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!
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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 :)!