ChessWar

An exciting twist on chess where you sacrifice your pieces in order to make other pieces stronger, think carefully on which pieces you want to sacrifice.

Description

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The following is a concept game for the 9^th Pirate Software Game Jam. For this game jam, I decided to go for a chess game with a twist based on the theme – Sacrifice is strength – where you can make pieces stronger by sacrificing others of the same or lower level, changing appearance with each level. The game’s palette only consists of black, white, and purple to fit in with the Art Restriction – 2 Bit Colors.

Technology Used

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Engine: Unity

Sound Editing: Audacity

Graphical editor: Krita & Aseprite

Music Creation: Magix Music Maker

Rules

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• You can only sacrifice a piece to one of a higher or the same level.
  • If the sacrificed piece’s level is lower than the chosen piece the levels of the sacrificed piece will be added to the chosen piece;
  • The King can’t be chosen to claim the sacrificed piece as he has no level.
• If a pawn gets promoted, it’ll transfer its added levels onto its promoted piece, for example: if a pawn has 2 added levels and promotes to a queen, it’ll have 8 base levels + 2 added levels, making it level 10 queen.
• Same rules as chess (For reference check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess#Gameplay).

Asset List

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Asset Name	Description	Original
chessPieceMove.wav	Sound to play when a chess piece moves or is placed	https://freesound.org/people/mh2o/sounds/351518/
Your_soul_is_mine.wav	Sound to play when a piece is sacrificed	Custom Made
Sacrifice.wav	Main Theme	Custom Made in Music Maker
109412__black-snow__sword-slice-03.wav	Slash	Made by Black Snow

Piece Reference List

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Piece	Level/Condition	White Design	Black Design	Evolved Bonus
Pawn	1
	3			Move 1 in all directions
Rook	4
	6			Can move over pieces of same color
Knight	6
	9			Can move vertically 1 space
Bishop	5
	7			Can move horizontally 1 space
Queen	8
	10			Can move twice
King	No Level
	If 3 or more pieces have transformed			When checked switches places with the closest Rook

Additional Links

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 Github Repository

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