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A jam submission

Ascension ChessView game page

Lose your demons to go to heaven..
Submitted by GoedWare (@goedware) — 2 hours, 4 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#863.9513.951
Topic#1283.8543.854
Sound#1423.5373.537
WOWIE!#1773.5123.512
Fun#2693.3903.390
Visuals#3473.3413.341
Simplicity#6593.0003.000

Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Music Source
It came from Assets from the Asset Store like Total Music Collection

Credits
GoedWare

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Submitted(+1)

I really liked the concept, I was a little confused at the start so maybe an in-game (not a block of text) tutorial could help.

Developer

Glad you liked it :)!
And thanks for the tip, it is a good one :)!

Submitted(+1)

3 tries and 39 turns... is that a good score?

I kept getting annoyed at the angel side... do they all WANT to die? Do they want me out of heaven THAT much?

Figuring out how to kill my demons felt really nice in the end. This was a ton of fun to figure out and to play.

Developer(+1)

It is not bad ;)! I managed to do it myself in 24 once. You do have to be lucky with a bad random move of the AI to win quickly.

I am happy that you had ton of fun playing. That was one of my goals :)!

Submitted(+1)

Great work on the sound and the visuals in general. 

IMO It would be easier to plan the game if we could see the potential moves when mousing over the pieces.

Developer

Thank you :)!

And that is a good tip indeed! Would gain so gameplay speed with it, thanks, I will keep that in mind for an update etc.

Submitted(+1)

Oh wow, that's really polished and fun, especially for three days. I can see this being even better with better AI, so keep developing it further!
Also, the fractal chess picture alone is super wowie haha
Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thanks :D!

Nice to read you had fun, that was the intention :)!

Yes, the AI really needs an update to make it smarter and I think it would make it more challenging also and more fun to try to beat.

I will keep it in mind. Thank you again for the feedback!

Submitted

Very interesting take on chess!

Developer

Thanks :D!

Submitted(+1)

I was expecting big because of the thumbnails XD, oh well I still enjoyed it tho. Good Job btw!

Developer(+1)

Haha yes the thumbnail could suggest an AAA title, but I am sorry to disappoint you.. ;)!

Glad you still enjoyed it :D!

Submitted(+1)

Woah, this game is great! The main gameplay feels polished, and the sound effects are wonderful too! The gameplay itself is really unique too - it's not really chess at all (and that's not a bad thing!), but a separate type of game entirely, and it works really well, so good work! It does get a bit tedious near the end, waiting for your opponent to chase your last pawn down, and the AI does seem to make some random pointless moves, but it's still a phenomenal game for a 72 hour jam, so very well done!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your kind feedback :D!
I am happy that you liked it and enjoyed playing this game.

Indeed the AI can be a lot smarter... ;) and some of the moves are indeed just random. That does need some extra polish but the time was up. 
But I hope it was still a little challenge in this current state.

Submitted(+1)

Amazing game. 

Developer

Thank you :D!

Submitted(+1)

Even tho i knew that i should get rid of my own pieces i've tried to "win" anyway, thinking that the AI would have gone easy on me, since it was my first game.. it did not (I'm a bad at strategy games, so i wasn't expecting to getting even close to win, but still... :P)

Developer(+1)

I hope you still enjoyed trying ;)!?

Submitted(+1)

Ye, the game was still fun :)

Developer(+1)

 I am glad it did :)!

Submitted(+1)

A cool concept! I think being able to move pawns backward makes it a bit less interactive as you just end up moving back and forth until your opponent makes a mistake. Still, it was a pretty fun game. Great job!

Developer (2 edits)

Thanks  :)

And you are right..the backwards can be a bit tedious. I should make the AI a bit smarter or maybe some extra randomness to avoid that. I thought of only going forwards, but if you can go sideward your pawns could get stuck on the other side of the board :). The game now thinks 1 move ahead to let you hit him etc. Wanted to increase that to make the AI smarter and the game a bit more challenging but the time ran out. Maybe I will do that if I have some time left for the next players during this jam.

Thanks again for playing and your feedback. Feedback is good to learn :)!

Submitted(+1)

Love the concept, the sound/music choices and theming. My only issue is after a handful of rounds the other opponent just never made a move and so the game soft locked.

Developer

Thank you for the positive feedback :)!

And yes the AI has still some mistakes unfortunately.. If I can I shall try to fix some for the next players of the game but I hope you still enjoyed it :)!?

Submitted(+1)

I love this concept :)

Developer

Thank you 😁

Submitted(+1)

Thats nice and I love the idea, just somtimes the IA bug an the game must be restarted :D

Developer

Thank you 😊!

And yes, the AI sometimes not so smart.. 😉
Did a minor fix.. hope it helps for the coming players.. But glad you still enjoyed it!

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