
The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.
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The chess roguelike. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.

Defeat opponents of ever increasing difficulty to escape from the dungeon.
Build your chess army. Start with just a few figures and recruit more as you go.
Collect cards to turn the tides of the battle.
Defeat each enemy Queen on your way to freedom.


Play cards to bend the rules of the game in your favour and win against unbeatable opponents.

Spend mana to play cards such as:
Summon a Shape Shifter that transforms into a random figure each turn.
Start a zombie outbreak - zombie figures do not care for the colour and attack white or black equally.
Launch an ICBM nuke.
Build walls and traps.
Launch a propaganda campaign to turn enemy figures into your colour.
And many others!


To win you either need to get smarter or to get stronger.
With every game you accumulate mana to buy new cards and chess pieces that stay with you in each new run. Maybe you would even get a chance at escaping from the dungeon.

Some of your upgrades will persist between runs, helping you to get closer and closer to the exit. Some will reset with each new run, making each new game unique.

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Languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese
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Reviews
As someone who really enjoys chess, this game was quite a blast to play. It was fun playing chess with weird strategies and I absolutely loved every boss encounter in the game. All of the characters had really sweet personalities and I always looked forward to the next interaction with them and their boss fights. I completed all of the character endings and I think that's where one issue does become obvious. That is that the game does begin to be a bit repetitive near the end. It is helped quite a bit by the Rush option which I encourage using a lot since the levels between bosses can feel tedious when you've already beaten them a lot of times. My last few runs were mostly just mindless on the gameplay side and I stuck with it solely for the excellent character writing that I was hooked on. Despite that, I do think this game deserves way more attention and love and it's absolutely worth the time if you enjoy chess and short-and-sweet narratives.
I think that the powers and levels in this game are so swingy that it's hard to recommend this. You really have to like chess and trying to farm the best powers to make progress. Some will like it, but it's a very specific niche.
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Визуальный стиль, музыка, атмосфера - всё это выполнено с должным вкусом. Баланс карт... если играешь на победу, то тебе нужно искать 6-7 специальных карт, остальное мусор. Играешь просто чтобы поиграть поразнообразнее? Всё равно есть карты, которые мегамусорные и которые вряд ли ты используешь, но механика с картами интересная. А теперь к минусам: Баги, грёбаные баги, они преследуют меня в каждой игре, они пришли за мной и в эту игру. Не мог открыть концовку с собакой, после того как подарил 3 подарка. Диалогов больше нет, концовки нет. Ну подумал, может надо в диалогах более нормально общаться было. Пошел на 2-ой сейв, всё с самого начала, всем подарил подарки, поотвечал на диалоги, но есть одно но... Проклятье снять нельзя, потому что тебе рандомно не падает нужная реликвия, точнее сказать, вообще реликвии не падают. Сначала думаешь, рандом какой-то, но после сыгранных 100 партий понимаешь, что на вряд ли это рандом, а скорее всего очередной баг. А потом решил погуглить как всё-таки концовки открывать, ну, кроме того, что подарить 3 подарка, ничего больше не написано, а подарки были подарены всем, так что в 1-ом сейве я тоже попался на баг. Самой игре придать бы какой-нибудь сложности, тот же Монарх, он очень легкий, хотя считается одним из последних "боссов". Ферзи кровавой королевы взрываются ядеркой и не переходят на другие фигуры(очередной баг?), что делают партию очень легкой. В идеале бы полностью перебалансить игру или добавить уровни сложности(там есть какой-то уровень сложности вообще для новичков, где фигуры воскрешаются, но это не то)+добавить логику, что вражеские фигуры видят, что мой персонаж например под Бронёй и не будет действовать как 5-илетний школьник, жертвуя собой, пытаясь сломать фигуру... вот тогда будет замечательно.
