A downloadable Variant Bank for Windows

A Cute Little Chess Variant Engine I've been Obsessively working on lately.

Right now this Version lets You play Chess, either against a Computer or against another Local Player.

However, due to how Dynamic and Modular the Architecture of the Engine is, expect to see Tons of new Variants in the following Weeks. We're talking Megachess, Microchess, Risky Chess, Shuffle Chess, All in 1, 2 and 3 Dimensional Boards! Play Variants for 2 Players, 4 Players or 8 Players, which can Include as Many Bots as You Want, All to Your Heart's Content! There's also Psychedelichess, and possibly even Quantum Chess and Metachess planned on the Horizon...

Here's a rough Roadmap I made for Development to give You Guys and Myself an Idea of What will come before What:

0.1 - Working Local PVP Chess - Completed After Three Days of Work, the First of which a few Months Prior.

Created a Functioning Chessboard Simulator for Local PVP and Fairly Proud of it; an Improvement on the Old Engine for sure.

Some of the Code isn't as Elegant as I would like it to be but it's certainly more than in the Previous Iteration.

Just need to follow through with the remaining Versions, I have a long way ahead of Me.

0.2 - Working PVE Chess - Finally did it! This took Me about 4-5 Nights of Coding, but now We have Full Support of PVE Chess, and a Main Menu!

The AI comes in four Difficulties, Random, Beginner, Novice and Intermediate, which aren't particularly Hard to beat. I'm still making Them more Efficient and Deadly, and although I can still beat Intermediate, expect Harder Engines in the Future.

On to the Variants...

0.3 - Working Microchess, Megachess, and Semi- and Hemi- Variants

0.4 - 1D and 3D Variants

0.5 - 4 Player and 8 Player Variants

0.6 - Shuffle and Risky Variants

0.7 - Super- to Giga- and Generalized Variant Generator

0.8 - Engine Improvements and Quality of Life Stuff (used to be Main Menu and Quality of Life Stuff but I already made the Main Menu)

0.9 - Psychedelichess! ...And maybe Quantum Chess, and Metachess?

1.0 - Online PVP!

We're currently at Version 0.2, so let Me know if there's any Features You'd want to see First! (P.S The Crazy Screenshots are from the Previous Version of the Engine and are a sneak peak into What 0.3 and 0.4 will be like. More to Come!)

Hope You enjoy! I want to hear Your Feedback, so don't be shy to drop a Comment in the Comment Section!

Updated 3 hours ago
Published 6 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows
AuthorEranEisenberg
GenreStrategy
TagsAbstract, Board Game, Chess, Pixel Art

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CheckemoutBuild0.2.zip 26 MB
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CheckemoutBuild0.1.zip 26 MB

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