Gigachess

Released: Dec 15, 2015
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 07 Sep 2026, 06:42 GMT

Updates & announcements

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10 Jan 2025Developer post
Gigachess v1.27 Update
GIGACHESS V1.27 CHANGELOG Added a button to the in-game leaderboard for quickly viewing your personal best score in the selected Endless variation (clicking any other navigation button returns to the normal view of rankings) The icon representing "Birdie" stage clears at Puzzle A
GIGACHESS V1.27 CHANGELOG

Added a button to the in-game leaderboard for quickly viewing your personal best score in the selected Endless variation (clicking any other navigation button returns to the normal view of rankings)
The icon representing "Birdie" stage clears at Puzzle Attack changed from a triangular platinum medal to a gold star with a red jewel
A bug at the Knight's Dungeon level select screen where the unlocking sound effect could play continuously after clearing stage 8 fixed
Assorted fixes & optimizations
Far from a meaty update or anything, but a recently reported sound effect bug needed to be fixed and it created a good excuse to take seriously a couple other pieces of feedback from players here on Steam. The addition to the leaderboard of being able to view your individual score even if outside the selected variation's top 100 has been a long time coming.
More generally, activity as it relates to all things Drixxel Soft has been on something of a pause for far too long now - I had been developing a series of arcade games for a corporate client, and most of my gamedev energy continues to go into freelance work on other games. The most exciting of those outside projects is definitely this one, The Doors of Trithius, on which I've been handling lead artist duty. If you like the idea of a 2D turn-based Elder Scrolls, you'd be well served to check this out as the game is something special! :D
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1519490/The_Doors_of_Trithius/
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16 Sep 2020Developer post
Gigachess v1.26 Update | Xbox One gamepad support
XB1 gamepad support and a handful of minor QOL/technical improvements nudge Gigachess forward to v1.26 :) GIGACHESS V1.26 CHANGELOG Controller support extended to include Xbox One gamepads (custom bindings are shared between XB1 and X360 pads) Mouseover tooltips will no longer ap
XB1 gamepad support and a handful of minor QOL/technical improvements nudge Gigachess forward to v1.26 :)
GIGACHESS V1.26 CHANGELOG

Controller support extended to include Xbox One gamepads (custom bindings are shared between XB1 and X360 pads)
Mouseover tooltips will no longer appear if the game window loses focus
Clicking the X at the top right of the game window will now bring up the exit confirmation pop-up instead of closing Gigachess immediately
Assorted tweaks, fixes & optimizations
Added later via quiet patch (Jan 25, 2021 @ 8:11am)

A bug preventing the Knight's Dungeon (Hint Unlocked) achievement from unlocking is fixed
With the spooky season now complete, the Halloween (Pumpkin Pawn) skin has been turned off by default for any new players on first launch
Some buggy behaviour concerning use of click-undo on a single piece that was involved in curing a Curse from a Pawn fixed
The layout of the Trapmine Pawn lure stage in Tutorial lesson 3 slightly altered to feature 2 Viper Pawns
A layering bug that placed the chain graphics signifying a locked route at the Brilliant Blitz level selector above the exit game prompt fixed
The EXE has been rebuilt to avoid the false positives from antivirus software that affected the original release of v1.26
A bug on the Knight's Dungeon level selection screen where the gold completion stars could incorrectly be set to states only possible in Puzzle Attack mode (birdie, eagle, albatross) fixed
XB1 gamepads would previously act very squirrely and this needed to be patched! They were basically unusable due to a bug in how the game was handling input from the left analog stick, causing the cursor to constantly drift. All better as of v1.26, and stuff behind the scenes regarding controller support is slightly cleaner now, too.
If anyone's interested in trying something new, there's a completely different puzzle thing I've been working on called ASTRALODE. It's an asteroid mining action puzzler where you launch clusters of mining tools into space rocks to harvest their shiny bits. There's a free version here on Steam featuring the game's arcade mode you can play now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1273010/ASTRALODE_Freeminers/
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11 Feb 2020Developer post
Gigachess OST Update | FLAC audio now available
With the big batch of changes Valve has made to how soundtracks work here on Steam, the Gigachess - Original Soundtrack DLC has been reconfigured to take advantage of all that good stuff! The OST is now available in FLAC format for anyone into lossless audio, you'll just need to
19 Dec 2019Developer post
Gigachess v1.25 Update | New achievements + minor fixes
A couple new achievements and some bug fixes step Gigachess forward to v1.25 :) GIGACHESS V1.25 CHANGELOG All Viper Survivor achievement added that unlocks upon reaching wave 10 when playing Endless mode with the All Viper mutator enabled Spawncycle Survivor achievement added tha
A couple new achievements and some bug fixes step Gigachess forward to v1.25 :)
GIGACHESS V1.25 CHANGELOG

