Chess with Death

by p7153
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Battle the Grim Reaper for your soul in this shmup-ified version of chess! Dodge the oncoming pieces and try to fight back!

My submission for Ludum Dare 50 for the Jam event, with the theme "Delay the inevitable".

Comments8

Dunusoor5 Apr 2022, 05:00
The game was fun, it was definitely not what i was expecting. My only note was i kept losing track of myself as the enemies would fill the screen and all be pulsing together as they moved.
Adrien Tremblay5 Apr 2022, 07:19
Nice theming! I really liked how you made a bullet hell game with the enemies inspired by chess pieces (and how they move). For some reason the game only starts when you press 'z'. Clicking on the 'Play' button doesn't start the game either. I also got the idea of 'playing chess with death'. Nice Game!
velvetlobster
velvetlobster5 Apr 2022, 15:16
oh I really wanna play or see this, any chance someone with a windows recored it ... any chance to get a web version?
Milan88905 Apr 2022, 15:16
Fun game, would be better if moving wasn't snappy but smooth.
Music really good too.
notApollogising
notApollogising5 Apr 2022, 20:54
Cool game. Liked the laser section. Only the Z button starting the game is super weird but I won't hold it against you cause thats supernitpicky. The movement of pieces should've been tweened slightly or something, the way they all just jump forward at the same time makes it hard to track whats going on and kinda makes my head hurt a little bit. All in all solid entry
SAGIII
SAGIII6 Apr 2022, 09:24
Hey! I loved the game. Pretty simple but it was fun to dodge all the coming attacks.
Tsugumi
Tsugumi7 Apr 2022, 05:26
Before: I don't know if I can beat a chess game.
After: I know how to play chess now!
Squerf
Squerf7 Apr 2022, 14:38
I really like this! Strong old school 90s public domain game vibes; I think it's the music. :ok_hand:

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