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Thanks for playing!

That's true; unfortunately I didn't implement three-fold repetition or the 50-move rule. ><

Ah, well that makes sense then! Unfortunately, I'm not sure that I'm good enough at chess to ever be able to beat the final boss fight without those. But regardless, thank you for making a really fun twist on chess! I enjoyed it a lot :D

dtsudo1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! Fwiw, I do think the final boss can be really challenging depending on which hacks you have (and don't have). (However, you get hack points by beating the AI, so you can repeatedly defeat the AI on the non-final-battle mode to earn enough hack points to get every single hack.)

I looked at the screenshot you posted (which includes the hacks that you have used + the current board position). If you had the "mandatory capture" hack, I believe you would likely have won. The combination of "sacrificial pawn" + "mandatory capture" means that queens are required to capture your pawns, and they'll die when they do so. This means that the 5 enemy queens in your game would've all sacrificed themselves upon your remaining 7 pawns.

Elect Thine Owne Emprise1 year ago(+1)

Thanks! I finally beat the end boss after grinding enough points to afford all the hacks. Though on my first attempt, I also managed to break the game somehow, so we both had only our kings left, endlessly chasing each other around the otherwise empty board 😂

dtsudo1 year ago(+1)

Nice; congrats!

Yeah, I didn't implement insufficient material checks so it is possible to have a situation where neither side can win and are just aimlessly moving pieces around heh

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