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This is a lot of fun and surprisingly tricky to calculate. One point of feedback: it would be cool if after solving it told you what the lowest possible number of moves was for that puzzle. It seems to just tell me the lowest number I've done?0
Hey again HN! I'm sami, the creator of echo chess. Humbled to see this game up on HN again. This is a chess variant I first developed as a beta last year and the feedback from the community has been incredibly helpful. Spent the past year iterating on it and honing it into a daily format. So many more improvements to come. Lmk if you have any questions or suggestions. Would love to hear your thoughts. -How to play: Y…
This is a lot of fun and surprisingly tricky to calculate. One point of feedback: it would be cool if after solving it told you what the lowest possible number of moves was for that puzzle. It seems to just tell me the lowest number I've done?0
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the echo chess variant. It does show you at the end - there's like a progress bar with how many moves you got and what the best known number of moves is. Is it not displaying correctly on your end?
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No help thanks - I've only just discovered this and I like it breaking off the slag from my rusty gears. This would make a really cool watch-face for idling.... EDit: on second thought... I cannot figure out how to kill the black pawn above me.. https://i.imgur.com/bGJUFu8.png https://i.imgur.com/nOVjAYW.png (A replay button would be great)
Hah yes it does look like an 'H'. If you prefer a much smaller but equally (or arguably more) challenging puzzle, try this one: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E...
https://i.imgur.com/SVoXsjb.png
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Yes, on hint, plz
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I keep them both useful until I have to capture the queen - so one turns into the queen, and if I send a bishop to take the knight its stuck there because if I take the knight then with the queen - the queen becomes the knight... same with the pawn.
So is the idea that the dark red squares are inaccessible and you just can't move to them? I spent way too long trying to figure that out. I was stuck thinking along the lines of not being able to to move into check, even after transformation to another piece.
Also, on Firefox for android, you can't move pieces downward. The browser hijacks the "drag down" gesture and refreshes the page.
I have seen it mentioned before. It does not work on my computer, but I wrote an implementation that does (in Free Hero Mesh, which is a programming language that I invented for making up puzzle games). However, I do not have the puzzles. Do you have a copy of the puzzles?
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Hah yes it does look like an 'H'. If you prefer a much smaller but equally (or arguably more) challenging puzzle, try this one: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E...
This has me stumped https://i.imgur.com/SVoXsjb.png - Yes, on hint, plz --- I keep them both useful until I have to capture the queen - so one turns into the queen, and if I send a bishop to take the knight its stuck there because if I take the knight then with the queen - the queen becomes the knight... same with the pawn.
Here's a hint: can you try to keep both your white pieces useful after going down from the top section?
see if there's 2 bishops on a white square for example.
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lmaooo your edit killed me @samstave. Glad you're enjoying echo chess! and yes, some of the daily epic puzzles can be brutal :) I think it might help to start with a certain strategy in mind. were you able to hone in on a strategy for that one yet? lmk if I can help
No help thanks - I've only just discovered this and I like it breaking off the slag from my rusty gears. This would make a really cool watch-face for idling.... EDit: on second thought... I cannot figure out how to kill the black pawn above me.. https://i.imgur.com/bGJUFu8.png https://i.imgur.com/nOVjAYW.png (A replay button would be great)
*SPOILER ALERT*
A good approach for clearing long columns of pawns in echo chess is usually to try to take the very first bottom pawn and to 'climb' up the column by successively taking one pawn at a time. If you can find a way to start from a pawn that's located as low as possible on a given column's side, it'll likely help in clearing a whole swatch of the board without leaving any extra pawns 'orphaned' on their own. Let me know if that makes sense and if you'd like me to provide anohter hint!
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lmaooo your edit killed me @samstave. Glad you're enjoying echo chess! and yes, some of the daily epic puzzles can be brutal :) I think it might help to start with a certain strategy in mind. were you able to hone in on a strategy for that one yet? lmk if I can help
No help thanks - I've only just discovered this and I like it breaking off the slag from my rusty gears. This would make a really cool watch-face for idling.... EDit: on second thought... I cannot figure out how to kill the black pawn above me.. https://i.imgur.com/bGJUFu8.png https://i.imgur.com/nOVjAYW.png (A replay button would be great)
