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Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

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Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

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Post by samstave »

ramly wrote: post #60
samstave wrote: post #48

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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)

(btw for replay button do you mean specifically a button that allows you to Undo a certain move, or did you mean the ability to rewatch a whole game's sequence of moves after it's done?)

Rewatch

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#62

Post by ramly »

mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #54
ramly wrote: post #51

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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?

Oh I'm sorry, I must've solved both dailies optimally on the first try then :P So I misunderstood, thinking it was telling me my personal best.

I think this is low key the biggest flex in the history of echo chess dailies.

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#63

Post by ramly »

chedoku wrote: post #52

There is something unique about this game. Very minimalistic at the same time I think the game would not be as fun if the puzzles were not designed the way they are. Thanks, very interesting.

Thank you chedoku, I appreciate all the support. A lof of love has gone into making this game. Which one was your favorite puzzle?

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#64

Post by mtlmtlmtlmtl »

ramly wrote: post #62
mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh I'm sorry, I must've solved both dailies optimally on the first try then :P So I misunderstood, thinking it was telling me my personal best.

I think this is low key the biggest flex in the history of echo chess dailies.

:D

Looking forward to tomorrow's daily!

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#66

Post by Waterluvian »

ramly wrote: post #15

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…

I like the music, but consider starting it muted and only downloading 3.6MB of mp3 if someone unmutes.

This might be a good idea because it's typical that web games like this usually don't play music or even sounds. It's kind of a context thing? If in a game app, music and sounds are expected... if it's a website, not so much.

This would also help reduce the fairly large download that makes the game a bit chonky to load.

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#68

Post by ramly »

Waterluvian wrote: post #66
ramly wrote: post #15

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…

I like the music, but consider starting it muted and only downloading 3.6MB of mp3 if someone unmutes. This might be a good idea because it's typical that web games like this usually don't play music or even sounds. It's kind of a context thing? If in a game app, music and sounds are expected... if it's a website, not so much. This would also help reduce the fairly large download that makes the game a bit chonky to l…

Thanks Waterluvian, that's actually a really good point. Do you feel the same about the rest of the sound effects, or is it mostly the music starting as ON in the context of a web game that feels unexpected?

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#69

Post by Waterluvian »

ramly wrote: post #68
Waterluvian wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the music, but consider starting it muted and only downloading 3.6MB of mp3 if someone unmutes. This might be a good idea because it's typical that web games like this usually don't play music or even sounds. It's kind of a context thing? If in a game app, music and sounds are expected... if it's a website, not so much. This would also help reduce the fairly large download that makes the game a bit chonky to l…

Thanks Waterluvian, that's actually a really good point. Do you feel the same about the rest of the sound effects, or is it mostly the music starting as ON in the context of a web game that feels unexpected?

Music is 9/10ths of it. If it played sounds that’s generally fine as long as they can be muted. But I personally feel strongly that music should start muted if it’s a webpage.

Thanks for taking the time to respond to feedback!

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