Master of Chess News

Heya everyone!

It's been a week since Master of Chess went into Early Access release.

Already we're entering our first event: Games Baked in Germany!

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games-made-in-germany-2024

[h2]Updates[/h2]

Early Access is here but it doesn't stop there. I've already updated the game twice to 0.4.4, and I'm working hard on delivering 0.4.5, while trying to gather as much feedback as possible! If you find anything wrong or have ideas on how the game could be better leave a review or join our discord:
https://discord.gg/HYV8Zz8V2Q.

[h2]What's next?[/h2]

I'm still following the roadmap! 😅

Now I'm trying to stabilize the game as much as possible. Every game-breaking bug has priority. I'm also trying to introduce as many QOL features as possible that are quick to add.

After this, I'm thinking that reintroducing Key Moments Simulation back into the game will be my first step into expanding the game.

But lets take it one step at the time!

I'll keep it short and sweet this time, Master of Chess is available in Early Access!

It all started two years ago when a question popped into my mind - how would Football Manager, but for chess, work? In the end, you can't really tell FM is the main influence as my game allows you to play the games (but simulate them as well).

There's plenty to do still, and the game has its quirks, but this is the hardest thing I've done in my life, and sometimes I can't believe I got here.

Thank you for following me and I hope you'll have fun!

BRANE

It's been a long loooong trip and the rocky part is yet to come.

Early access release is coming very soon (I'll drop the announcement at the end of May). That's why I need your help (*insert 'once more I'm asking for your support' meme) to test out Master of Chess.



[h2]Known problems[/h2]

• The progress of your player character is not balanced and it's what I'm working on right now. He progresses too fast, with some playtesters having World Champion players younger than 17 (try to beat that, Gukesh!)
  
• Knockout tournament doesn't simulate properly with skipping rounds. (I already fixed this one, and will be part of next release)
  
• Names generation totally wrong for some countries
  
• Trophies rendering wrongly when the room is full
  
• Some minor issues with tournament qualification logic
  

[h2]Your tasks[/h2]

To have fun with the game as much as possible! And to report whenever game didn't allow you to. Things like:

• Obvious game-crashing bugs
  
• Minor grievences when game makes something you want to do hard for no good reason
  
• Unusual slowness and poor optimization
  
• Are you interested in translating the game? https://www.localizor.com/master-of-chess
  

[h2]My plan[/h2]

I must fix the problems I listed and also those that will be reported in the meantime. I also want to conjure up some kind of marketing campaign but obviously I don't know how. If you know a streamer that could be interested in streaming the game let me/them know!