Thank you for checking it! :-)
I underestimated my capabilities to finish it on time. This is my first game jam. :-)
I feel like I need 2 more days to have a working prototype with some basic AI and to fix algorithmic bugs. those 3 yellow areas in the center had to upgrade the unit which occupies it, so its battle weight in a line will be 2 instead of 1. This gives additional stimulus to move forward and should speed up a conflict making moves backward something less desirable.
I have tested much more interesting ideas of movement on Chinese chessboard jumps
to make the game more dynamic.
Unfortunately, I had only 1.5 days since I am in the US timezone.