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Re: 1D Chess

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Post by traderj0e »

a3w wrote: post #41
zniturah wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good observation. Considering stacking of pieces maybe 1.5D though.

Chess has different pieces, which has higher entropy than a true 1d backgammon or 1d checkers with only one piece a field. You could play with pieces that have a value of 1..N instead. Starting with 2,3, and 5 value pieces, and splitting them as needed. Making it one-dimensional again, while keeping 100% of the rules. Final verdict, therefore: backgammon is 1D, not 1.5. We could pretend that the second dimension was…

The "dimensions" in these board games isn't a mathematical/topology thing, is it? Normally one dimension = one real number space. Every board game ever would fit in 1D then, "2D" chess included.

I'm fine calling Backgammon 1.5-D. Physically you focus on a single dimension, and the second one matters too but it's not the same.

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by wes-k »

aktenlage wrote: post #49

Very cool. Reminds me of 1D Pacman: https://abagames.itch.io/paku-paku

I love this! Such a simple game with a fun level of skill. High score 17485 feels pretty good (edit: Oh! Low power mode on the computer makes the game run slow, thus much easier to get crazy high scores).

Reminds me of SFCave and Nanana Crash for the simplicity and surprising replay ability.

https://megami.starcreator.com/nanaca-crash/

(Failing to find an online version of SFCave a.t.m :'()

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by traderj0e »

moffkalast wrote: post #26
asibahi wrote: post #5

This is really nice. Incidentally, there is an actual 1D game that is one of the most popular games on the planet: Backgammon.

Backgammon, the game everyone's seen and at the same time nobody knows how to play :P

Solitaire and Hearts too. Well I actually know and love Hearts, but most people seem to know it as "that game in Windows where you play random cards"

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by stavros »

hackyhacky wrote: post #42

If you enjoyed this, you might like Mind Chess, which can be played without a board and pieces [1]: Consider Mind Chess. Two players face each other. One says "Check." The other says "Check." The first says "Check." This continues until one of them says, instead, "Checkmate." That player wins -- superficially. In fact, the challenge is to put off checkmate for as long as possible, while still winning. This may be bet…

Wait, how is the "put off checkmate" objective scored? Turns before checkmate? Or what?

Is it just a joke?

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by traderj0e »

hackyhacky wrote: post #42

If you enjoyed this, you might like Mind Chess, which can be played without a board and pieces [1]: Consider Mind Chess. Two players face each other. One says "Check." The other says "Check." The first says "Check." This continues until one of them says, instead, "Checkmate." That player wins -- superficially. In fact, the challenge is to put off checkmate for as long as possible, while still winning. This may be bet…

Speaking of games without pieces, it's hard to develop one for only 2 players, but I've tried: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43110448 (yes that is my alt account, sorry but I forgot my password)

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

hackyhacky wrote: post #42

If you enjoyed this, you might like Mind Chess, which can be played without a board and pieces [1]: Consider Mind Chess. Two players face each other. One says "Check." The other says "Check." The first says "Check." This continues until one of them says, instead, "Checkmate." That player wins -- superficially. In fact, the challenge is to put off checkmate for as long as possible, while still winning. This may be bet…

Sounds like a dating game. "Delay texting her back or expressing your feelings as long as possible, until just the moment before she will give up on you"

Re: 1D Chess

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Post by tylervigen »

stavros wrote: post #75
hackyhacky wrote: post #42

If you enjoyed this, you might like Mind Chess, which can be played without a board and pieces [1]: Consider Mind Chess. Two players face each other. One says "Check." The other says "Check." The first says "Check." This continues until one of them says, instead, "Checkmate." That player wins -- superficially. In fact, the challenge is to put off checkmate for as long as possible, while still winning. This may be bet…

Wait, how is the "put off checkmate" objective scored? Turns before checkmate? Or what? Is it just a joke?

I have never played it, but I could imagine a scoring mechanism that would make it interesting, and perhaps is implied by the rules:

The score value starts at 1. Every additional "check" multiplies the score value by 2 (so 2, 4, 8, 16...). The first player to say "checkmate" receives the score. Track your summed score between games; the player with the highest overall score at any given time is "winning."

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