Keyboard Controls\n1,2,3 keys to select a piece\nWhile piece is selected\nz to attack\nx to use special\nEsc to open menu
\nDefeat the evil queen piece
\n","source":"M0965941/high-treason","stars":1,"comments":[{"typ":2,"at":315826739,"author":"Victor Debone","login":"debone","gh":763457,"url":"https://javascri.pl/","twitter":"javascripl","text":"Hello! Thanks for your submission to js13k!\nI’m sure you’ve worked hard on your game, but I’m not aware of how much time you spent on it, so excuse me if things I mention were in your mind, but got left out in the rush of the month or just because you hit the 13kb limit :)
\nThank you once again!
\n"},{"at":316068554,"author":"Michael M.","login":"Schnark","gh":17846729,"url":"https://schnark.github.io","text":"Unfortunately, I couldn’t really play this game. I have “search as you type” enabled in my browser, so every time I press a key it brings up the search. You should call .preventDefault() for all keyboard events to prevent this.
Nice pixelart! I missed the special abilities by going straight into the game. Maybe move the content of the help menu as an obligatory intro to the game instead?
\n","games":["Stand By Me"]},{"at":316097759,"author":"Matthew Diamant","login":"matthewdiamant","gh":806338,"text":"Awesome entry. Took a few tries to figure out all the different abilities. Loved the graphic, the attention to detail, and the audio.
\n","games":["There Can Be Only Death"]},{"at":316137430,"author":"Christian Staudte","login":"t4khosu","gh":28463194,"twitter":"t4khosu","text":"While the graphics and gameplay are great, it was really easy to win once you spam the “plus attack” ability. Maybe there should be some upper bound or time limt so the “plus attack” decreases over time.
\n","games":["Book of Death"]},{"at":316172899,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"I enjoyed playing this game.
\nThe graphics were impressive and the sound effects added to the gameplay.
\nUnfortunately in the attempts I made I wasn’t able to defeat the queen. I need to play again and think of a strategy.
\nWhen I was down to the last pawn, it felt a little tedious to keep specifying the number before I could move it.
\n","games":["Bee Kind"]},{"at":316176516,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"Gameplay has really good ideas, and innovating, which is really cool! I think this game as a high potential to get the little pieces of chess get power and beat other (better) pieces! (I’ve always loved chess gameplay variations :D )\nBut the controls was a pain, I’d love to control with mouse / click, or controls more ergonomic. I needed one hand to move, one to select piece and one to play an action, it was not convenient.\nAnd I would have love to play more that a single level in such a game made of puzzle/fight situations. I think add more situations (level design) is easy once your game design work like that
\n","games":["Tindeath"]},{"at":316180654,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Nice concept, graphics and sounds are good.
\nDont see any tactic other that using the blue piece to attack out right to win.
\n","games":["Soul Jumper"]},{"typ":2,"at":316392981,"author":"Raf Mertens","url":"https://crazygames.com","twitter":"CrazyGamesCom","text":"Nice art and sounds. There’s a concept I like here with the chess piece battles, but it’s maybe simplified too much as winning is guaranteed once you know how. Also, it isn’t obvious how the game works without reading the help menu - ideally the gameplay would guide users from the start to ensure early player retention. Overall - great concept, nice art and sounds, a fun bit of gameplay, but needs some more development :)
\n"},{"at":316689286,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Cute concept. Was pretty fun, although short. Would be nice to have more challenging levels. After playing once and understanding the game well, winning is rather easy. I just power-up a couple times and then charge forward for the kill.\nThe graphics are simple but pretty nice. The movement suggestions is helpful and clear.\nThe sound that plays when you start a game is really loud and painful.
\n","games":["Planet B"]},{"typ":2,"at":316818703,"author":"Joep van Duinen","url":"https://poki.com","twitter":"joepvduinen","text":"Really interesting! I am no chess world champion but this game is still really fun. It takes the strategy part of chess and mixes it with a nice battler, which is both fun and difficult at the same time. I like the take on the theme, unfortunately for me it seemed more death for the pawns than the Queen but that is expected.
\nIt was a little confusing at the beginning as to how to play, I was expecting more of a chess feel as opposed to it being more of a battler like it was but once I figured it out, it was nice! I also think I used the special early on but expected each piece to have their own, maybe they did and I missed it but that would also be nice.
\nIn general, I think the game is really nice. It is a cool take on a chess game, the name is a perfect fit too. Good job!
\n"},{"at":316981451,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"Great concept. I wasn’t sure how to play it at first. Didn’t kill the queen on the first try, but the power ups made it easy afterwards. Maybe some cooldown on the bonus would be a good idea. I didn’t know what the special skills did, so maybe some UI elements would help describe the skills. Maybe when we select a piece, then we could see their skills too.
\nI like that we don’t have to use the mouse at all when playing, focusing only on keyboard. Maybe a subtle menu in the bottom of the screen would help me understand how to use the controls.
\nI think the game has good sfx, and it was fun to play.
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