I've just released version 1.14.0 on Google Play and Steam. It should be avaiable very soon on Steam, and a few days from now on Google Play.

What's new in 1.14:

• View the top boards and pieces this week, month, year, etc.
• Backup and restore progress online …

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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 …

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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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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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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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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 …

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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:

• using at most two seconds every turn to win.
• using at most three minutes to win.

The stars on the badge indicate …

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