Master of Chess News

Heya, we did this once already so now lets do it again but better!

Ask questions or just lay back and enjoy! I'll make sure to be as engaging as possible and to answer any questions you have!

I'm no streamer.

But I did make a game I and many other people enjoy playing and I'd like to stream it to everyone! I hope I'll be able to provide just the right mix of insight and fun while doing my best to not blunder left and right!

So join me and ask any questions you have, I'll be glad to answer all of them!

Heya! By this time next week there's going to be a new version of the Demo out.

What's great about it? The game will be translated in couple of languages! MoC community stepped in and it seems we'll have the game translated to (at least) Russian, Polish, Swedish, Portuguese, French, Serbian, Vietnamese and German!

[h2]Join the party[/h2]

If you want to improve the existing translations or you'd like to contribute your own language join us on our discord https://discord.gg/HYV8Zz8V2Q.



[h2]What's next[/h2]

1️⃣ As mentioned I plan to update the demo one more time before Steam Next Fest. It's a big event for me and for the game. We're both first time there.

🖼 So there's many improvements to UI/UX to make the game cool for the new folks.

But talk is cheap, I'll go back to working on the game and I hope you'll be there next week to test it out on your own.

Let's make chess fun for everyone!

BRANE

The biggest update to the game since the day I opened it to the testers is here! Try it out on Steam or itch.

Join the discord to give me some feedback: https://discord.gg/HYV8Zz8V2Q

[h2]The New build[/h2]



Version 0.2.1 is out!

It includes:

🔑 Amazing new feature Key Moments Simulation: let your character play all the moves except crucial moments in the game

🧩 Total rewrite of Puzzles Training feature: It's fast, it's bug free (prove me wrong! :P), there's 10 Puzzles to solve now. There's puzzle streaks to accomplish.

👨 Total redesign of Create Player Screen: again enjoy in selecting the skills of your player and even the most requested feature of having the male character with long hair is there.

✉ Personal screen looks completely different too

🖼 Probably every part of the game got a little bit of love, an animation here, a colorful icon there - it is all going towards a unified vision I have for the game.

This is the first update the demo gets on Steam!

The infamous "Turkish bug" came back to hunt the game again. It used to be in the game a month or so ago and it was somehow reintroduced in latest builds. But I squashed it once more.

To explain it simply: ıd is not the same as id. That was what my serialization logic returned and that broke a lot of things.

Other than that, it's quite a small build:
- Added South Korea
- Fixed and improved some UI inconsistencies (big thanks to mikeX for reporting them)

[h3]Let me know if you encounter any more problems![/h3]

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

This is more compelling topic than the update notes.

I am working on Key moments simulation mode, where you don't play through the whole match but the match is simulated in all except couple of positions in which you decide the right move. You only get to play the moves in selected moments when stakes are high.

I think it's a perfect fit for the game and it will elevate the quality of the experience greatly. It will need some restructuring and AI improvements/refactoring. That doesn't sound so exciting but it will improve every aspect of the simulation itself.

Later I think I'll focus on openings and then go to expand the game with more tournaments and managerial stuff about your character.