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ECHO CHESS Mar 25 (E) 0:18 sec 1/8 tries 13 moves
ECHO CHESS Mar 26 (C) 2:09 sec 6/8 tries 21 moves
2:09 sec. well played!
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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Correct. Apologies for not making that clearer! in some puzzles it is much more obvious than today's because the obstacles connect to create long connected walls: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E...
Maybe make them look like rocks or brick walls?
A more minimalist approach might be a small "x" in the center of each square.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#33Hey 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…
Super fun! THanks. 11 moves! and now I need to wait 24 hours! :-(
You know what would be cool: flashing a trivia fact beneath the board with each move. Maybe a chess history fact?
EDIT: Man - epic is no joke!...
LOVE this.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#34Hey 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…
Super fun! THanks. 11 moves! and now I need to wait 24 hours! :-( You know what would be cool: flashing a trivia fact beneath the board with each move. Maybe a chess history fact? EDIT: Man - epic is no joke!... LOVE this.
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
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Correct. Apologies for not making that clearer! in some puzzles it is much more obvious than today's because the obstacles connect to create long connected walls: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E...
Maybe make them look like rocks or brick walls?
Yeah I think that might actually be a good idea to try out. I tested a few things with shapes during the beta but they kept looking too '3D'ish for the rest of the theme. Not sure if I'm explaining it right but the obstacle shapes kept popping out of the background somehow. Do you know what I mean?
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#36What a great idea, quite addictive.
Glad you're enjoying it! Thanks for the support. Any suggestions for improvements you'd like to see?
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#37Hey 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'd love it on mobile as a native game.
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#38Hey 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'd love it on mobile as a native game.
Will be coming very soon! What device/OS would you expect as a priority?
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
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The drag down gesture in Firefox was disabled last year because it interfered with page content. Are you running an old version or did you explicitly re-enable that behavior somehow?
It was re-enable by default last week, in version 124.
Interesting. I'm running the developer edition everywhere and they didn't apparently consider it necessary to re-enable it there :-)
Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture
#40Very clever. Congrats!
Thanks! Really appreciate the support. If you're up for a real challenge, check out this puzzle: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E... Looks super innocent but has already stumped a GM. Happy to give hints if you'd like. gl :)
ECHO CHESS
Mar 21 (E)
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2:26 sec 1/8 tries 14 moves
Fun little logic puzzles for sure. Nice job!
edit: HN stripped the emoji but I did solve it, lol