Removed logs and fixed an issue with leaving a steam lobby

• Added a local multiplayer which means you can now play this game using remote play or test how the game works by playing against yourself
• You can now view the last turn even after a player has resigned
• Fixed being able to softlock the game using the knight
• Fixed the queen and the king being in the wrong positions
• Made it so that you now move the king on top of the rook to castle
• Fixed some missing localizations and improved existing ones
• Moved the player avatar on top of the nametag to make more space for the captured pieces
• Added a failsafe to prevent a bug where the names wouldn't be displayed
  
  [ 2025-03-10 22:17:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed issues when joining a lobby through the steam invite system

• Fixed the dialogue when playing the singleplayer not displaying
• Fixed localizations not falling back to englisch if a translation is missing

Fixed some exceptions and temporarily disabled the preset button

• Steam Avatars as well as names show up correctly now
• Applied hotfix to improve how the UI looks on other screen ratios

Fixed the timer not being displayed

Fixed a bug that could prevent you from playing due to not being able to load the steam avatar

DISCOUNT



• To celebrate me being a game developer since 4 years the game is now 86% off for the next week

  Bot

  
  
• Optimized the Bot so the FPS dont drop when it is calculating its move and also improved how quickly it does the calculations while mainaining the same quality of the moves it does
• Made it so that the bot now responds to certain events like a piece getting captured with a small comment in a text bubble like on chess.com
• Exposed the bot vs bot feature. You can now watch two dumb bots play against each other
• Added back the difficulty setting for the bot.

  User Interface

  
  
• Added glyphs for when you use a gamepad in the UI during a match that change depending on the gamepad
• Added UI to display your name and avatar as well as the enemy's name and avatar

  Other

  
  
• Added a replay feature. You can now watch yourself loose as many times as you want
• Added shadows to the pieces and the board
• Added more options in the settings menu
• Added basic discord rich presence
• Polished the UI in both the main menu and the match

  Bug Fixes

  
  
• Fixed an issue with the SFX Volume setting not affecting the UI Sounds
• Fixed an issue with the gamepad controls in the match where it was possible to at the same time rewind and place a piece
• Fixed an issue with the gamepad controls in the match where two cursors appeared at the same time

Fixed the scenes not loading correctly due to a bug caused during the last update

Fixed an issue with the save folder path on platforms other than windows

• Fixed the screen mode text not being localized
• Fixed the king not being highlighted when checked
• Fixed the language button not working

• Fixed the music not playing

• Fully implemented the Invite System
• Changed to using FMOD for audio implementation
• Scaled down the UI and improved credits layout

• Finished testing the lobby system. it works by opening the friends menu and inviting or joining from there but dont do it yet while you are in an existing lobby or else the game will break lol. Will fix that tomorrow probably :D

• Fixed an issue with logging lobby joining errors

• Fixed an issue with joining lobbies

• Added support for steam lobbies

• Fixed an issue with the "Small but Mighty" achievement
• Fixed the bot continueing to move after having won

• Added seperate slider for music and changed the music

• Changed the secret achievement

• Fixed localization system not working after playing one match

• Fixed a few achievements not triggering or triggering incorrectly

• Fixed the "Enemy is thinking" text not being translated
• Fixed you being able to move your unit while the die is still rolling
• Fixed the UI not being correctly set when you are playing the black pieces