Chessformer
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. Each of the pieces moves as expected, but they fall down after moving and can't move again until they stop falling. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.
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The mechanics seems easy to set up, but the level building and the difficulty curve show skill. This is a great game today.
Music is very nice. Can I have mp3 or midi for listening please?
Awesome... It took me a while to figure out pawn promotion in level 15.
That last level was absolutely insane. The way it combined every mechanic was just perfect.
i love it
hi! this is yours? https://www.silvergames.com/en/chess-move
Nope, just a bad clone
as I suspected ;)
have you thought about making another chess based game?
🧐Which came first, this or the modern Atari homebrew Fallen Kingdom? http://www.indieretronews.com/2021/09/fallen-kingdom-upcoming-atari-xlxe.html
Chessformer came first at the start of 2021. This isn't the first clone I've seen and probably won't be the last.
Great game, how many levels are there in the steam version?
Double the levels which is 48.
Congratulations for getting #1 on Bart Bonte's list of the top ten indie logic games of 2021! You absolutely deserved it!
https://www.bontegames.com/2021/12/the-bontegames-2021-top-games.html
I CANNOT SOLVE IT. PLEASE SEND A WALKTROUGH
Great game, challenging but not too difficult as to be frustrating. My six year old likes it too. Some suggestions: Keep track of the number of moves so you can try for a higher score. Add some opponent pieces that can threaten your pieces and thus limit your movement (excepting the king, of course) and that you can capture. Oh, and I want to see a pawn capture the king!
lvl12 is impossibl
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Excellent puzzle game! It just needs an undo button.
Bravo! I found the game on Cool Math Games because I was bored and putting off studying for a test, and I discovered this game of brilliant design! So brilliant and properly difficult, but once you solve a level you feel a good sense of accomplishment. The way it works you really have to understand the puzzle to make it through, at least with the later harder levels. You can't really stumble upon the solution without understanding it, and it's so welly created! I love the use of these classic mechanics of chess pieces being used in such a creative out of the box way! I played the game and thought, "I wish I had thought of this and made it! It would've been so cool to take credit for such an awesome and brilliant game!" I had to look up the game on google to find it here on itch.io, bravo! One of the cleverest small games I've seen, great job!
What piece do I pick on the first piece picking level?
What do you mean "piece picking"? Do you mean pawn promotion
Beat the game! Puzzles are tough but fair, great use of chess pieces and mechanics.
I liked how you sometimes it's better to turn your peon into a Knight, rather than a Queen (just like in real chess!)
I loved it!
Really fun, with right level of difficulty and quite original!
The last level was challenging but it was nice to never have to restart it. Good job really, very polished and interesting levels!
when the bishop can change the color square it's on.
Very wonderful. Thanks for the lovely game! Super fun level design.
That was a lovely afternoon diversion! I sent you $15. However, I was disappointed there was no castling-move puzzle.
I’m really enjoying this - the only drawback is that it doesn’t save my progress between session, even though I’m logged in. Is that unavoidable, or am I missing something?
The game does save after each level, so maybe something is going on with your browser not finding or keeping the save data.
LOVED this. Great work
Chessformer (Puzzle Platformer Games)
Hello Rob1221! I love your puzzle games and am personally inviting you to take part in my puzzle game jam! You do not have to join, but I would appreciate it if you did! https://itch.io/jam/puzzle-jam-2021
I enjoyed it a lot, thanks!
Will there be a sequel with moving opponent pieces?
Excellent game! Such a simple yet clever idea, nice puzzles too :)
Brilliant puzzle game! Level 24 requires lots of moves to get all the pieces where they need to be. Took me several tries to get the whole sequence correct. User-designed levels for this puzzle mechanic would be awesome.
Great puzzle game! I love it. Suggestion -- I played it on a phone and accidentally hit the reset / back buttons multiple times. It'd be great if there's a confirmation. Also, please add undo! The last stage was very annoying because of these problems..
Great puzzle game!
I was waiting for this! Nice puzzle.
Wake me up when the YouTube walkthroughs arrive.
Wake up:
Thanks.
stuck at lvl 12, those pawns are annoying
edit: go it, not moving them too much and the tower can pass-through
edit: now lvl 16, hmmm, i can't even think of a possible exit
edit: got it, thought of an exit with the tower first and made it with a three pieces column
edit: now 21, no idea except to get the key easy
It's really easy to get the key in 21. Just use the tower to press the button (get on the platform then drop onto the button) and move the king to the left and get off the button temporarily so the king can cross the gap.
I didn't intend to, but I played the whole thing in one session, I got so into it!
The concept is great and works really well, but the game is also very well polished and thought out, great job.
The difficulty balance is almost perfect. A few of the puzzles had me scratching my head, but I was never frustrated.
My only critique is that the sound that plays when you get to promote a pawn doesn't really work for me. It doesn't go with the music, and is a bit jarring. That's it, though. Other than that I loved it!
I also really appreciate the mobile support, it works well with a touch screen.
Very Nice! One of your best once!
another great game