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Chessarama Release Date
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 14th, in the year of
our Lord 2023 - Developer Minimol Games in partnership
with SMG Studio are pleased to announce that Chessarama, their
unique anthology of original chess-inspired puzzle games, will
launch on PC and Xbox platforms December 5th. Prepare to
reimagine chess as you never have before, with eight
single-player variations of the classic board game that will
force veteran chess aficionados to rewire their brains while
also training new players to think like a chess master.
Chessarama is a smorgasbord of chess-inspired single-player
games that use chess pieces and their established move sets,
then reimagines their goals and themes. Choose a game, quickly
learn its rules and play through the campaign, unlock
collectibles, and compete against each other on the
leaderboards. Endless replayability awaits you. Welcome to
Chessarama!
Each game has its own theme, set of rules and original
handcrafted levels for you to play! In Dragon Slayer, players
must move a pawn to the end of the board where it can slay a
mighty dragon, though the dragon attacks the board after every
turn, obliterating any unprotected piece. In the feudal
Japan-set Lady Ronin, the chess Queen must eliminate every piece
on the board in order to get close to the Shogun and assassinate
them. And in Soccer Chess you must position your pieces in
pursuit of kicking the ball into the goal. Try all these and
several more original chess-inspired puzzle games in Chessarama!
“Chessarama is a chess player’s dream come true, offering
creative challenges that will put your chess skills to the
test,” said Raphael Dias, CEO and Game Director at Minimol
Games. “That said, Chessarama doesn’t require any knowledge of
chess whatsoever, as each variant gently onboards players by
offering gentle challenges before gradually increasing the
difficulty. Casual players will have fun simply puzzling their
way to the end, while more dedicated fanatics can really put
their skills to the test by trying to compete on the
leaderboards for solving a stage in the fewest number of moves.”
"Chess may be a timeless game, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be
remixed and expanded upon in fresh and interesting ways,” said
Ashley Ringrose, Studio Head at SMG Studio. “Chessarama cleverly
makes you rewire your brain, taking everything you know about
how chess pieces move, then applying it to an all new ruleset
with a wide variety of challenges. Your prior knowledge of chess
may help you, but it won’t save you. Chessarama ensures that
you’ll have to relearn everything you thought you knew about
chess!”
Features:
Play 8 exclusive chess-inspired games available in Chessarama;
Puzzle campaigns featuring 100+ levels plus 100+ unique
challenges;
24 exclusive Chess Figures to unlock and collect;
Unique art style, with beautiful dioramas;
Daily and Weekly Challenges;
Compete against each other on the leaderboards;
Learn chess movements, tactics and strategies through a modern
video game experience;
Also includes “Classic Chess” for you to put your learnings into
practice!
Minimol has also released more updates to its Dev Diary series,
Checkmate Chronicles, that detail all the creative and artistic
decisions that went into designing Chessarama. These include:
Shades of progress — Revamping our diorama colors in Dragon
Slayers. This outlines how the dev team used color and shaders
to create an increasingly intense, oppressive atmosphere as the
game increases in intensity.
Chessarama redesigned: a peek into our new interface. This post
examines all the subtle details that go into making Chessarama’s
UI crisp, readable, and overall usable.
A Ronin's vision — How the dioramas in Lady Ronin are produced?
A look into all the aesthetic details that create the gorgeous,
moody tone of feudal Japan.
Chessarama is partnered with Chess.com to be an official sponsor
of the world’s top online chess tournament, Champions Chess Tour
for the remainder of the 2023 season.
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system(s)
in the US at this time.
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