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Echo chess creator. echochess.com
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Comment · 2 years ago
Super cool to see this on HN. Saw Tomas demo an early version of it last year. Very neat work and the team behind it is brilliant.
Comment · 2 years ago
That's a pretty interesting perspective given that all pieces in EC follow standard chess movements and capturing mechanisms. It's certainly a variant, which makes it more interesting imho. In the puzzle world you could refer to such a game as a chess-like.
Comment · 2 years ago
Makes sense
Comment · 2 years ago
Yeah I tried experimenting with that a bit at the beginning. For some reason it kept looking too '3D-ish' compared to the rest of the flat material design. Do you have any visual examples you've seen of something closer to what you have in mind? Would be super helpful, thanks.
Comment · 2 years ago
That's a great idea too. Thanks guys, please keep the suggestions coming if you have other thoughts.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks so much for reading this beast of a tech article haha! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm surprised people are actually reading the whole thing lol. Thank you for the kind words.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
FYI if anyone temporarily experienced a missing puzzle yesterday, I'm sorry this is the first experience that you were welcomed in. The HN hug is real.

Had to run around switching servers asap but thankfully the rest of the puzzles and Zen Mode stayed intact and playable.

Everything is back up and running right now on https://echochess.com/

If you're still experiencing a missing puzzle situation, please try clearing your browser cache and reloading if possible (if you had installed the app locally on your device, re-installing should do the same).

If any issue remains, please let me know and I'll be fixing it ASAP. Will also push a new release very soon with many of the early fixes identified by the community.

Thank you all for bringing so much love and passion to echo chess. How'd you do on the Classic today? :)

Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for the helpful input on this. Concerning the zen mode constraint, do you feel like the countdown timer is what's feeling off-putting to you, or is it the combo reset on shuffling?

Many players who love this mode are also fans of blitz chess. Curious if you're into rapid/bullet modes in general or that's not really your cup of tea.

Comment · 2 years ago
wait o.O are these real chess facts or some meme hypotheticals? if the former then that's a huge TIL.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it and really grateful for the support
Comment · 2 years ago
Yep! It's accessible from any device/browser on echochess.com

you can actually install it locally on any device straight from there too (e.g. on iOS if you're in Safari you can tap share > add to Home Screen)

Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks edanm, really glad you're enjoying echo chess! Very good point, will iterate on that. Would it help if the obstacle squares had some pattern/texture in them or something like an 'x' inside instead of simply being a different color?
Comment · 2 years ago
Hey gverrilla, looks like you tried the game when the traffic was at the peak and the server crashed temporarily. If you'd like to give it another try, we're fully live again online.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks, that's helpful

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