All Viper Survivor achievement added that unlocks upon reaching wave 10 when playing Endless mode with the All Viper mutator enabled
Spawncycle Survivor achievement added that unlocks upon reaching a hits target of 100 or more when playing Endless mode with the Spawncycle mutator enabled
Some minor optimizations made that trim down memory usage
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where click-undoing a hero piece that captured a Pawn would fail to restore that Pawn to the board mode fixed
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where Curses could be misapplied to Pawns upon resetting the stage fixed
The Drixxel Soft logo has been updated at the title menu
Added later via quiet patch (Feb 11, 2020 @ 2:48pm)

A bug where hero pieces with vertically-stacked starting positions could overlap following an All-Clear if the bottommost piece's starting square was occupied by a Blockade fixed
Happy Holidays to everyone! There's no shortage of amazing games on sale across the store, here's hoping you all find something fun to play :)
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29 Oct 2019Developer post
Happy Halloween! + Gigachess v1.24 Update
A handful of tweaks move Gigachess ahead to v1.24 in time for the Halloween season :) GIGACHESS V1.24 CHANGELOG The Halloween skin is now set as the default for first time players A small change to Pawn behaviour made in the new Brilliant Blitz Level Pack has been brought over to
A handful of tweaks move Gigachess ahead to v1.24 in time for the Halloween season :)
GIGACHESS V1.24 CHANGELOG

The Halloween skin is now set as the default for first time players
A small change to Pawn behaviour made in the new Brilliant Blitz Level Pack has been brought over to the standard Puzzle Attack stages, improving how stacks of Pawns / Viper Pawns interact with each other in situations where they pile up in a column
Because of the above change, a handful of Puzzle Attack stage layouts have been gently tweaked and their solutions are likewise slightly altered
A bug where tooltips could appear at the party builder screen of Endless mode when mousing off-screen fixed
A bug where the help overlay introducing the step undo / redo controls that appears on first launch of Puzzle Attack mode could insist on reappearing fixed
Added later via quiet patch (Dec 15, 2019 @ 11:32am)

The Halloween skin removed as the default on first launch
Additional fixes to a handful of Puzzle Attack stages' Pawn orders
In other Gigachess news, have a peek at how the standalone Knight's Dungeon Deluxe is looking at the moment! A couple of the major additions here are multi-touch squares and collectible SP that allow Shapeshifts to be purchased on demand rather than activated at set locations.
Anyhow, here's hoping everyone is having a suitably spooky Halloween on Steam :)
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19 Jul 2019Developer post
Gigachess v1.23 Update | Optimizations + Extended Tooltips
Major performance improvements, more detailed tooltips and a number of other additions move Gigachess to v1.23 :) GIGACHESS V1.23 CHANGELOG Longer descriptions of power-ups, Endless mode Mutators and other mechanics may now be easily viewed during gameplay when hovering over the
Major performance improvements, more detailed tooltips and a number of other additions move Gigachess to v1.23 :)
GIGACHESS V1.23 CHANGELOG

Longer descriptions of power-ups, Endless mode Mutators and other mechanics may now be easily viewed during gameplay when hovering over the appropriate objects, and a toggle control to turn this feature on/off is available from the drop-down menu (extended tooltips are switched on by default for all 1st time players)
A number of optimization tweaks have resulted in a significant performance boost, CPU + memory usage is roughly 40% better than v1.22
All of the hints in Knight's Dungeon mode have been updated and now include the official solution's ending square marked off in addition to the opening two moves for each stage
A clearer method for switching between mouse and gamepad has been added to the drop-down menu, a checkmark now appears next to the currently prioritized input method
A bug where having a gamepad connected could prevent you from switching back over to using the mouse for controlling gameplay fixed
A bug where the level preview for stage 28 in Knight's Dungeon mode displayed a slightly incorrect layout fixed
Added later via quiet patch (Aug 2, 2019 @ 3:12pm)

