Battle Chess

Battle Chess, for want of a better title, is a small experimental strategy game demo I created for a 20KB javascript competition. This version ended up totalling 35KB of code and assets minified and bundled into one html file (therefore I had to cut out a lot of the features here to submit!) It was my first time making something this small, and perhaps I should have taken another route. Sprites, CSS, sound effects and fonts all cost a lot when size is your main constraint - but not as much as the game logic!

Instructions

Your army and flag are in the north. You are trying to annihilate the computer opponent to the south, and capture their flag. The pieces move in a similar fashion to chess (although the board is oriented differently), and have some varied attacks and special moves.

In one turn, you can:

- place up to 2 new units in your Spawn Zone (by selecting them from the toolbar)

- make up to 3 moves, or attacks (by clicking a piece and the board) or special attacks (by turning on "Special" before clicking the piece)

- end your turn prematurely if you wish.

Play passes back and forth until one player has won.

Finally...

Feel free to play, reload, explore the game mechanism, experiment, and be sure to leave a comment if you enjoyed this rough-edged demo!