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TOTAL ZUGZWANG
This is Chess on a conveyor belt -- an ingenious roguelike, melding tactical strategy and explosive action! Deal with a mind-bending scrolling board that pulls towards you relentless waves of foes and perils. Prepare for their violent collision with your pieces. Prepare for TOTAL ZUGZWANG.
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Prepare To Join The New Chess Legacy

Old Chess Theory can be thrown out the window. Invent your own way to play and mark your name in the new Chess legacy!

DEFINITIONS

ZUGZWANG - /ˈʦuːkʦvaŋ/ n. 1. The compulsion to move.
2. In the game of chess it denotes a position in which the obligation to move a piece on the board has grave consequences.

TOTAL ZUGZWANG - /ˈtəʊtl ˈʦuːkʦvaŋ/ n. In the game "TOTAL ZUGZWANG" it denotes the special event in which there is an obligation to move every piece, the very board itself, and bear the consequences.

About This Game

Chess has been given an upgrade. This unique roguelike challenge integrates the chess board with a steam-powered conveyor belt, and puts it in a machine that ceaselessly spits out procedurally generated waves of chess armies, dangerous traps and powerful items.

  • Strategise to defeat cunning Kings, while protecting your flank against brutish rogue pieces.
  • Resurrect fallen pawns and promote them to build your battalion of Queens.
  • Survive into the end game and defeat the final mechanical terror.
  • Battle for highscores against your friends and the world!

"THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION HAS MODERNISED THE ANCIENT GAME OF CHESS"


GAME-CHANGING POWERUPS

Fight for dominance of pivotal squares to capture power-ups with board-shattering effects and turn the tides of battle.

CHECKMATE OR BE CHECKMATED

With every grind of the conveyor belt, every shift of the board, every TOTAL ZUGZWANG,
you could find yourself one move from a gratifying checkmate...
...or one away from your own King's game-ending capture.

BRIBE AND SELL TO ALTER THE BATTLEFIELD IN YOUR FAVOR

Use captured pieces as currency to bribe brutish rogues to join your side.
Boost your score and declutter the board by selling pieces no longer needed.

CHESS COME ALIVE WITH SOUND AND MUSIC BY JAKE GAULE [SUBMERGED TAPES]

Be immersed in the machinery through a textured steampunk soundscape.
Become transfixed to the action with an original procedural soundtrack of hypnotic african drumming interspersed with electrifying trumpets performed by John Robert Matz.

FEATURES

  • Battle against 6 waves of Chess armies.
  • Survive through 4 different biomes of deadly traps.
  • Defeat the final boss, a mechanical terror.
  • Master over 20 board-changing Powerups.
  • Play as both the White and Black pieces, each with their own ruleset.
  • Unlock Hard Mode for the last biome and greater rewards.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: 1.44 Ghz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD
    • Storage: 240 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Intel HD
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