This game is amazing. The atmosphere is thick and suspenseful. The writing, color choices and music all contribute to this being a very atmospheric experience. It transported me back to my youth with style befitting a classic DS title.
And I haven't even mentioned the gameplay. I am very unskilled at chess, so I found the game to be extremely difficult. My first moments of using the computer, I was very intimidated and confused. Thankfully, the game did not punish me thanks to its quick restart system. Just from experimenting for a bit, I was able to understand chess much better. After a few retries, the knight piece's movement, once feeling erratic and arbitrary, became intuitive.
The game could be improved with more player feedback on the chess computer. It's hard to keep track of the number of moves remaining on each piece, and when the letter will actually be typed. It would be nice if there was some visual and audio feedback of how many turns are remaining, punctuated with the letter that is pressed.
I would definitely pay money for an expanded version of this and I hope I have the opportunity to. Dope game.