Computer scientist and educator. Creator of ChessCraft. Senior scientific programmer at Environment Canada.
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
This is a fun one! Ever since I started working on ChessCraft in January 2018, I've wanted "iron pieces". I've published 1.7 on Google Play - it will be available to you sometime in the next few days when Google approves it.
This is one of my oldest feature ideas …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
Apparently, some of you have been very busy making lots and lots of custom boards and pieces. A popular request is to sort and filter your creations, so here it is!
So you could, for example, see a list of only boards that you've created sorted small to big.
Fun …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
So I'm told (by many of you) that achievements are a critical element of mobile games. Well here we go! I thought I'd get started with these two:
The stars on the badge indicate …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
I'm extremely excited to share this new version!
You can now share your creations online. Sharing creates your own web page on the ChessCraft website like this one. Your friends can then use the share code to play your custom boards and custom pieces. Or, backup your favourites online before …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
The new version of ChessCraft is here! What's new, you ask?
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
This wonderful update includes a new human versus human mode, ranged attack pieces (which attack without moving), and board preview thumbnails. I also removed restrictions on naming boards and pieces. Finally, many UI tweaks and some bug fixes.
Thank you all for your patience on this new version. I've had …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
I just released version 1.1 which is my first patch for ChessCraft! Thanks everyone for the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) feedback.
I had a hickup this morning where ChessCraft was briefly taken off Google Play but all seems fine now.
It seems …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
Today ChessCraft passed 100 active installs! That is, 100 people decided to install ChessCraft and (most importantly) did not decide to uninstall it. So that's quite nice. This makes ChessCraft the most popular game I've ever made. Except if we count Starcraft 1 and Warcraft 3 multiplayer maps I made …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
There is a possibility that ChessCraft will be used to teach artificial intelligence in a university course! My commandline interface already supports round robin tournaments, and a professor expressed some interest today. It occurred to me that if I prepare a package, lots of AI professors could use it. And …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
ChessCraft is now available on Google Play for the first time! The ChessCraft website has also been updated, and there's a launch trailer on YouTube.
The new ChessCraft 1.0 icon.
For some time, it was necessary to use a Google+ group to share private releases with …