Pico Checkmate

Devlog

• Making Chess in Pico-8 - #4: Chess Engine Tuning
  August 17, 2018 by Krystman

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  I'm Krystian. I make games and teach game design. I recently wrote a Chess Engine from scratch in Pico-8 . In this series of posts I will walk you through the process and share with you some resources... Continue reading

  
• Making Chess in Pico-8 - #3: Chess Engine Basics
  August 12, 2018 by Krystman

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  I'm Krystian. I make games and teach game design. I recently wrote a Chess Engine from scratch in Pico-8 . In this series of posts I will walk you through the process and share with you some resources... Continue reading

  
• Making Chess for Pico-8 - #2: Juicyness
  August 04, 2018 by Krystman

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  #game design, #post mortem

  I'm Krystian. I make games and teach game design. I recently wrote a Chess Engine from scratch in Pico-8 . In this series of posts I will walk you through the process and share with you some resources... Continue reading

  
• Making Chess in Pico-8 - #1: Design
  July 27, 2018 by Krystman

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  #game design, #post mortem

  I'm Krystian. I make games and teach game design. I recently wrote a Chess Engine from scratch in Pico-8 . In this series of posts I will walk you through the process and share with you some resources... Continue reading

  
• Version 6
  July 09, 2018 by Krystman

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  With the game being out on other platforms I've gotten more feedback. One player on Newgrounds noticed that in some circumstances, you could castle with the opposing player's piece. Ooops! That bug wa... Continue reading

  
• Version 5
  July 05, 2018 by Krystman

  With some help from @LydianChord I was finally able to fix a nasty bug that would occasionally cause the game to crash. It turns out the bug would occur if the AI had to evaluate a position where a... Continue reading

  
• Version 4
  May 07, 2018 by Krystman

  I noticed that there was some difficulties playing the game from within the Itch.io App. Version 4 should take care of these problems. Also fixed a minor glitch related to piece outlines... Continue reading
• Version 3
  May 02, 2018 by Krystman

  Thanks to the feedback I was able to track down some bugs. Most importantly, this doesn't happen anymore. This would happen if a Check and a Fifty-Move Rule would trigger simultaneously and it was the... Continue reading