Chess

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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.

  1. The first player makes their move.
  2. The first player presses Ctrl+X and copies the "board data" string that appears.
  3. The first player sends the board data string to the second player over a chat program.
  4. The second player presses Ctrl+X and replaces the "board data" string with the one received from the first player, then presses OK.
  5. The second player's board is now updated with the first player's move.
  6. The second player makes their move.
  7. The second player presses Ctrl+X and copies the "board data" string that appears.
  8. The second player sends the board data string to the first player over a chat program.
  9. The first player presses Ctrl+X and replaces the "board data" string with the one received from the second player, then presses OK.
  10. The first player's board is now updated with the second player's move.
  11. The process is repeated from the first step.

Author: 
sylvie
Made For: 
An event

Comments

2sman's picture

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!

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