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Chess with a twist, I like it. This is actually one of the more unique games I've played in this jam, as I did not expect to come across a chess game. I really like the mechanic you've added. It's simple, but it's  also fun chaining moves together. The audio and graphics are also done really nicely, I like the visual and audio cue the game gives when you activate a combo.

I'm not sure what I'd add to improve the game considering it's chess. Maybe add a bot to play against, but that's obviously way too much work for a one-week game jam.

Nice game and great idea, I'm glad I came across it.

I'm glad you liked it! I actually had a way more ambitious grid-based game in mind when I started the jam before realizing that I wouldn't have enough time. I didn't want to waste the code I wrote though, so I repurposed it for the simplest strategy game I could think of: chess. I'm happy I did too, it was nice having a lot of time to focus on polish!

I totally agree with you on the bot, especially with COVID, offering only local multiplayer does mean a lot of people can't enjoy it as an actual game. I quickly realized though, as you mentioned, a bot would've taken way more programming than I had time for. I thought about online multiplayer too, but since I haven't implemented that before I didn't want to create a possible security vulnerability.