Cosmic Critter Chess

co-authored: @heytherewill
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.22
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.25
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.41
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81
👽 A WAR IS BEING WAGED IN SPACE, BUT YOU DON'T CARE SO YOU'RE JUST WATCHING FROM YOUR TV 👽

Cosmic Critter Chess is a turn based, chess-inspired game where you control tiny creatures that are waging war against each other

NOTE: unfortunately the web builds are not working, so after several hours of debugging we've given up. The Windows and macOS builds should work fine though!

👨🏽‍💻 Credits

* Tom: Code, Level Design
* Will: Code, Music, Graphics

🛠️ Tooling

* Code: Godot 3.5, all in C#
* Music: GarageBand (and my old guitar)
* Graphics: Aseprite

🖼️ Screenshots


Tools: Aseprite, Godot

Comments18

unloosed
unloosed8 Oct 2024, 01:12
Really great game! I think the designs of all the bugs are interesting and I also like the abilities.
Adrien Tremblay8 Oct 2024, 04:02
Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing game. I legit spent so much time playing it. So fun. I could see myself playing this for many hours.Art is nice. THe pieces are interesting. Team grasshopper all the way.
LouieWu9 Oct 2024, 17:12
Loved the art and the game mechanic. I recommended this game to one of my friend who loves to play chess, and he thought this is really cool and interesting.
Overlix
Overlix9 Oct 2024, 17:17
really good idea, that a nice game, keep it up !
Noah MAZARD9 Oct 2024, 17:17
Realy cool game, Good job !
Corrochano9 Oct 2024, 17:17
Love the game! Amazing how you rebrand the chess! the dragonfly were giving me victories :sunglasses:
Also love the art and music! Really set me in the mood of the bugs war!
You and your old guitar are reaaaally amazing :wink:
Dan_Nik_SG9 Oct 2024, 17:25
An amazing game, i like it a lot. but i cannot tell that its a good theme usage. the ai is fine, graphics good, and mechanics how expected, everything works fine and the game is interesting and fun!
Wolfox121
Wolfox1219 Oct 2024, 17:27
Wow, I played this for way too long as well... This is amazing! Great job. Love the advancement system
holzez9 Oct 2024, 17:29
This is my favourite game of this jam now. Everything is perfect. Well done!
ContraBlue9 Oct 2024, 17:40
I always tende to plan with chess piece movements but then the ai whooped me because their units did things I didnt expect. wonderful
Stracker
Stracker9 Oct 2024, 17:41
I, uhm, wow, I'm actually impressed !
Consistent pixel art, genuinely interesting tactical gameplay and ideas, cool music, there ain't much to criticize !
firellon
firellon9 Oct 2024, 17:57
Whoa, this is a very, very solid chess-like game, reminds me of Battle Bugs and Shotgun King

Great job!

(And it's a lot of it, too, both the bugs and bonuses variety and the amount of levels... AI could be better, but it's not easy to make a good AI in 3 days :v: )
Boreal9 Oct 2024, 18:45
I really enjoyed playing this game! I think a couple of the bugs could have been explained/designed a little better - the grasshopper solos, and the dragonfly being unable to take bugs on the edge of the screen is rough. Otherwise, I had a blast!
Pious
Pious9 Oct 2024, 22:42
Very nicely done game! Liked the chess but with a twist and abilities kind of angle. Would've loved more and maybe some kind of free play mode. Definitely an expandable game. Great job!
Nikolas van Rus
Nikolas van Rus10 Oct 2024, 22:28
It was interesting to play, at first I thought it was simple chess, but the longer I played, the more I realized that this game has its own identity and that the game has its own character. Separately, I would like to note the well-developed balance and artificial intelligence of the enemy. Thanks to this, it was interesting to play every game.
The graphics are also at a high level. Great job!
Hawkin
Hawkin16 Oct 2024, 18:47
Despite the troubles you confessed to in your dev log, the polish and the gameplay are great! The pieces really were interesting and unique, so the strategy was satisfying. I'm surprised you also got in some nice progression with upgrades as well.

While I'm not sure the rock mood is what I would have chosen myself, I was def jamming. So I can't fault you there! The controls felt polished, as well as explainable, and I appreciated the funny bios for the pieces. Telegraphing the enemy moves was nice of you, too!

Well done!
Transkuja
Transkuja16 Oct 2024, 19:27
I really suck at it :laughing: Still fun tho, great job!
silkworm_sweatshop
silkworm_sweatshop16 Oct 2024, 21:04
Awesome chess variant! My mistakes always came down to treating it like normal chess and not one where my knight can move 2 times in a row or a rook rams through everything in it's path. On top of that there are special abilities adding another layer. One thing though, I wish there was a bigger color difference between yours and the opponents pieces to easier tell them apart.

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