Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
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Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#2Interesting game, I played against the AI. It's smart and not simply making random moves. Well done!
Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#3Fun to play and somewhat challenging. The rules are simple, but I kind of wish there was a single pop-up with the rules. It would have saved me some trial and error.
Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#4Fun to play and somewhat challenging. The rules are simple, but I kind of wish there was a single pop-up with the rules. It would have saved me some trial and error.
Sorry, there's some rules here: https://monsiv.com/how-to-play
Hopefully it makes more sense now!
Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#5Interesting game, I played against the AI. It's smart and not simply making random moves. Well done!
Thanks! It uses the minimax algorithm to a depth of 5. Beyond that, it starts making silly moves :D
Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#6Fun to play and somewhat challenging. The rules are simple, but I kind of wish there was a single pop-up with the rules. It would have saved me some trial and error.
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Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#7Fun to play and somewhat challenging. The rules are simple, but I kind of wish there was a single pop-up with the rules. It would have saved me some trial and error.
Sorry, there's some rules here: https://monsiv.com/how-to-play Hopefully it makes more sense now!
Very nice. I notice I keep accidentally swapping pieces when I mean to switch to highlight a different piece. I wonder if a dragging motion would be more natural.
Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry, there's some rules here: https://monsiv.com/how-to-play Hopefully it makes more sense now!
Very nice. I notice I keep accidentally swapping pieces when I mean to switch to highlight a different piece. I wonder if a dragging motion would be more natural.
That can be annoying, I agree.
I tried to get drag working nicely when I first started building it, but it was a pain to get it working on all the different mobile browsers.
I've put it on my TODO list to revisit though.
Re: Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very nice. I notice I keep accidentally swapping pieces when I mean to switch to highlight a different piece. I wonder if a dragging motion would be more natural.
That can be annoying, I agree. I tried to get drag working nicely when I first started building it, but it was a pain to get it working on all the different mobile browsers. I've put it on my TODO list to revisit though.
Suggestion: click select the other piece, click & hold swap them
I lost a couple of times because of that