Post GMTK

Hello! Because Simple Chess was apart of the GMTK game jam of 2020, i was able to actually “finish” a game. as the game jam was my first, and technically this is my first game, it is trash (please do account the 2 day deadline of the game jam).

Most of the game’s detection is awful, and is very, very, easy to win/lose. the checkmate system half works, finding grid spots pieces can land takes 5 years (seems faster to the eye, but anyone can feel the slight performance degradation). and of course, there arent any of the features i planned, like custom pieces and ai levels.

But because i felt like the idea was novel enough, i have planned to release an update… a real launch i suppose. This update will introduce everything i had planned, maybe except a few bits and pieces like ai levels which would take a bit longer to do. This update is planned to release as soon as the update lock from the game jam is released.

Features included in the update: Titlescreen, Custom Pieces, Custom board layouts, Random layouts, Sounds, and of course a more balenced gameplay.

Some more features will be added if i deem fit, and hope those who enjoyed (somehow) the current version will enjoy the more polished version when its done.

For those of you who want to know what i have implemented currently in the update, i have Better detection, moves for every piece are cached and checked against/validated when the piece wants to move. Checkmate move detection is fixed, which now makes sure you dont make a move that would land you in checkmate.

Currently i am working on the win/lose condition and the uncheckmate system (which is a system that forces you to move your king piece if it is in checkmate, and if it can make a move to land out of checkmate).