+cmadruga Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I love the inclusion of characters! Do they have stories told between games? One idea could be to give your character a few "challenges" between games. Those could be some exercises with a more limited set of pieces in play. "Can you check mate the opponent in 2 moves?" "Can you avoid letting your bishop be captured?" etc That way it can feel like a puzzle... and people are actually learning chess strategies in disguise 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 minute ago, cmadruga said: I love the inclusion of characters! Do they have stories told between games? One idea could be to give your character a few "challenges" between games. Those could be some exercises with a more limited set of pieces in play. "Can you check mate the opponent in 2 moves?" "Can you avoid letting your bishop be captured?" etc That way it can feel like a puzzle... and people are actually learning chess strategies in disguise 🙂 Yes, that would be cool. It would turn the game into a multi-game of sorts. Neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, cmadruga said: I love the inclusion of characters! Do they have stories told between games? One idea could be to give your character a few "challenges" between games. Those could be some exercises with a more limited set of pieces in play. "Can you check mate the opponent in 2 moves?" "Can you avoid letting your bishop be captured?" etc That way it can feel like a puzzle... and people are actually learning chess strategies in disguise 🙂 The stories are a good idea. I'll think about it. The puzzles would require a lot of development. At this moment I'm trying to make faster the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, nanochess said: The stories are a good idea. I'll think about it. The puzzles would require a lot of development. At this moment I'm trying to make faster the engine. It looks great so far! Any chance that you would use extended RAM in order to implement the remaining mechanics (e.g., castling, en passant, etc.)? I think it's sort of moving away from "atomchess" ... -dZ. Edited March 4, 2023 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 43 minutes ago, nanochess said: I cannot believe I've added a tournament mode complete with tiny pictures Midori can play against Monkey, Sue, and Professor Shifu. So awsome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, DZ-Jay said: It looks great so far! Any chance that you would use extended RAM in order to implement the remaining mechanics (e.g., castling, en passant, etc.)? I think it's sort of moving away from "atomchess" ... -dZ. I forgot to say it has castling, en passant, and promotion. Also it can use the USCF Chess overlays I think Atomchess doesn't have "catch" for a box. I'll think another name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, nanochess said: I forgot to say it has castling, en passant, and promotion. Wow! That's great!! 👍 16 minutes ago, nanochess said: Also it can use the USCF Chess overlays Oooh, backwards compatibility and everything. 😄 16 minutes ago, nanochess said: I think Atomchess doesn't have "catch" for a box. I'll think another name. "Atomchess" would work very well, if you were in fact trying to point out the smallness of the program as its primary feature (as you have done in the programming competitions), but I think you're way past that now. I agree that a new name is in order. How about something chess-related like, "Grandmaster Challenge"? It also depends on whether you are going to implement the puzzle aspects, which can then be something to refer in the title. Here's a fun title that just occurred to me: "p4wned!" (a chess-minded play on the l33t term "p0wned") 😄 -dZ. Edited March 4, 2023 by DZ-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 nanochess by nanochess? nanochess' nanochess, or nanochess's nanochess? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 You should think about putting this one to cart. I think its a strong game! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog said: You should think about putting this one to cart. I think its a strong game! Me too!👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 Finally, I managed to get a decent playing speed for the chess engine, and also squashed all the bugs. It was like riding in bicycle, you start to remember things as you go. 😉 I've sent the ROM to my wide testing group, currently composed of one two three person people 🤪 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 I just made a video 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 44 minutes ago, nanochess said: I just made a video Really cool Oscar! Love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 No idea if it's the smallest chess engine but you could still call it Quantum Nanochess. Or something more science(y) sounding like . . . hmmm . . . Vectron! Oh no, Vectron is taken. Quantum Nanochess it is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 10:02 AM, nanochess said: I forgot to say it has castling, en passant, and promotion. Also it can use the USCF Chess overlays I think Atomchess doesn't have "catch" for a box. I'll think another name. I dont see why you couldnt just call it "Grandmaster Chess" ? That cant be a trademarked or copyrited name.. could it? If it goes to cart, i want 2..lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Kingsoft/Audiogenic made Grandmaster in 1982-86, but there have been other chess programs since. Nanomaster Chess? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, carlsson said: Kingsoft/Audiogenic made Grandmaster in 1982-86, but there have been other chess programs since. Nanomaster Chess? I understand, but i do not think "Grandmaster" is a trademarkable name. That would be like trademarking "Football", "The", or "Super". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 So, no votes for “P4wn3d!,” uh? 😕 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog said: i do not think "Grandmaster" is a trademarkable name You're probably correct, but remember that Football Manager is protected in one way or another. How about Grand Master Component Chess? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 I've some good news: The game has a publisher attached, and he likes "Mr. Chess" The newest version of the game allows to promote to any valid piece. Also, the board setup is now done in a separate mode to ease the editing of the chessboard. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 If you release a ROM-only version that requires the LTO, call it the Grandmaster FLASH edition. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On a different note, "Mr Chess" reminds me of Mr Coffee and Mr Radar. (jokes aside, the new chess game looks slick!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gunoz Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 In the tradition of Pac-Man and Nightstalker, Mr. Chess implies the existence of Ms. Chess... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Wasn't that the woman in The Queen's Gambit? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 2 hours ago, carlsson said: Wasn't that the woman in The Queen's Gambit? That's another game https://nanochess.org/chess7.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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