Computer scientist and educator. Creator of ChessCraft. Senior scientific programmer at Environment Canada.
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
I thought this was a small update, but then I reviewed all my changes and I surprised myself!
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 …
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?