Tach Chess pc

[kotu]

Anyone like chess? I invented a chess derivative called Tach Chess which has rotating pawns and teleport Queens.

It comes with a starter PDF and is free. For Windows XP to 10.

http://futurerave.uk/extras.php

If anyone plays it it would be interesting to see what you think.

Thanks


PREVIEW
http://futurerave.uk/video/king_lost_his_mind.webm

[Juju]

Sounds fun.

[kotu]

It has nailbomb powerups.

[Juju]

So I saw.

[kotu]

Wow. You played it?

[xlibman]

So I tried this solo to see how it works and this would definitively be a fun game if advertised more. I'll add this topic to the games section for more visibility (well, as long as the game remains online). I like the idea of something like Chess but with health bars and the various game modes.

[kotu]

Nice, thanks

Sorry there is no CPU-controlled mode, making an AI for this game would be harder than normal chess. I haven't even done any work on that. But it can be quite fun 2-player. 

[xlibman]

YEah true. Besides, early 2 player games were not always 2-players, after all. For example, in Super Mario Bros, only one player plays at once, not both.

[kotu]

I also had the idea of having it up to 6 player on a big map

[xlibman]

That would be a nice thing to try @kotu, as long as we can also play with fewer players and choose if we want a smaller map if we are fewer players. Sometimes we don't have 6 players around.

[kotu]

That would be a nice thing to try @kotu, as long as we can also play with fewer players and choose if we want a smaller map if we are fewer players. Sometimes we don't have 6 players around.

Yeah the 6-player thing was always only going to be an addition to the main format, which is player-on-player

[xlibman]

Ah ok. I am curious what it will look like.

[kotu]

This was the schema I made when I was developing the idea....



Sides could be arranged into teams ie. 2 teams of 3, or just be a free for all.

I imagined the startup positions in this configuration (for one side) to be a blob with the K+Q in the centre, and the lower value pieces around them. The 7x2 config (as in the demo) wouldn't really be any good, for obvious reasons.

[xlibman]

I see. I wonder if it would be better to have some dorm of hexagonal or semi-hexagonal-shaped play field, thougg, tho make everyone's starting position equal. But a real hexagob would require changing the squares to triangles or hexagons.

[kotu]

It should be ok with one big square map as any game basically consists of closing to distance to engage enemy units. With 6 players you could also form teams which I think would be good.