뭔가 영어가 많은데 대충 무시하고 카드만 읽어도 어느정도 플레이가 가능한 듯 덱빌딩 체스 플레이 방법은 1. 퀸이랑 킹만 들고 시작 2. 상대 기물을 잡으면서 돈 벌고 3. 기물을 다 잡았거나 특정 조건 만족하면 클리어 4. 번 돈으로 카드 구매 5. 구매한 카드로 추가 효과 누리면서 플레이 6. 2~5 반복하다보면 보스 같은 게 나옴 7. 보스 잡고 특수 보상 구매할지 정한 다음 2로 돌아가서 반복 8. 게임 오버시 기물을 추가로 구매할 수 있음 무난하게 할만한 거 같긴 한데 12천원 값어치를 할 수 있는지나 아직 덱이 다양한지는 모르겠음
Made right before my 12th hour of gameplay, I started as a real amateur at chess, and while I didn’t get any better at chess, I’m glad to say I enjoyed playing this game. The roguelike aspect of the game is good. Buying new permanent pieces for your starting board is interesting and forces you to decide which direction you want to commit to; the same goes for permanent and costly bonuses you can buy after each bosses, which have an impact you can really feel as your number of runs increases. The characters/bosses are charming. They have small dialogue lines during fights that add to the ambiance, and the fact that you can give them gifts to learn more about them is great — especially since it’s not always obvious who likes what unless you paid attention to previous dialogues. (I was floored when I realized I gifted the Chocolate Frog to the wrong three characters before getting it right.) The cards are one of the aspects I’m most torn about. They can be really fun, but there is no album/collection of the cards you’ve already bought, and their short descriptions are not always helpful — especially since the tutorial hints only appear the first time you discover certain effects. I’ve made at least five runs centered around Contagion and I still don’t fully understand when or why I win some levels involving it. Cards like “En Passant” and “Drift” were especially hard to understand from such a short description, while “The Little Troup” (in my opinion one of the most OP cards in the game) doesn’t visually distinguish the spawned units from the permanent ones on your board. I weep for all the promoted "real" units I lost because of this, in a run where I had 2 “Echo,” 2 “Memory,” and 3 “Roll Call.” In the same vein as a card collection, there’s no way to check which permanent upgrades I already have across my different save files. The music is very good. In some roguelikes I prefer my own playlist to get in the mood for repeated runs, but here I fully let myself be carried by the soundtrack without even realizing it. The game design is nice. The card illustrations are good, the chess pieces are stylish, and the power-ups are clearly communicated (except the pawns spawned by the card that creates 3 pawns, as mentioned earlier). Regarding performance: I must say “ouch.” The game has caused memory/GPU issues for me and other users, but I’m hoping these will be fixed in a future update. For accessibility: an option to widen the dialogue text would be great, though the current diversity of language support is a big plus. Concerning cost: the price is well balanced with the amount of enjoyment I got from it. I’m currently having difficulties reaching the levels after the 5th boss and haven’t reached the ending, so I can't comment on that part. But overall, I’m really satisfied with the game and would recommend it if you like chess enough to experiment with the board, or if you want to see a fresh twist on the classic game.
Excellent Roguelite of chess. One of my favourite top 5 games of all time now.
Игра хорошая, но сырая, советую подождать пока автор добавит побольше контента.
YES YES MY QUEEN!!!
面白い着想のゲームだと思うが、面白いゲームになりきれない、何かが足りないといった印象でした。 1.カード。効果が低いカードが多く、効果も地味なので爽快感などがない。 一部の敵が非常に凶悪なので、もっとぶっ飛んだ効果で楽しませてほしかった。 また重ね掛けやステージクリアすると強化がリセットされるので、強い駒を作るなどの楽しみ方もできな い。 2.プレゼント。効果不明。1手消費するほどのものか?使い方(誰にプレゼントできる)など表記してもよいと思う。 3.周回の楽しみがない。ある程度永続強化すると、何も変わらない状態になる。何回も繰り返されるステージ。駒の強化やデッキ作成などできればカード集めなども出来ると思う。カードの進化や合体などあっても良さそうだがない。 4.好きな人は好きかもといったレベル。もっと派手にしたり、強化できるようになればもっと楽しめそうである。 5.女の子と犬はかわいい
YAME WO KIRISAKU O H D E S I R E H D E S I R E
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