Long Live the Queen by turnip

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made by turnip for LD28 (COMPO)
Controls:

- Mouse over pieces to see possible moves
- Click a square to move your Queen there
- Take enemy pieces and don't get taken!
- Press 'm' to mute audio

It's chess but with modified rules. You only have a Queen and after each turn the enemy will spawn an additional random piece on a random square on the board. For each piece your Queen takes you gain points based on the value of that piece. Once your Queen is taken by an enemy piece, the game is over.

Music by me. SFX by me, but the original source audio files are from freesound.org. Full credits in the Kongregate description.

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.70 84
Audio 3.58 59
Fun 3.30 226
Graphics 3.67 172
Humor 2.38 431
Innovation 3.00 427
Mood 3.35 166
Theme 3.52 155

Feedback

WebFreak001
14. Dec 2013 · 23:50 UTC
Nice idea and nice game. I like it. Want more :D
reecpj
16. Dec 2013 · 12:38 UTC
Awesome! Very reminiscent of my first gamejam game, InfiKnighte, but with many more chess pieces programmed in. Really polished though considering!
Anton_D
16. Dec 2013 · 12:42 UTC
Very good use of the theme, I liked it!
plancien
16. Dec 2013 · 12:42 UTC
Very nice entry. Good graphics, great mood with the audio.
One thing you could add is a visual feedback when you hover a square to make the queen move.
DustyStylus
16. Dec 2013 · 12:46 UTC
Brilliant! Very good concept (I like it better than regular chess!). Well done indeed, my highest rated game so far. :)
DeathBySnail
16. Dec 2013 · 13:21 UTC
Nice spin on a classic. Got screwed by a load of rooks spawning at once :)
xgeovanni
16. Dec 2013 · 13:24 UTC
Any decent chess player can potentially just play this infinitely. Could be a nice tool for people trying to get the board vision to reliably see captures.
SketchyGalore
16. Dec 2013 · 13:24 UTC
Very cool idea! Simple, but well-executed and properly challenging!
JellyMan64
16. Dec 2013 · 13:39 UTC
This is a real fun game, it's just awesome. Amazing job.
JellyMan64
16. Dec 2013 · 13:40 UTC
This is a real fun game.
tomc
16. Dec 2013 · 14:10 UTC
Surprisingly polished for a 48 hour game!
jillytot
16. Dec 2013 · 19:24 UTC
I couldn't get your game to load for me T___T
Gazpachogames
16. Dec 2013 · 19:27 UTC
Is a good version of Chess. Nice game and nice job! I like it... :)
laaph
16. Dec 2013 · 20:10 UTC
Very nicely done. Music is nice, but I can't say that I enjoy hearing the queen scream.

Shouldn't this be a Jam entry due to the audio sourced from others?
Mnemusyne
16. Dec 2013 · 21:59 UTC
Very interesting concept!
🎤 turnip
17. Dec 2013 · 12:46 UTC
Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

@jillytot - strange, I assume you have the Unity3d plugin installed? Worked for everybody else.

@laaph - I don't know. I only sourced the raw audio. All the music composition, effects on the raw audio etc are done 100% by me. The source audio is royalty free. To me, what you're saying is kind of like saying it should be a jam entry because I used Unity3D which is programmed by others...
Shaun Lebron
17. Dec 2013 · 16:34 UTC
I think I enjoy this version of chess more than the original. Really good idea and very well executed. The music and sound set the mood really well too.
Managore
18. Dec 2013 · 08:41 UTC
Really unique idea for a game. The AI is so good at covering all of their own pieces!
mortus
19. Dec 2013 · 16:18 UTC
Wow. First time I'm playing horror-chess. I guess you've just invented a new genre right here!

Great atmosphere and great game mechanics idea, too bad it can't be done with real chess in the real world, unless you utilize dice or some other RNG.
xrm0
04. Jan 2014 · 13:10 UTC
Interesting