Auto-detection of connected gamepads can now be disabled after clicking the Mouse/KB button in the Input section of the drop-down menu, handy if you have an analog stick that likes to drift
A bug where clicking the step undo/redo buttons in Puzzle Attack mode while a power-up's placement grid was open could allow a glitchy use of this power-up fixed
Animated pointers added to the 3 Tutorial lessons to draw attention to the various elements needing to be interacted with and to help direct the usage of power-ups
Pawn attack range, viewable by either right-clicking a Pawn or enabling the Pawn Attack Range feature to the bottom left of the board, now features a menacing skull graphic to better communicate danger
Switching input priority to a connected gamepad now toggles the mouse cursor's custom styling off
A few fixes made to French language text
A bug where the Puzzle Attack step forward / step back buttons could not be used with a gamepad fixed
A bug in Puzzle Attack & Tutorial modes where click-undoing a hero piece after resetting the stage could incorrectly remove a curse from a Pawn fixed
The extended tooltips are long overdue, the significant performance boost should help the game run smoother on low-powered machines, and the most recent batch of Workshop Dungeons for Knight's Dungeon mode uploaded to the Gigachess Steam Workshop have beefed up the available game content just a little more :)
EDIT: oh yeah, and there's also this DLC level pack for Puzzle Attack mode that went live on August 2nd!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/459670/Gigachess__Brilliant_Blitz_Level_Pack/
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08 Jul 2019Developer post
Knight's Dungeon "Alphabet" Level Set
Just as a fun challenge, here's each letter of the Gigachess logo in playable Knight's Dungeon form. There are 11 new Workshop stages in total here, check them out! :D As you can see, "H" and "E" are split into two parts - under the current rules of Knight's Dungeon mode, the boa
20 Dec 2018Developer post
Gigachess v1.22 Update | Party Performance Tracking
Tracking of personal best scores per party, expanded gamepad controls and assorted fixes move Gigachess forward to v1.22 :) GIGACHESS V1.22 CHANGELOG Performance grades in Endless mode achieved with any party configuration on any difficulty are now backed up internally, with the
Tracking of personal best scores per party, expanded gamepad controls and assorted fixes move Gigachess forward to v1.22 :)
GIGACHESS V1.22 CHANGELOG

Performance grades in Endless mode achieved with any party configuration on any difficulty are now backed up internally, with the best grade achieved by the selected party displaying at the bottom right of the party builder screen
Beating a previously achieved grade with a party causes a special pop-up to appear on the scoring screen at the end of the run
A bug with the performance grade calculation where the grade displayed at the end of an Endless run might change unexpectedly after a moment's wait fixed
Automatic vertical centering of the game window on launch has been adjusted slightly to be better positioned
The right analog stick on many USB gamepads can now be used to control the cursor in addition to the left analog stick
Added later via quiet patch (Dec 26, 2018 @ 10:20pm)

A secret method for resetting stat-based achievements added by player request
Gigachess has recently turned 3 years old on Steam, thank you to everyone who's taken a chance on the game and had some fun with it along the way! Happy holidays, here's hoping you find some awesome games to play this Winter Sale :D
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29 Oct 2018Developer post
Happy Halloween! :D
To everyone celebrating the season in spooky fashion, Happy Halloween! :) During the Halloween Sale here on Steam, Gigachess will default to its Halloween skin on first launch so all new players get a nicely seasonal welcome. Lay waste to the pumpkin pawn army! :D For something c
27 Sep 2018Developer post
Gigachess v1.21 Update | Additional audio control, Puzzle Attack reward text
Audio mute toggles, a handful of bug fixes and more step Gigachess ahead to v1.21 :) GIGACHESS V1.21 CHANGELOG Clickable toggles are now available for quickly muting sound effects + music volume from the audio menu A rewarding message added for clearing all Puzzle Attack stages o
Audio mute toggles, a handful of bug fixes and more step Gigachess ahead to v1.21 :)
GIGACHESS V1.21 CHANGELOG

