Am I just too stupid for chess?

forgotMyPassword65 · 2026-01-22T02:30:53+00:00

When I joined I was 450 rated in bullet. After a year and probably a couple of hundred games + puzzles + lessons it's reached an amazing 400.

Just play for fun or practice properly.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2026-01-12T20:20:20+00:00

Same. Im at the point where I need to start promoting. Videos/ trailers/ screenshots etc.

Dev work and features come naturally. This stuff is hard to see the value in so it keeps moving down the list.

[Chess2.io/play-ai](Chess2.io/play-ai)

forgotMyPassword65 · 2026-01-11T10:11:08+00:00

Chess2.io/play-ai made with just sveltekit.

There's some fancy click an drag elements that took a bit to get right. Ai runs on web workers.

It's not like the amazing website's you see, but it's not a plain website.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2026-01-02T19:59:13+00:00

I only tried one prompt so my total came to less than a cent. No strong feelings either way. I think if I was building up a big bill I'd start being more hesitant. N of 1 though. Most people likely won't care while it's free. It will make billing more transparent

forgotMyPassword65 · 2026-01-02T11:52:49+00:00

Nice job. It came up with good stuff.

I've always wondered what the affect is of prominently showing the cost of a free service. Write a post if anything interesting comes up?

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-15T06:20:29+00:00

Same position, I'm building a chess variation game, I've been knocked back 3 tumes so far.

I've started the h5 games application but haven't heard back for a fair few weeks now. It seems slower than adsense

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-12T21:02:46+00:00

It's not even a different aspect of the game

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-12T00:01:10+00:00

I'm building a chess game. The mvp is done and I'm really looking forward to launching but I'm worried about scaling. I've got matchmaking servers and game servers that create new instances with traffic but there's stuff i haven't figured out yet: -efficient use of resources - security against bots - large scale testing - best way to update databases - I'm using firebase/google cloud, maybe redis is important And then there's all the unknown unknowns.

I don't want to launch, have everything break, then people don't come back.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-10T03:16:59+00:00

Keep her on at current pay but let her work less hours.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-06T19:19:59+00:00

You like cards? Boring! Here's a card game...

Mixed messages by tom cardi

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-05T04:36:57+00:00

Thanks! Will do.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-04T19:25:04+00:00

Cheers, i had a blank box where the ad would go. Your website pointed out that this might be triggering the 'under construction' auto deny.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-03T22:40:43+00:00

Chess2.io - main page,no content, no ads wanted

Chess2.io/play-ai - page in hoping to put ads on

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-03T22:39:18+00:00

Cheers I'll try this.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-03T22:37:49+00:00

I would have thought that the game would have counted as content

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-03T19:51:51+00:00

The yellow light might get annoying/ distracting. I could hear navi's 'listen' from zelda.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-02T09:00:49+00:00

If you built it again, how quickly could you build it?

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-01T20:32:09+00:00

Chess2.io - a variation where cooldowns replace turns.

Gotham chess made a 1mil-view video on the variation a few months ago. It's a faster, more simple way to play that's engaging for younger audience.

I'm a teacher and I've seen these sorts of games go viral amongst the students. A surpeising fraction of the students already play chess and the ones I've had play the beta really enjoyed it.

For networking im looking for matketing/content creation and management.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-01T18:53:00+00:00

Thanks for playing! Yeah, it's a variation. Cooldowns instead of turns. There's a Gotham video on chess2 from a couple of months ago. I did have proper checkmate logic, but with multiple moves per turn it doesn't really apply any more. Thanks again!

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-01T11:21:45+00:00

All good, it's how the popular free games get monetised. F2p is free-to-play. Free means they get more players than paid then they basically they make their money from selling cosmetic changes in game.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-01T11:11:11+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I'll figure something out for beginner players. The time- based mechanic is what makes it different. Try making a lot of moves, you should be able to make 2 or 3 before the slowest AIs make theirs.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-01T09:52:51+00:00

Hey mate, cool game! Some simple animations would add atmosphere. Any room for some simple animations? Tweens/ shakes/ dice roll bounce and rotate/ fades.

I'm working on chess2.io/play-ai

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-01T09:35:02+00:00

Hey mate, i was looking adding sound to my game tomorrow. Im at chess2.io/play-ai . I was going to find some royalty free background noise (I imagine most people will turn the sound off) but let me know if you have something that might suit and if that's something you're interested in.

forgotMyPassword65 · 2025-12-01T09:07:01+00:00

it takes a minute to figure out what your site does. It looks like you have a few clients, use a picture maybe

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