Computer scientist and educator. Creator of ChessCraft. Senior scientific programmer at Environment Canada.
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
This amazing release has the most new piece and board rules ever in a single update! I've also added seven new languages. As usual, it may take a few days for Google to make the update available to everyone.
I must extend a special thanks to Politique 2.0, Maria …
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
Richard Stallman may be a legend in the world of software, but he also has decades of history promoting a toxic environment in software communities. Due to this, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has been pressured to kick out Stallman from the board of directors, which they did, though he …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
Today I'm incredibly excited to announce a test release of ChessCraft with online multiplayer! If you are a beta tester on Google Play, you'll soon get the latest version 1.12 which allows you to play your friends online.
Just like release 1.4 where you could share your designs …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
So... I bought myself a ChessCraft mug. Is that vain?
I'm really happy with this awesome mug!
In case anyone else is interested, here's a link to the new online store: ChessCraft Bazaar. Good to note: these are printed individually by Zazzle so they are quite pricey, and I hardly …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
I thought this was a small update, but then I reviewed all my changes and I surprised myself!
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
The privately employed
May say they're annoyed
about public servant perks.
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What they fail to note
(and it's fair that they don't)
is that zombification lurks.
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Zombies are not happy,
humans need to be scrappy.
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Hold on to your fire,
stir the pots and aspire.
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Are you a zombie?
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
Two great new features have been added! Restrictors prevent nearby pieces from moving and/or attacking, and Gems which you collect and spend to open gates.
There's also a great new trailer to replace the first one that I made 18 months ago.
And of course, bug fixes and UI …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
This small update is all about convenience features and bugfixes.
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
Before I ramble too much about the random board generator, I must thank:
- for volunteering to fully and thoroughly edit my Italian, Spanish, and Russian translations! This was a lot of work. More than most people may realize. Internally, ChessCraft has over 500 different …
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 …