Chess Twist
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Chess Twist
I continue my experiment of transposing classic games onto an irregular grid.
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How HN took it
0 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Design: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Challenging and compelling gameplay
From 1 comment
Fun and surprising at two players
From 2 comments
- The maker's post
This is very cool, I'm enjoying it. One small note: I tried to castle, and was told "Castling is not allowed because your king was previously in check." This isn't one of the…
SamBam on HN
Objections
Pawn movement direction is hard to read without arrows
From 2 comments
Pawns should probably have a piece that indicates their orientation. As far as I can tell it is impossible to discern which way a pawn moves without querying the ui.
jncfhnb on HNThe first image shows a rook traveling a path different from the one shown in the arrows though? Why would the definition of forward be different for a pawn vs rook?
jncfhnb on HN
Visual clutter from direction arrows
From 1 comment
Very cool! Looking forward to playing it. I suggest to minimize visual clutter, because any new player's brain will be overloaded trying to figure out a board, and less is…
paipa on HN
Castling rule incorrectly enforced
From 1 comment
This is very cool, I'm enjoying it. One small note: I tried to castle, and was told "Castling is not allowed because your king was previously in check." This isn't one of the…
SamBam on HN
Requests
Add threefold repetition draw rule
From 1 comment
This is very cool, I'm enjoying it. One small note: I tried to castle, and was told "Castling is not allowed because your king was previously in check." This isn't one of the…
SamBam on HN
Add resign confirmation
From 1 comment
> I won against the hard bot :) Congrats! Although I wish it had given you an even harder time! > Add a confirmation to the resign button! Yes, you're right, it is much needed. >…
frading on HN
Shareable game replay permalinks
From 1 comment
> I won against the hard bot :) Congrats! Although I wish it had given you an even harder time! > Add a confirmation to the resign button! Yes, you're right, it is much needed. >…
frading on HN
Symmetric boards option
From 1 comment
Thanks a lot for those feature requests, and most importantly for playing! > Play again in the same checkboard You can indeed get your revenge. When you start a new game, you can…
frading on HN
Questions
What the special corner marks (red wall, blue pivots) mean
From 1 comment
So in this version the bishops can change the color they can move on? The corners with 3 and 5 neighbour have a special mark. What does that mean? Can you share how the board is…
gus_massa on HN
How the board is generated
From 1 comment
So in this version the bishops can change the color they can move on? The corners with 3 and 5 neighbour have a special mark. What does that mean? Can you share how the board is…
gus_massa on HN
Alternatives named
Go variants on graphs
From 1 comment
Making Go Twist is a bit more straightforward, since the rules work unchanged for any undirected graph. Such as this diamond lattice [1] in which inner points still have 4…
tromp on HN