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A jam submission

The king has gone insaneView game page

Submitted by reverz — 40 minutes, 7 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#6223.7423.742
Presentation#12453.4093.409
Overall#13553.1973.197
Fun#13973.0613.061

Ranked from 66 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The white king has made a move so controversial, that it cause the entire chess game to lose control

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

Yes

We created all audio during the game jam

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Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

phenomenal, please put this on android so i can take it with me

Submitted(+1)

It's a fun little boss fight!

Submitted(+1)

Great concept! I like how it makes light comedy of what you're not supposed to do in chess. However for the gameplay I think the enemy patterns need to change based on the kings position. 

Submitted(+1)

I recently started playing chess and this was a game that caught my eye. Great presentation! The addition of the anti camp taught me a lot more hahah, for eg I had no Idea diagonal moves were a thing until I played with it. My high score was 69, needless to say I had to stop there.

Check out my game too when you have the chance :D https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2020/rate/695900

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Really cool concept! Also like the anti-camp option! :) 

try my game if you'd like (itch isn't displaying my game that i worked on) :https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2020/rate/696391

Submitted(+1)

Very fun game and not exactly what I expected :)
Very cool idea with the Anti-Camp double points too.
One thing that I would like to see here would be that the King has the actual King's moveset, so Up-Right Up-Left Down-Left Down-Right added to the moveset. That would give it more flavour.
Other than that it was quite fun and felt like a boss battle in some kind of old-school game :D

Developer

Thanks for the review :) the king can move diagonally, you just need to hold the buttons a bit more

Submitted(+1)

Okay, I'm just dumb :D I tried and felt like it's not working. Will give another playthrough now!

Submitted(+1)

Ridiculous. Fun!

Submitted(+1)

This is sooo fun. I have no clue how you came up with this idea, but well done !

Submitted(+1)

Cool idea to use a chess board for different attacks, I made a chess variant too try it out

Submitted(+1)

Wow! Really fun game! It feels very nice to dodge an attack in the last second haha! Anyway, you did a very good job, I would love for there  to be some more music and sound effects! Also are the unresponsive controls a part of the game, or is that a bug?


Here is my game if you wanna play it, sorry for linking it in the comment but itch is bugged and isn't displaying it in the comment: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2020/rate/698697#post-1648262
Developer (1 edit)

haha, thanks for the review. The moves do have a 0.6 sec cooldown

Submitted(+1)

I would suggest making the game board black&white cuz orange and red confused me for a bit there, other than that a very fun game!

Submitted(+2)

Nice game but I found that the king movement is a little bit stiff. That makes it hard to avoid the attacks at the beginning of the game when you are still learning the concept. The introduction was a nice touch !

Submitted(+1)

really good idea!! Liked the looks of it too! Simple yet challenging. My best score was 50

Submitted(+1)

now this is what i call thinking out of the box!

Submitted(+1)

My best score is 119, I also discovered that some of the attacks don't damage you, if i had to guess i would say it's probably because the black pieces are moving so fast, that they don't collide with they player.

Submitted(+1)

okay ngl this is probably the last thing i expected out of a chess game lol, really cool tho, gotta be quick on your toes to not get rekt, i like it

Submitted(+1)

Neat concept

Submitted(+1)

This could be a cool mobile game! Feels like an Undertale bossfight 

Submitted(+1)

Seems strange at first, I didn't knew what was going on, but it's perfect for the theme tho!

Submitted(+1)

I like it, it's strangely satisfying to see the pieces zooming around the board

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