Game Notes & Updates

Getting things tightened up for a public release, here’s a few of the changes made: Added 1 vs 1 Regular Chess to Practice Games and perfected the rules and switching between modes Fixed position of captured pieces to put on the corners properly Technical revisions to the computer moves, calculating whether a kill is worth the sacrifice, and humanized decision …

Been working hard and having fun navigating the Mixed Reality world and adding a new dimension to play. Still a work in progress, but got it playing great and reworked the interface and navigation controls. The code’s not easy, but now that it’s working well, it’s well worth it… The UI screen smoothly follows you while respecting the board The …

Upgraded to Unity 2018.3.14, which wasn’t easy to fix breaks Improved render quality and some shaders Fixed language issue, which caused some text to be missing Adjustments to move shuttlecock light particle animation Minor tweaks to AI move decision logic Preparing project for VR interface

Running out of things to update, it’s all working well… Feedback appreciated. Changed some of the icons on Nav Menu and Environment selector Updated to new version of Unity and fixed compatibility Updated MaterialUI assets, which minorly tweaked some of the interface animations and fixed a little bug I was facing Updated Photon Network which made some realtime performance increases …

Putting in some deep brain power into the mechanics of the game with this release.. Here’s some of the upgrades: The King thinks a lot harder to get out of check.  Now other pieces can block the threat and even sacrifice themselves if they have to, or give up if there’s no way out. Defending pieces can look for more …

It’s been a little while since I’ve released an update to the game, I got sidetracked working on my VR/AR/MR application FlowtNotes which is now almost complete as well, and put this project off to the side while waiting for funding. Lost track of all the little changes, but here are the most notable: Added 47 new Chess Sets to …

Motivated to get the the finish-line, we’re adding the cherries on top and perfecting the flow of gameplay. Here are just a few of the latest updates in preparation of public release.. Press ‘g’ to change the Ground and Scene around the table Currently 13 different environments to switch through to personalize the scene to your preferences Scenes include Mountain …

Now we get to the kitty gritty, making sure I patch all the little holes so the ship doesn’t sink and the play is smooth. Here’s the latest: Fixed more game reset bugs that work with the different practice modes, hard to find Fixed missing parameters in practice mode starting Perfected return to Game Waiting Room when playing a practice …

Chipping away at the detail work, getting to the harder parts that I was waiting for later for bonus points: Chat messages now cross-translate when sent between different languages! All 4 players can type to each other in their own language and translates back to theirs Original language show under translation in parentheses Press ‘m’ to Highlight all your movable …

Just a few needed updates, working out the little kinks.  Here’s what’s changed: Added a nice popup window on Game Over in multiplayer and practice to tell who won and how much was won or lost in wager Converted most all the text to every language, localizing the toggle switches and more of the interface Added camera preset keys of …