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Posted by patrickdavey 4 days ago

I've been having fun building out a really simple chess learning app for my daughter (7). It started with just "maze like" puzzles [1] and I've added a few more.

This "radioactive pooping knights" idea came from an Irish primary school chess website [2]. Really simple idea, two knights moving around the board leaving poo behind... Don't be the one forced to step on it.

* best played with sound on.

[1]. https://minichessgames.com/#/movement/knight

[2]. https://ficheall.ie/

*highly subjective, may not be better for you to play with sound at all ;)

p.s. Any "buy me a coffee" goes to my daughter. Annoyingly they only pay out once you get above $10 USD and I think it's currently sitting at 9.85 or something!

Comments

Comment by p2detar 3 days ago

Amazing idea! I managed to win once by not trying to pressure the opponent but just looking for the most free to move sectors on the board.

Comment by patrickdavey 3 days ago

Well done :) the "ai" for this game is really basic, it just tries to find any free move and take it. The other games do a basic minmax to look ahead a bit.

Glad you enjoyed it :)

Comment by nikvdp 4 days ago

omg the sound when you win is certainly not the reward I was hoping for

Comment by patrickdavey 4 days ago

On brand though surely ;)

(What were you hoping for?, the other games have a more traditional winning melody ;)