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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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I thought this was a small update, but then I reviewed all my changes and I surprised myself!

• Collect "relics" in adventure mode.
• Be a spectator with the new AI versus AI mode.
• Occasional ambient music.
• Bishop/Rook slide range editor increased from 0-3 to 0-5
• Choose piece movement animation …

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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?

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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 …

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This small update is all about convenience features and bugfixes.

• Fixed a bug where the AI thinks a very long time then makes illegal moves.
• Undo button in the board editor.
• Drag release drift.
• Swap button for white/black when placing pieces in the board editor.
• New piece abilities: move …

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Before I ramble too much about the random board generator, I must thank:

• Luigi Annicchiarico
• Johan Estévez
• Selianin Alexander

- 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 …

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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 …

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Updated: 2025-01

This page is a description of the artificial intelligence (AI) in ChessCraft. This page assumes you:

• have seen a gameplay video, or played around a bit with the ChessCraft board editor and piece editor
• have some introductory chess ability, like how to checkmate a king with just a …

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