Chess is a 2-player game of strategy invented by Sylvie in the year 2019.
The official rules of Chess can be found at love-game.net/chess/darules.txt.
An abbreviated version of the rules can be viewed ingame by pressing F1.
Version History
May 11 2019 (v1.01, love-game.net/chess/101)
Balance patch.
- Egg: Jump up to 2 spaces or duplicate from an adjacent space to an adjacent space.
- Flower: Copy to an unoccupied space exactly 3 spaces away, or jump exactly 2 spaces away.
- New feature: Press 1 or 2 to view accessible squares for the white or black player, respectively.
May 10 2019 (v1.00,
love-game.net/chess/100)
Original release.
Online Play
There is no proper "online play" but you can play with your friends using the following cheat code: Ctrl+X
Here are more detailed instructions.
- The first player makes their move.
- The first player presses Ctrl+X and copies the "board data" string that appears.
- The first player sends the board data string to the second player over a chat program.
- The second player presses Ctrl+X and replaces the "board data" string with the one received from the first player, then presses OK.
- The second player's board is now updated with the first player's move.
- The second player makes their move.
- The second player presses Ctrl+X and copies the "board data" string that appears.
- The second player sends the board data string to the first player over a chat program.
- The first player presses Ctrl+X and replaces the "board data" string with the one received from the second player, then presses OK.
- The first player's board is now updated with the second player's move.
- The process is repeated from the first step.
Comments
Kind of incredible! Love new
Kind of incredible! Love new chess variations (I've tried to make a few), and this one goes deep. In some ways reminded me of Chesh by Damian Sommer. I need to find a second player!