Ouroboros Chess

by ikigaiseitetsu

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.18

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.05

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.35

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Overview ##

This is a 2-player chess game inspired by double Ouroboros.
Each player controls a snake, and the goal is to eat up the other player's snake.

Screeenshots ##

Control ##

Click the chess pieces to play.
Chess pieces that can perform actions are marked with white flashes, and valid targets are marked with red.

Author's Thoughts ##

This game is designed to be a 1 vs 1 chess game, but I failed to squish time to implement AI opponents... (cry internally)

Anyway, I am still content with my entry this time. It's the first time I've solo'd finishing the whole run: designing, graphics, audio, etc. A great experience.

Tags: #2-players, #board game, #chess, #ouroboros, #pixel art, #versus

Genres: strategy

Tools: Unity

Comments16

Potato Imaginator6 Oct 2020, 21:32

fun! I love it

Iron Leonem7 Oct 2020, 04:00

Great idea for a game! I didn't have someone to play with, but I still got the gist and enjoyed it. Your art is well done and beautiful, and the design is well put together.

Kpedatte7 Oct 2020, 12:48

A whole gameplay is really nice. It should have fun doing this, and you did it well, good job

WilloXs7 Oct 2020, 12:48

The jazzy soundtrack really swings. I didn't have someone to play with either but i will get someone and rate it then later.

The rules weren't completely clear to me (once the numbers came in) but as i said i will try again later. Really nice graphics^^

Wevel7 Oct 2020, 12:58

Nice game, I'm not sure it quite has the same complexity as chess. But it is certainly still fun to play with others, and still has a fair bit of strategy (especially for something made for Ludum Dare). Well done.

Tino7 Oct 2020, 13:03

I'm saving this one to re-rate it later after playing with someone else.
Meanwhile I have just rated graphics/audio.
I have the feeling that my friend and me will enjoy playing it, will see.

Jetyh7 Oct 2020, 13:07

Really enjoyed playing this with someone, although we may have found some optimal strategies. The mythical hamsters are an interesting mechanic that make it an overall fun game that is well balanced, especially given the small time frame.

mycosil7 Oct 2020, 15:28

Good loop chess, I enjoyed playing it. It has interesting mechanics I didn't expected in a ludum dare game.

IkigaiSeitetsuauthor7 Oct 2020, 18:07

Thank you everyone for playing my game

Somogy10 Oct 2020, 19:43

Game very well done, I liked the fun provided, good job!

Thomas Volpato10 Oct 2020, 21:20

5/5 really nice game, the only problem I couldnt try agains someone else, so I always win :cry:

figueroass2713 Oct 2020, 05:48

i think this game is super fun and a really interesting take on chess. I might just be me but at first the tile pictures were pretty hard to make out, other than that its great!

Trexxak14 Oct 2020, 17:38

Ahh, I was just thinking "well this isn't exactly like chess" before reading your comment about Mandarin Chinese. Thank you for the explanation!

I couldn't play it with anyone else, but I like the concept a lot and could see it becoming a classic board game with time, if you were to consider making it a physical version, that is.

As soon as I get the possibility, I will play this with a friend! Great job, the game feels very much like a finished concept!

Alchemic15 Oct 2020, 06:23

This was really fun to play around with. My friend and I had a hard time finding optimal strategies though. It seems like the first player has a really huge advantage.

oillen22 Oct 2020, 01:03

Cool concept, I actually like the rule set, although I have one issue with the current ruleset: the frirst player can set a figure next to the head of the second player and what ever the second one does, the first player can take the head of the other players snake and wins. Ok I am a bit verbous about the one thing I want to criticise - so there are the good things: Concept, Visual Style & Interaction(GUI)

TheSeller22 Oct 2020, 21:50

It's a very unique idea! The graphics were a little rough; I had a hard time seeing the differences between the snake head, mythics, and towns