Pretty good. I love the concept and am curious how it affects the result of chess as a combinatorial game. Maybe there's a perfect strategy for reverse chess. Or assuming two perfect players, will either the first or second be at an advantage? Although, beyond conceptually, even on the highest difficulty, the computer is too easy.
Reviews for "Anti Chess"
devilsgarage responds:
That though about having the perfect strategy crossed our mind so we submitted this game to the Newgrounds + OpenAI - hopefully this would be able to produce predictable results within limited permutations and combinations, and be shared here with the community
If the AI is too easy, try the pass and play and challenge a buddy using the iOS version of the game - have fun!
Something that takes getting used to but definitely a new idea. A decent 3/5 time-killer.
Meh, not really my cup of tea. Creative though. A very odd error message occurred. It seemed that the website, Newgrounds, thought I was the creator or some sort? Telling me an exception has occurred? The game is now just a black screen for me, though the audio is still playing. I'm on Google Chrome if that helps.
It has nice quality character designs. HOWEVER, the fact that you MUST kill an enemy when they are within range of an attack from one of your pieces is not a smart decision, it doesn't let you plan out a strategic way of defeating the enemy. and I was confused when I could beat the AI on the hardest difficulty within 5 minutes of starting the game. I also feel that more animations could have been put into the characters to give them a bit more life.
devilsgarage responds:
Thanks for that feedback - We had designed many variations to this game - even the ones you had mentioned, but the 'daisy-chain' was most loved aspect of the game by almost everyone who had played it. It was that 'argh' moment to the 'checkers kill' moment of watching the opponent fall for that move.
Most of us indie devs working on the game grew up playing the Battle Chess （*＾3＾）<(Oh, Interplay! We love you) and when we started building this game we had a lot more animation - (attack and death scene), but sacrificed that for a quicker game play
Well, you are one talented Anti Chess player! Tell you what the best challenge is... download the iOS version of the game, https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/anti-chess-free-fun-new-chess/id1141698765?l=en&mt=8 - and play with an equally challenging opopnent in the "Pass and Play' mode - it's a ton of fun defeating a hooman than a puny bot, yeah? :D
As an avid real chess player, I find this incredibly boring...