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Chess for the Playdate

Features:

  • Strong chess engine.
  • Play against a computer with 6 difficulty levels.
  • Play with white or black pieces.
  • Saves Game (only saves if computer is done with its turn).
  • Use crank to look at previous moves made

Bug Reports:

This is a new game created by 1 developer. If you find a bug it would be awesome if you let me know trentrobison@gmail.com . Thank you!

Purchase

Buy Now$3.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3 USD. You will get access to the following files:

chess.pdx.zip 361 kB

Comments

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I love chess, and having a chess game on my playdate is great. Still i wouldn't whole heartedly recommend it to everyone. 

The game obviously looks and feels great to play.  The only way you can play chess is versus the engine, and this turns into my biggest gripe with it

The engine has six levels:

  1. four moves ahead, two seconds thinking
  2.  four moves ahead, ten seconds thinking
  3. five moves ahead, 25 seconds thinking
  4.  six moves ahead, 100 seconds thinking
  5. six moves ahead, 200 seconds thinking
  6. seven moves ahead, 300 seconds thinking

The first two difficulty levels are really fast, but can be easily beaten. Great for beginners i guess. Level four through six really tests your patience with thinking times at 300 seconds almost every move. And by almost every move I mean if you start the game as black the computer will think for 300 seconds before playing e4. lol. I'm happy to say it will use less time if there is a forced check mate sequence.

I prefer playing against difficulty level 3, I can still easily beat it if I'm focused, bit it doesn't take minutes every move. 

I'd love if there was a pass and play mode, where I could play with another person.

auto queen is always enabled, meaning you can't underpromote.

thank you so much ^^

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Sorry to double post but....I'm loving this, although my chess skills these days really do suck! Well made game. I'll review this soon over at 'Playdate Player' on YouTube.  Good stuff! EDIT: here's the review if anyone is interested:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDPj1Sw9AYA

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Thanks for your support!

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Hahaha I too was waiting for a chess game on Playdate since day 1, thank you for such a great implementation! Works wonders and perfect to play on the go.

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Thank you. Glad you like it!

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Yes!   I've been aching for a chess game for Playdate, so this release has made my day!  $3 is a fine price too - so thanks for that.