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Placement

Placement is a minimalist logic puzzle game based on chess.

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Chessformer

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About This Game

Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. 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.

In this game, you can…

  • …move like chess pieces, then watch them fall under gravity until they land.
  • …stack chess pieces into improvised towers to climb out of pits.
  • …pick your own starting pieces, so solving begins before the first move.
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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

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About This Game

It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

In this game, you can…

  • …have ten active timelines where a single move can put five past kings in check at once.
  • …watch the AI create nine parallel dimensions, then checkmate it three moves in the past in two different dimensions.
  • …move a king into an alternate dimension, creating a parallel present where there are now two enemy kings to deal with.
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King of the Bridge

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About This Game

Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!

In this game, you can…

  • …catch the troll cheating, then cheat on your next turn as a reward.
  • …take the enemy king and watch another piece become the new king, so the match keeps escalating until black runs out of pieces.
  • …walk a bishop around to leave landmines on every square it visits, then have those mines keep warping the board long after.
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KNIGHTS

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About This Game

KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience.

In this game, you can…

  • …tackle 75 new daily puzzles a day, split into three sets of 25.
  • …solve boards with only one empty space, where that single slot has to cycle every piece into place.
  • …clear a path by moving golden knights out of the way in the exact order.