable.
Really cool. I enjoyed the unexpected social class commentary lol. I do think it is very hard and the pawns need to be slowed down quite a bit. There were moments of fun, but I personally was really frustrated. You did a good job though, fun story, fun game.
This game mimics the feel of some of the older flash games I would play as a kid. It's both fun and engaging!
I LOVED this game. LOVED LOVED LOVED. E Pawny is the coldest mf in all of the kingdom
The game kinda kicked my ass though
I really liked the little cutscenes they were very fun and made the pacing of the game alot more smoooooth
cold game 8)
Thanks a lot. Sorry about the difficulty >:)
I loved the idea of the game, the difficulty is a bit high though. Great work!
I love the art. The game is very fun and quite difficult too. Nice work!
Ah, funny way to use the 'en passant' thing. Apart from the UI blocking the bottom right (especially annoying against the boss), I feel like the game could use a bit safety after being hit, also the king's sword hitbox is way too big, I kept getting hit while being very obviously away from it.
Thanks for the feedback!
Great game! Feels really smooth and snappy to play and the art is very charming.
Really cool story aspect of the game, nice art style. Very challenging
Awesome game....amazing that you managed to create fun experience like this...only thing is the big UI blocking view especially in the bottom.
Levels are challenging but doable, nice final level :)
Great job!
This is so fun, and the idea of having en passant be some kind of hidden ability in the chess world is funny because of how few people know it. Good idea and good execution. Great submission!
Those bishops hit like trucks.
Fairly difficult but managed to beat it in the end.
The art and music are nice, and I like the bullet hell-ness of it.
I feel that the UI takes up a lot more space than it should though.
Yup, UI has been the biggest source of complaints from our testers. Glad to hear you enjoyed it though!
This is wicked hard! I can't get past the cathedral.
The en passant move kills me more often than it does help me.
hope this game gets big so people find it when they google en passant
jokes aside, really creative and fun game!
Thanks bro