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by ramly 3y ago
Great point actually. Will add that, thanks figers! echo chess is already a progressive web app fyi, you can install it directly from the website if you want. but yes, a native iOS app would be great as well.
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by ramly 3y ago
Help! Hey guys, thanks for all the love. So many people playing the game right now, the site is starting to crash and is showing default puzzles instead of today's dailies :') anyone here can help?
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by ramly 3y ago
Thanks Waterluvian, that's actually a really good point. Do you feel the same about the rest of the sound effects, or is it mostly the music starting as ON in the context of a web game that feels unexpected?
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by ramly 3y ago
I got you haha
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by ramly 3y ago
Thank you chedoku, I appreciate all the support. A lof of love has gone into making this game. Which one was your favorite puzzle?
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by ramly 3y ago
I think this is low key the biggest flex in the history of echo chess dailies.
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by ramly 3y ago
(btw for replay button do you mean specifically a button that allows you to Undo a certain move, or did you mean the ability to rewatch a whole game's sequence of moves after it's done?)
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by ramly 3y ago
Sure thing, happy to help. *SPOILER ALERT* A good approach for clearing long columns of pawns in echo chess is usually to try to take the very first bottom pawn and to 'climb' up the column by successively taking one pawn at a tim
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by ramly 3y ago
Yeah this puzzle is HARD. Sorry about that lol. Here's a hint: can you try to keep both your white pieces useful after going down from the top section? see if there's 2 bishops on a white square for example.
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by ramly 3y ago
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the echo chess variant. It does show you at the end - there's like a progress bar with how many moves you got and what the best known number of moves is. Is it not displaying correctly on your end?
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by ramly 3y ago
Hah yes it does look like an 'H'. If you prefer a much smaller but equally (or arguably more) challenging puzzle, try this one: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E...
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by ramly 3y ago
Ohh good point. This is the current content of the Rules page: https://echochess.com/rules.html any ideas how to improve that in terms of text or visuals for further clarity?
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by ramly 3y ago
Sure thing. Keep in mind by the way that it's actually already prohibitively difficult for a player to truly brute-force their way around the board, especially in larger boards. Below is a rough intuition-based proof of why that is. If
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by ramly 3y ago
You got it in one try only? Very impressive tbh. Glad you're enjoying it @ggjkvcxddd ECHO CHESS Mar 26 (C) ♟ 0:21 sec 2/8 tries 12 moves
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by ramly 3y ago
That's a good point. Experimented with a few "big" X's before and it just wasn't doing it. The small x in the center might actually be it.
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by ramly 3y ago
Will be coming very soon! What device/OS would you expect as a priority?
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by ramly 3y ago
Glad you're enjoying it! Thanks for the support. Any suggestions for improvements you'd like to see?
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by ramly 3y ago
Yeah I think that might actually be a good idea to try out. I tested a few things with shapes during the beta but they kept looking too '3D'ish for the rest of the theme. Not sure if I'm explaining it right but the obstacle s
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by ramly 3y ago
lmaooo your edit killed me @samstave. Glad you're enjoying echo chess! and yes, some of the daily epic puzzles can be brutal :) I think it might help to start with a certain strategy in mind. were you able to hone in on a strategy for
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by ramly 3y ago
2:09 sec. well played!
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by ramly 3y ago
sorry to hear about that! do you mind sharing which device and version of android you're on? I believe what anilakar said is correct
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by ramly 3y ago
Thanks! Really appreciate the support. If you're up for a real challenge, check out this puzzle: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E... Looks super innocent but has already stumped a GM.
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by ramly 3y ago
Wow that's a huge statement, thank you :) do you play a lot of chess @RIMR?
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by ramly 3y ago
...Also for anyone who's curious about the extremely deep rabbit hole involved in this project, I think you'll enjoy this (somewhat) quick read: https://samiramly.com/chess
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by ramly 3y ago
Ah sorry I misunderstood! The concept of lives actually arose from a lot of playtesting and valuable feedback during the beta. Many players were feeling that there is no real 'cost' to brute-forcing the exploration of every possib
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by ramly 3y ago
That Selective Attention experiment always amazes me. It's like one of those things that shouldn't really work but they somehow do. Like welding an impossible triangle.
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by ramly 3y ago
Thank you janalsncm, very helpful feedback! Will take note of all these. Concerning the lives not feeling necessary, do you mind sharing how many attempts it took you to solve the puzzle? Still trying to hone in on the ideal number of lives
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by ramly 3y ago
Correct. Apologies for not making that clearer! in some puzzles it is much more obvious than today's because the obstacles connect to create long connected walls: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&leve
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by ramly 3y ago
Hey again HN! I'm sami, the creator of echo chess. Humbled to see this game up on HN again. This is a chess variant I first developed as a beta last year and the feedback from the community has been incredibly helpful. Spent the past y
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by ramly 3y ago
ECHO CHESS Mar 25 (E) 0:18 sec 1/8 tries 13 moves

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