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A jam submission

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Eques is a chess game that we play only with knights with its unique mechanics
Submitted by chisenoa (@chisenoa), Orbbloff (@orbbloff) — 6 minutes, 54 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#364.0004.000
Authenticity (use of resolution)#854.6194.619
Overall#1003.8573.857
Gameplay#1393.3333.333
Graphics#1523.4763.476

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you work in a team?
Yes, there were 3 people in our team
Yavuz Burak Yalçın (Programmer & Game Designer)
Alperen Güner (Pixel Artist & Game Designer)
Enver Yeşilşiraz (Musician& Sound Designer)

Was the resolution a challenge?
It's very difficult to make pixel art in low resolution, especially when a character needs to be 6x6 in size.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

i still dont get it, what should i do? i want to love this game

Developer(+1)

You only use the knights and your opponent cannot pass where you passed before. It's so easy actually

Submitted (1 edit)

Interesting idea, but you didn't explain what to do. It took time to me to understand that I have to ride over the enemy. In the end, I understood and even beat the AI.

Developer(+1)

There are very few people who can beat ai. congratulations!

Submitted(+1)

Very interesting concept for a game, I learned the ropes after experimenting for a minute or two. I like the graphical style, although the minecraft-style cracking may lack a certain subtlety that could go a long way in keeping a clean look. Sound design was pleasing. I never actually managed to win, the AI feels very smart.

Submitted

Damn that AI is a genius ^^ have you been able to beat it yourself? Id love to see how its done. Its quite a unique game mechanic, I know its a big ask for a jam to want multiplayer but I can't help thinking it would be a really fun pvp mobile game or something, great game! :)

Developer(+1)

hahaha, yes ai is a genius. I couldn't even beat it. thank you so much <3

Submitted(+1)

This is neat. I understood it near the end of my third game, it's fun, and it looks and sounds amazing.

Developer

thank you so much <3

Submitted

Great music and audio, great visuals. Chess is cool 😆

It's an interesting idea, I was never able to beat the AI though, I wasn't really sure of a good strategy besides just wait for the AI to mess up

Developer

the brain of our ai is a little big and very hard to beat :D thank you so much for your comments <3

Submitted

i beat the ai gottem

(this is my friend i am not dunking on a stranger)

Submitted

hello stranger

Submitted(+1)

Great game - definitely a unique take on chess, which made for a really fun challenge. 

Visuals are great, I especially liked the pixel art for the black knight and the win screen confetti (wasn't expecting it as I hadn't looked closely at the screenshots, was a very nice surprise when I won!)

The music is wonderful, and sets a great tone for the game :)

Developer(+1)

Hahaha, It was a very nice experience for us to surprise you. Thank you so much <3

Submitted(+1)

A great implementation of nearly a 1500-year-old game!

I'm not a fan of chess, in fact, I don't like it probably because I'm not eager to practice it. Nevertheless, I liked how this game turned out considering its mechanics and visual style. I also really liked sound effects.

Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for your nice comments <3
Your game looks interesting, I will play it as soon as possible!

Submitted

Simple but interesting, i won vs the AI in my third try. I did found a bug where i try to move to a spot and the horse move to another place and the AI didnt do anything so i had to restart the game, but i liked the game is a fun twist in chess.

Developer

Thank you for your nice comment <3

Developer (1 edit)

Congratz man, though I am the programmer that wrote the AI I wasn’t able to win :D. And actually I was aware of that bug but I wasn’t able to reproduce the bug so couldn’t fix :/

Submitted

Interesting game. Took me a while to win against the AI. I am not sure how much replayability is in this concept though. The visuals are nice though, clear and effective.

Developer

thank you so much <3

Submitted

I am a big fan of chess. I must say for how simple the idea is, it is a rather intriguing game. I enjoyed the Music and SFX a lot. Awesome game overall! 

Developer(+1)

Since we attracted the attention of someone who likes to play chess, we made a nice game. thank you very much <3

Submitted(+2)

I like the idea and music. Great job, congrats!

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Submitted(+2)

I really like the title screen where it shows who did what using glyphs, smart! Also a big fan of the victory music and the victory confetti. The whole game is a surprisingly moody experience for 64x64, really neat.

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Submitted(+2)

Love the music and ambience. The idea of turning a 64x64 screen into an 8x8 chess board is brilliant. 

Gameplay needs a bit of tweaking as in it's current state I can't see how one side can win without the other making an obvious mistake. 

Having an AI opponent is great, it plays pretty good too.

Solid idea and overall good game.

Developer

thank you sooo much dude <3