macOS and Linux Compatibility:

• ChessRogue is now fully compatible with macOS and Linux!

Game Updates:

• Nine new piece types!
• The Guard, Man, Camel, Elephant, Chancellor, Princess, Night Rider, Unicorn, and Amazon are now all available to unlock. These pieces originated through historical versions of chess and chess variants! They will significantly help you in your quest in the dungeons of doom!

The gangs all here!

• Chess-based Objectives!
• ChessRogue was previously a game where you were supposed to capture each of the enemy pieces before going to the next level, now the goal is to capture the enemy King on each level.

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

• Dungeon Generation
• ChessRogue now features a more dynamic and fluid dungeon generation system, offering smaller, more action-packed dungeons for a faster-paced, more engaging experience.

Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks

• Game Manual
• In lieu of a tutorial (for now) we are also releasing a game manual. It can be accessed in game in the "?" menu, and also at this link: ChessRogue Manual

• Tons of Q/A and fixes
There was a bunch (a lot) of little stuff that needed tweaking. The Level curve, information for the player, hotkeys, etc.

Well, that's all we have for now. I hope you enjoy the update!

[ 2024-10-23 00:34:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

ChessRogue is a chess themed roguelike, where you hire a crew of chess pieces to traverse as far as you can, through increasingly difficult randomized passages and enemies in the dungeons of doom! Buy your pieces, choose your mode, set your name, and fight your way to into the online high scores!

ChessRogue will launch with three seperate game modes, those being

ChessRogue mode
Control a King piece and your party and reach level 50 in an increasingly difficult dungeon with chess pieces both familiar and exotic!

Gauntlet
Endurance mode, using only your starting pieces (no king) attempt to get as far into the dungeon as possible!

Eight By Eight
Eight by Eight is ChessRogue mode, but instead of randomized dungeons, they all take place on a classic 8x8 chessboard!