I thought you were not supposed to be on "death" reach from the non playable pieces but apparently this doesn't matter.
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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Rewatch
This is actually an interesting suggestion. Sometimes, things get so confusing that I wish I could remember how I ended up in that situation! :D
Yeah - if you cvan rewatch - then you can devise a better strategy -- or at least list the moves on the side?
But still needs the first suggestion:
"Thank you for subscribing to CHESS FACTS!"
nd it plays a random chess trivia fact with each move - but they are fake:
Did you know that the reason the King can only move one space? Because Henry the VIII had gout and couldt walk fast!
The queen can move so many spaces because old castles had escape tunnels for the queen and her maides so they wouldnt get raped when the castle was stormed!
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
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For me, that links to the current daily. I also get the same puzzle when selecting the daily epic. Using Firefox. Here are some screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/ZJ36abU.png https://i.imgur.com/3Ft0Zqr.png https://i.imgur.com/ijHythf.png
FYI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39828765 Fixing this asap. Thanks for reporting ddejohn!
Thanks! Wonderful game. Excited for the mobile app.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#104The idea isn’t bad, but I’m struggling to understand why a login is required to access an archive of free content, and why said login requires a phone number. Again, to access ostensibly free content. That makes me really suspicious about what you do with the phone number.
Even if they do absolutely nothing with the number, I'm not putting it in. It's not a question of their intention but my convenience and peace of mind.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#105Hey 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…
Fun game! This seems similar to a game useChess - https://use-chess.fall-2023.reactjam.com - I played last year. Would you happen to be the same author?
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Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#106Love it, solved in 6 moves... looking forward to the iOS app... Would be nice if there was an email textbox for a mailing list to be notified when it's ready so I don't forget about it
Got it in 5 :O
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#107I like it, but I find it frustrating that zen mode is timed and that I have to login to access past puzzles - I don't find it enjoyable or worth it with these constrains.
Not happy about it too. but the trick is to refresh the page and press shuffle to get a new puzzle. ;)
I see no shuffle button, at least not on mobile, refreshing didn’t help.
Edit: ah, you mean in zen mode - true, it’s there. Then again, the timer is still running, which I find annoying.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#108The idea isn’t bad, but I’m struggling to understand why a login is required to access an archive of free content, and why said login requires a phone number. Again, to access ostensibly free content. That makes me really suspicious about what you do with the phone number.
Thanks guys, super helpful feedback! Sorry about that, the Twilio phone login was meant to make it more convenient for the mobile users to keep going with a direct code. I can totally see how that's perceived though, you're 100% correct. Will be changing the auth to username or email instead.
Very helpful feedback, will get this right. Thanks again for the feedback guys.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#109The idea isn’t bad, but I’m struggling to understand why a login is required to access an archive of free content, and why said login requires a phone number. Again, to access ostensibly free content. That makes me really suspicious about what you do with the phone number.
Even if they do absolutely nothing with the number, I'm not putting it in. It's not a question of their intention but my convenience and peace of mind.
100% fair. Sorry about that quantxx. The mobile login was only meant to facilitate the login for mobile users through quick Twilio verification. Will move that to username or email instead. Really appreciate the feedback.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
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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…
I don't agree, most games (even web games) play music. A "normal" website should not play music, I agree. But this is a game. Plus I for one liked the cute sound effects and didn't even think about the music as something unusual.
That's very nice to hear, thank you vlw. I think there is a good argument on both sides. This is one of those areas where I will definitely be making improvements down the line with a proper settings menu for sounds, visuals, etc. Really appreciate the feedback!