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Rook's Last Stand's itch.io pageLink to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LrKqroR6J0ps1X4m54dPm-TUe-8LoxznOfqI9o1TgGc
Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes
Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes
Summarise your game!
Play as the last Black Rook in the world defending the ruins from white pieces in this strategic chess-based roguelike.
Please explain how your game fits the theme:
In chess, you take/defeat other pieces by simply occupying their tiles. “You are the Weapon” describes how your rook character can take other pieces by simply moving into them without using any other items.
Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
The engine used to program Rook's Last Stand was the popular kid's coding website Scratch, and it matches the quality of other jam games using simplistic block code behind the scenes. This was done as a proof of concept, and for fun :)
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Very interesting and funny game, the second move after getting one kill is OP. I wonder how stockfish would play if it could move the opposite pieces x)
It would be a lot harder for sure, maybe impossible. They don't really prioritize self preservation right now lol
Really nicely made game! Simple to learn but not simple to play! (Like most great puzzle games!)
Thank you! :))
Happy to finally be able to check it out after seeing many previews in the discord. :D
Well made game!
Thank you :]
I love it. So far my favorite of the submissions here.
Thank you this means a lot :^)
A great roguelike in similar style to shotgun king. The buffs you can get are all great and have their own place. The difficulty is what is to be expected to the game and is decently hard. The visuals and sound are also fantastic.
Thank you so much! It's actually set in the same universe as shotgun king but hundreds of years later, don't tell Puncake hehe
The concept behind this game is very cool, a neat spin on chess. The gameplay's fun and the style is great, well done!
Im not great at playing chess, but I managed to get to the final round! The rook alone makes for a great game! Smartly designed!
Love this game! Its simple but genius :3 Very addictive as well! It has great art, music and it's basically one mechanic polished until it shines :) Fantastic!
Really cool idea, and well implemented... Good luck with the jam!
Thank you 😄
Such a unique and creative concept, immediately makes you wonder why there's never been a turn-based chess-themed roguelike before?! The UI is super clean, the music is so funky and upbeat - I literally have nothing but praise.
Well done on making such a tight, well-designed game.
Thanks for all of the praise! :) There is actually one other chess turn -based roguelike this was heavily inspired by, check my GDD
Shotgun King looks awesome, will check it out, thanks for the rec! JOTPK is an all-time classic too, solid choices of inspo.
Plays really well, something weird makes my framerate tank horrible so it was a bit uncomfortable to play but super fun overall, got a few waves past the final wave, the chain after kill is insanely strong.
My only tiny complaint is it's hard to differentiate pieces when they line up vertically and the tooltip for mousing over the tile didn't seem to be accurate, or at least was unintuitive for where I was mousing over.
Had lots of fun, great game
Unfortunately it targets the backmost piece you're hovering over for info which I could fix but it's too late now. Thanks for playing :>
Based choice of game engine
Fancy seeing you here, haha :) Didn't know you were doing this jam
Loved it!
Such a cool idea for a game! A full game of this seems would be really neat!
Great work!
Very cool idea, well done! I think it could be turned into a Steam game that people would love :)
I've never released anything on steam but who knows maybe if it does well 😅
Very cool mechanic, really have to think about your moves
Thanks :)
This is really cool!
Thank you 😄
WHAT A GAME, I love the visual, the audio and course the gameplay itself is awesome
Thank you so much :>
Thanks a bunch! :D
This is a very interesting take on the theme that was given. I really like that i gives the player a familiar topic and changes into something that is interesting and very fun
Thank you! :]
A very cool idea of a game with a nice art style, I really like the defeat animation of the rook crumbling. Good Job!
Thank you so much! :D