I turned chess into a video game: 40 players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also, I added bombs馃挘 Playtest starts Oct 25th!

Chess Arena Trailer

We turned chess into a video game! It's a Battle Royale with 40 players, a giant chessboard, and ONE winner.

Oct 14, 2025 路 4:15 PM UTC

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Signup on Steam to playtest: steam.pm/app/3202290/
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I want in!!
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Would love to see what you think :)
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So cool! Best of luck with the launch
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Thank you 馃槉
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Wait what who's developing this?
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Co-founded an indie gaming studio @momgamedev (they are great)
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wow now imagine a chess engine for this type of battle soo cool.
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That would be funny
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I HAVE LOVED PLAYING IT!!! Everyone should play!!! Soon I鈥檒l get better than you Alex
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SO EXCITED!!!
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This looks amazing!!
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Oooo its finally happening congrats!!!
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馃
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THIS LOOKS SO COOL!!
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This looks dope
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Fischer gave us random starting pieces. Chess Informant Chess gave us a chance to promote pawns at row 7. But I do believe bombs are the next evolution of chess. Not the one we wanted but the one we needed. 馃馃
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This is awesome!!!!
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Looks great! Excited to play this game!
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wait this looks so cool! excited to try it out 馃コ
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Excited for this one. Chess Battle Royale!
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Didn鈥檛 see this coming, very cool
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Looks great! 鈾燂笍
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@MrMcDAOwell it鈥檚 time
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Congrats Alex! It looks amazing, loved the bombs part
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hypeeee
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This looks epic
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legendary
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This game has insane potential ! I'll love seeing it evolve over the next weeks !
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@gs072887
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LFG!!!
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This looks really fun!
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