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Pawnage

A chess-fighting game where nothing is captured for free. Every capture drops both pieces into a 3D arena for a real-time 1v1 duel: attack with melee, cast spells, grab powerups! Only the survivor takes the square! An old school, fast-paced 1v1 PVP experience both in local couch-mode or via Steam!

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Release Date:

To be announced

Developer:

Evolved Labs

Publisher:

Evolved Labs

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Early Access will give the community a chance to pitch in in terms of balancing as the game is being developed: this includes new playable characters, spells, as well as duel arenas feedback.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“The Early access period will likely last 3-9 months.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“First and foremost, the finished version will be more polished in all aspects but especially gameplay balance.

Early access also means that not all content is available right now, as new characters, spells and arenas for the duels are still being worked on and are planned to only be added after completion and feedback from players. ”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game is playable and offers online 1v1 as well as local 1v1 games. Only one playable faction is available at the moment (and even so, it's likely going to be re-worked overtime with early access player's feedback) as well as not all duel arenas are available. For this reason, the same duel arena will appear on multiple squares.

The single player mode vs CPU is also already in, but the difficulty is still to be tuned as well.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes. The price will be slightly increased for the full release launch.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Yes! The whole point of Early Access is to gain feedback from players to properly balance the game and remove cheese/meta tactics that could emerge only when players actually start playing the game. You're more than welcome to break the game and join our discord community to provide your feedback!”

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Planned Release Date: To be announced

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About This Game

An old school 1v1 arcade action crashed into the world's most famous board game. Easy to pick up. Brutal to master.

Nothing is captured for free.

Slide your knight onto your opponent's queen and the board falls away. Both pieces land in a 3D arena and fight for that square in real time: no turns, no dice, no waiting. Win and you march back onto the square like you own it. Lose and that piece is gone for good...

...which means that the queen you've been terrified of all match is just one bad duel away from dying to a pawn. Yours or theirs.

Every square is its own battleground.

The board is mapped to a whole roster of arenas, reshuffled every single match. Fighting over d4 is nothing like fighting over h7, and next game it'll be somewhere else entirely.

The arena is not a neutral party. Spike traps. Pressure plates. Pits that settle a duel in half a second. Learn the ground you're standing on or it'll bury you.

Every piece hits different.

Every piece brings its own stats and its own unique attacks: melee, spells, or both. Stamina decides how long you can sprint and swing before you're gasping and wide open.

Fireballs. Frostbolts. Speed buffs. Strength buffs. Heals. You know the drill.

Burn all your stamina early and you'll be swinging on empty when it counts.

Hold back for too long and you'll die with a full mana bar.

Fight dirty: grab the powerups.

Powerups drop into the arena mid-duel. Health, mana, raw stat boosts, and a random spell for whoever gets there first. That's the whole fight right there: the duel you were losing flips the second you beat them to it. Go get it.

Forget checkmate. Kill the king.

Reach the enemy king, win that one duel, and the match is over, even if you were getting dismantled on the board. Every trade is a gamble. Protect your king, because every gamble can be your end.

Bring a friend. Or don't.

Jump into 1v1 online over Steam, or take on a CPU opponent across multiple difficulty levels to hone your skills.

System Requirements

Windows

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: i3 or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1050 or better
Storage: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: Any

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 11
Processor: i5 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1080 or better
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: Any