This is a really clever idea for a game. I loved being able to recruit defeated pieces, and growing an army as I explored the dungeon. Reminded of the MtG game Shandalar or the Shining Force series. Excellent work. I don't know enough about chess to understand what the names for the opening moves were (I got King's Best Friend Gambit a couple of times) but being able to see what how the unfamiliar pieces could move, made the game really fun to pick up and learn. Awesome job!
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Thanks so much for the kind words! Regarding the opening names, I pretty much just went through a list of openings and added random nouns and stuff to it, so really just flavor. ‘King’s Best Friend’ in particular is a reference to the King’s Indian Defense, but those things are more just easter eggs if you know chess