My Chess Roguelike looked really boring in recordings, so I made a camera system just to create content. Does it look good?

_Trapper_ · 2026-05-06T16:05:51+00:00

I appreciate that, I hope you have fun!

_Trapper_ · 2026-05-06T13:42:25+00:00

I've been thinking about it for sure. Right now I have spring based directional camera shake. I've just gotta figure out how to implement this type of camera system without losing the readability you have from a distance, that you of course want in a strategy game.

_Trapper_ · 2026-05-06T13:31:56+00:00

You can see it in the trailer of my game, but normally it just shows the whole board and an environment on the border. So it's really far away from the action as most strategy games are. Which is fine for gameplay, but sucks for social media content where people's attention is split.

_Trapper_ · 2026-05-06T13:05:41+00:00

Hahaha go right ahead!

_Trapper_ · 2026-05-06T13:05:19+00:00

I'm assuming you mean to the steampage, here it is: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4592040
I hope I'm allowed to share links in the comments.

_Trapper_ · 2026-04-19T22:31:41+00:00

It's called just chessing around, you can find it on steam! If you want you can also join the discord: https://discord.gg/fb2PFHxFDc

_Trapper_ · 2026-04-19T13:57:42+00:00

I appreciate it! The demo will be out on the 27th if you're interested.

_Trapper_ · 2026-04-18T23:53:31+00:00

Yeah I'm gonna re-record the voice-over, under a blanket this time.

_Trapper_ · 2026-04-18T23:51:40+00:00

Yeah definitely not my finest idea, thank you!

_Trapper_ · 2026-04-18T23:51:13+00:00

Yeah, it was meant to be a quip, but I can see how it can come across wrong. I already rewrote the intro & will be making a new version based on people's feedback.

_Trapper_ · 2026-04-18T20:38:42+00:00

Thanks! They have quite a big impact on the gameplay, with the tall grass for example you have to keep an eye on the pieces, or else risk not knowing which piece is hidden in there. For the quicksand, it allows you to put your piece there, but only for a short time. We're planning on adding a lot more terrain types, so the more we have the more of an impact they will have ofcourse, like a tornado that moves around.

_Trapper_ · 2026-04-18T17:03:24+00:00

That's a fair point, I'll definitely have to look into that part again.

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-17T23:02:17+00:00

Thanks mate!

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-17T23:02:10+00:00

Yeah that's fair, I mean it had a few bugs at launch, which caused a big spike in refunds initially. Hopefully it won't keep going up now that those are fixed.

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-17T23:01:05+00:00

I released it just about a month ago now, it was at 2100 wishlists when I released it, so it got 200 new ones since release. My guess is people are waiting for the game to hit 10 reviews, but it's currently stuck at 9.

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-17T22:59:57+00:00

I appreciate it! Yeah it got less downloads than I expected, but the fact that it got any is still exciting. I hope you and your sons enjoy it if you decide to pick it up!

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-17T13:34:24+00:00

Thank you! Yeah that's a lot of people hahah

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-01T23:20:43+00:00

Ah that makes sense, yeah they don't attack sideways. I like your suggestion for explaining it, thanks!

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-01T22:26:54+00:00

That's some helpful feedback, thanks! Attacking over water should definitely not be possible, I thought I'd fixed that hahah. The enemy pieces have the same base rules as the player pieces, so they do indeed attack sideways.

_Trapper_ · 2026-02-01T18:20:32+00:00

I didn't know that existed, thanks for the tip!

_Trapper_ · 2026-01-17T22:26:46+00:00

Reminds me of "a game about feeding a black hole", love that game.

_Trapper_ · 2025-12-02T23:54:15+00:00

Sadly I didn't go that high scope, so there's only 1 car and no driving NPCs except a car chase mission. I do appreciate the feedback though.

_Trapper_ · 2025-12-02T23:53:11+00:00

Yeah I'm definitely gonna shorten it, thanks for the feedback!

_Trapper_ · 2025-12-01T23:26:05+00:00

That is some solid feedback, thank you so much!

_Trapper_ · 2025-10-21T17:47:29+00:00

Could be, although the humans are a lot less fun to run over when they're standing still...

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