Clickable toggles are now available for quickly muting sound effects + music volume from the audio menu
A rewarding message added for clearing all Puzzle Attack stages on Easy difficulty (if done before clearing all on Pro)
A bug where the highlight on damaged Blockades would persist on the board fixed
A bug where the Puzzle Attack reward text would appear overlayed on the level select buttons on exiting the stage fixed
Added later via quiet patch (Oct 4, 2018 @ 12:33pm)

A bug where the hint overlays for the final two stages of the Tutorial's third lesson were reversed fixed
A bug where the title screen music could start at full volume versus fading in with a volume swell fixed
As always, your bug reports and feedback on the community forums are a huge help! Thanks a bunch for playing Gigachess, please do share whatever's on your mind <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions
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27 Jul 2018Developer post
Gigachess v1.20 Update | New Puzzle Attack Rank, Other Polish
'Albatross' rank in Puzzle Attack mode, a way to view a moved hero piece's previous position in a turn and more advance Gigachess ahead :) GIGACHESS V1.20 CHANGELOG The new rank of 'Albatross' is available in Puzzle Attack mode for any stage completed 3 turns under par Right-clic
'Albatross' rank in Puzzle Attack mode, a way to view a moved hero piece's previous position in a turn and more advance Gigachess ahead :)
GIGACHESS V1.20 CHANGELOG

The new rank of 'Albatross' is available in Puzzle Attack mode for any stage completed 3 turns under par
Right-clicking on a moved hero piece now displays a graphic on the square where the hero piece originated from in that turn
A highlight effect now appears on damaged Blockades when the Blockade grid is up to better indicate that they can be repaired
When Pawn attack ranges are set to visible, the effect now features a cycling pulse to make dangerous squares more apparent
The animation speed of the Hyper pulse effect has been slowed down a touch and the animation speed of the Queen-up pulse now matches that of the Hyper pulse
The Par value for Puzzle Attack stage 36 is now 6 (down from 8)
A bug where turn counting in Endless mode's performance grading could get thrown off when playing with the Spawncycle mutator enabled fixed
The order of the final two Tutorial stages have been flipped, so now the Curse stage precedes the Shieldguard stage (and the Shieldguard stage features a Cursed Pawn to test Curse removal via a Shieldguard with)
A bug where a couple of squares in the middle of the board could flash with an All-Clear fixed
A bug where the Viper Pawn downgrade flash effect wouldn't appear upon party demise fixed
Added later via quiet patch (Aug 3, 2018 @ 9:02am)

The flash animation of the turn advance button after waiting in a turn is now disabled in all game modes
A few sprite layering bugs corrected where effects could be drawn below the turn advance button
A bug in Tutorial mode where the Viper Pawn downgrade effect would play over certain Pawns at the very start of a stage fixed
As always, your bug reports and feedback on the community forums are a huge help! Thanks a bunch for playing Gigachess, please do share whatever's on your mind <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions
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25 Jun 2018Developer post
Gigachess v1.19 Update | Easier Curse Removal, Pawn Palette Tweaks
A change to the perks received from protecting threatened pieces + revised colour coding of Pawns step Gigachess forward :) GIGACHESS V1.19 CHANGELOG A tweak to the rules governing Shieldguards makes it easier to clear Curses from the board, so now every time a Shieldguard point
A change to the perks received from protecting threatened pieces + revised colour coding of Pawns step Gigachess forward :)
GIGACHESS V1.19 CHANGELOG

A tweak to the rules governing Shieldguards makes it easier to clear Curses from the board, so now every time a Shieldguard point is earned, any Curse present on a Pawn is wiped out (this previously only happened every 3 Shieldguard points where it was paired up with the Viper Pawn downgrade)
The category names displayed on Endless mode's performance grading screen will now only change colour if the category's score is "good" (green) or "bad" (red)
A bug where a Blockade's Stock counter (accessible by right-clicking on a Blockade) would refuse to display immediately after viewing a hero piece's ID tooltip fixed
A bug where it was possible to blindly place Blockades and other Power-ups onto the board through the Help slides fixed
A bug where quickloading a saved Endless game with the Spawncycle mutator enabled could incorrectly set the Hyper threshold fixed
Assorted optimization tweaks have reduced CPU usage by ~10%
Added later via quiet patch (Jul 12, 2018 @ 1:04pm)

