Release 1.6: Filter, Sort, and Optimizations

Published on 2020-02-29 by Stuart Spence

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!

chesscraft screenshot

So you could, for example, see a list of only boards that you've created sorted small to big.

Fun …

Release 1.5: Achievements

Published on 2020-02-15 by Stuart Spence

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 …

Release 1.4: Share Your Designs!

Published on 2020-01-30 by Stuart Spence

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 …

Release 1.3: Premoves, Visual Themes, Eleven Languages

Published on 2019-09-20 by Stuart Spence

The new version of ChessCraft is here! What's new, you ask?

Premoves
Choose a visual theme: minimalist, or wood.
Say au revoir to English! Play ChessCraft in one of eleven languages. That was something.
Computer complexity and human complexity tips.
Kangaroos.
Bug fixes and UI improvements. Thanks for all the …

Release 1.2: Human versus Human, Archers, Thumbnails

Published on 2019-07-19 by Stuart Spence

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 …