Chessplode 4+

I really like the game, it’s very fun and strategic. But the kings are very annoying both on the enemy side, I keep getting stuck in the scenario where a king is the last one on the enemy side of the board but it will keep moving out of the way and some times if I manage to get close the king kills me, even though my king cannot destroy pieces. It took me a full one and a half hour to beat level two. This is still an overall great game, good for road trips and days at home. Also I wanted to pitch the idea of a local multiplayer game mode where you can play against a friend only using one device. Another idea had was themed boards, like boards but with different color pallets, such as original chess, neon, disco, etc.

I just updated the game to version 1.9. It now has 5 levels of difficulty adding big changes 👍

This game has all the makings of a great game, and thanks to developer response to feedback, it has become a personal favorite.

The spin on traditional chess is a good one, requiring the player to rethink every move based on the potentially explosive outcome.

The UX design is clean and crisp and the UI is intuitive.

Two of my three big problems which led me to review this game at 4 stars initially and eventually led to frustration and a 2-star review have been fixed!

First, the developer has included more basic puzzles in the update. The new puzzles are creative and give new life and challenge to the game.

Second, the AI was flawed. In a previous release, the AI would think about moves forever. The developer has stated that this issue has been fixed and I have not run into it yet since.

Finally, the developer has not yet filtered user-created content to remove overly-similar puzzles, but says that this is in the works.

This game started out with potential to be a truly great strategy puzzle game, and with this update it has become one of my favorite apps. Good work and thanks for listening to feedback!

Hi Wasson8r,

Thanks for your feedback! I just updated Chessplode fixing some bugs, please, let me know if everything is ok. I read your previous review (great review, thanks) and I added 30 new Basic Levels, I’m working in some way to avoid uploading similar levels, thanks for your review and warning me about the bug, you can contact me via mail hello@juan.ma

Like the concept, but I feel like the AI is extremely hard to beat. I don’t know if I am just bad (XD) or just the AI needs to be able to be toned down. But this does make it ragingly fun game.

I would like, like others a normal chess mode, (both for my self esteem :P and ) cause this seems to be more polished than other chess apps. Also add in other chess moves other than castling such as empesant (idk how to spell it - the one where a pawn can kill another pawn next to it in the middle lanes - may be a bit different to chessplode but it’s kinda annoying this function isn’t in the game)

Overall I like the ability to create and play levels. I like how you can decimate your enemy’s forces with a single semi-planned move. Gooooood Game :D

Hi _Fire05_,

Thanks a lot for your feedback! Ziri drives me crazy sometimes too (XD), I'm thinking about include some settings to manage the IA, meanwhile I have finished an update (1.2) with a new section for basic levels and more things, it'll be available really soon.