A bug where loading quicksaves and autosaves in Endless mode could restore incorrect SP values fixed
A bug where completing a stage in Puzzle Attack mode on Easy difficulty 3 below Par would display the standard 'Par' icon on the level selector fixed
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where rewinding/resetting a stage and click-undoing a hero piece that had previously received a Queen-up could incorrectly reapply Queen-up status fixed
Some changes made to gamepad detection to expand compatibility with more models of USB gamepad
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where restoring a captured hero piece through use of the Step Back / Rewind button would place it in a bugged state where click-undo on that piece could be exploited to erase Pawns from the board fixed
The pink and blue palettes previously used for both Pawns and Viper Pawns have been regrouped, so now Pawns are always pink and Viper Pawns are always blue
A bug where playing stage 47 of Puzzle Attack mode would have a greyed out Blockade icon present in the HUD despite there being no SP provided for that difficulty fixed
A bug in Knight's Dungeon where the tile touch overlay had stopped displaying on square 8,4 fixed
A bug in Knight's Dungeon where 2-Knight stages could start counting from 2 instead of 1 when viewing a Knight's move history fixed
As always, your bug reports and feedback on the community forums are a huge help! Thanks a bunch for playing Gigachess, please do share whatever's on your mind <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions
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16 Feb 2018Developer post
Gigachess V1.18 Update | New Help Slides, Other Tweaks
Some new additions to the in-game reference material and a handful of miscellaneous improvements move Gigachess ahead :) GIGACHESS V1.18 CHANGELOG Clearing a stage above par in Puzzle Attack mode will now display Bogey or Double Bogey in place of the Par / Birdie / Eagle message
Some new additions to the in-game reference material and a handful of miscellaneous improvements move Gigachess ahead :)
GIGACHESS V1.18 CHANGELOG

Clearing a stage above par in Puzzle Attack mode will now display Bogey or Double Bogey in place of the Par / Birdie / Eagle message at the Victory screen
The categories listed in Endless mode's performance grading are now coloured green or red to better indicate what's a positive influence and what's a negative influence when calculating performance
Two additional slides have been added to the in-game reference guide accessible from the drop-down menu, offering brief, pictorial summaries of Shieldguards, Cursed Pawns and Pawnwarps
Completion of individual lessons in the playable tutorial is now saved session-to-session to make it easier to unlock the Tutorial Complete achievement
As always, your bug reports and feedback on the community forums are a huge help! Thanks for playing Gigachess, please do share whatever's on your mind <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions
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16 Feb 2018Developer post
Gigachess v1.18 Update | New Help Slides, Other Tweaks
Some new additions to the in-game reference material and a handful of miscellaneous improvements move Gigachess ahead :) GIGACHESS V1.18 CHANGELOG Clearing a stage above par in Puzzle Attack mode will now display Bogey or Double Bogey in place of the Par / Birdie / Eagle message
Some new additions to the in-game reference material and a handful of miscellaneous improvements move Gigachess ahead :)
GIGACHESS V1.18 CHANGELOG

Clearing a stage above par in Puzzle Attack mode will now display Bogey or Double Bogey in place of the Par / Birdie / Eagle message at the Victory screen
The categories listed in Endless mode's performance grading are now coloured green or red to better indicate what's a positive influence and what's a negative influence when calculating performance
Two additional slides have been added to the in-game reference guide accessible from the drop-down menu, offering brief, pictorial summaries of Shieldguards, Cursed Pawns and Pawnwarps
Completion of individual lessons in the playable tutorial is now saved session-to-session to make it easier to unlock the Tutorial Complete achievement
As always, your bug reports and feedback on the community forums are a huge help! Thanks for playing Gigachess, please do share whatever's on your mind <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions
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22 Dec 2017Developer post
Gigachess v1.17 Update | Endless Mode Mutators
Two new gameplay mutators for Endless mode are the big additions moving Gigachess ahead to v1.17 :) GIGACHESS V1.17 CHANGELOG Spawncycle & All Viper mutators added to Endless mode, joining Hardcore as ways to impose new rules onto any difficulty level, more info below! A 5th
Two new gameplay mutators for Endless mode are the big additions moving Gigachess ahead to v1.17 :)
GIGACHESS V1.17 CHANGELOG

