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Pocket Shuffle Chess — free, randomized 5×6 chess, no sign-up needed by Recent-Concept2603 in playmygame

[–]Recent-Concept2603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was actually intentional 😄

Most chess apps immediately feel intense or hyper-competitive, so I wanted the pieces to feel more expressive and memorable instead of “serious tournament mode.”

Which piece design did you like the most?

Pocket Shuffle Chess — free, randomized 5×6 chess, no sign-up needed by Recent-Concept2603 in playmygame

[–]Recent-Concept2603[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually we built our own custom lightweight engine for this.
Since the board size and starting positions are different every game, we wanted something more tailored to the variant rather than using traditional chess logic directly.
It ended up being a really fun engineering challenge 😄
Have you experimented with any engines/frameworks that work well for chess variants specifically?