Spawncycle & All Viper mutators added to Endless mode, joining Hardcore as ways to impose new rules onto any difficulty level, more info below!
A 5th page has been added to the in-game help slides accessible from the dropdown menu, offering a visual aid for how each hero piece's moveset is expanded while in Hyper state
A bug where Blockades and Trapmines could be accidentally placed immediately after loading a quicksave or autosave in Endless mode fixed
Alright, so the new Endless mode gameplay mutators can be turned on during the party builder phase and work like so! Left-to-right from the image above :)
Enabling the All Viper mutator makes it so 100% of Pawns spawn as Viper Pawns. Ordinarily, the frequency at which Viper Pawns appear is set by the difficulty level but switching this mutator on acts as an override. Nothing but Viper Pawns can be a little bit intense, don't let an opportunity to earn a Shieldguard point slip by because the Viper Pawn downgrade is a big deal!
Enabling the Spawncycle mutator sets up an ongoing semi-random Hits target where the Pawn spawn rate increases (and rolls over back to Novice level once maxed out) every time the target is reached. This means the pace of the game is no longer fixed and the spawn rate of new waves will continuously cycle, getting faster and faster and faster before resetting for a well-deserved breather :)
Enabling the Hardcore mutator starts the game with only 1 life and prevents hero pieces from replenishing their Hyper lifespans. Ordinarily, capturing a Pawn while a hero piece is Hyper restores that piece's Hyper lifespan to full (indicated by a slow pulse), but switching Hardcore on means maintaining a hero piece's Hyper state requires constant turn-on-turn chaining of attacks since there's no way to get back to full lifespan.
Anyhow, I hope you all have some fun with these new twists to Endless mode (although Hardcore's been around for a little while, just mostly hidden) and let me know what you think! Here's hoping everyone finds something they like in the Winter Sale and Happy Holidays :D
As always, your bug reports and feedback on the community forums are a huge help! Thanks for playing Gigachess, please do share whatever's on your mind <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions
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22 Dec 2017Developer post
Gigachess v1.17 Update | Endless Mode Mutators
Two new gameplay mutators for Endless mode are the big additions moving Gigachess ahead to v1.17 :) GIGACHESS V1.17 CHANGELOG Spawncycle & All Viper mutators added to Endless mode, joining Hardcore as ways to impose new rules onto any difficulty level, more info below! A 5th
Two new gameplay mutators for Endless mode are the big additions moving Gigachess ahead to v1.17 :)
GIGACHESS V1.17 CHANGELOG

Spawncycle & All Viper mutators added to Endless mode, joining Hardcore as ways to impose new rules onto any difficulty level, more info below!
A 5th page has been added to the in-game help slides accessible from the dropdown menu, offering a visual aid for how each hero piece's moveset is expanded while in Hyper state
A bug where Blockades and Trapmines could be accidentally placed immediately after loading a quicksave or autosave in Endless mode fixed
Alright, so the new Endless mode gameplay mutators can be turned on during the party builder phase and work like so! Left-to-right from the image above :)
Enabling the All Viper mutator makes it so 100% of Pawns spawn as Viper Pawns. Ordinarily, the frequency at which Viper Pawns appear is set by the difficulty level but switching this mutator on acts as an override. Nothing but Viper Pawns can be a little bit intense, don't let an opportunity to earn a Shieldguard point slip by because the Viper Pawn downgrade is a big deal!
Enabling the Spawncycle mutator sets up an ongoing semi-random Hits target where the Pawn spawn rate increases (and rolls over back to Novice level once maxed out) every time the target is reached. This means the pace of the game is no longer fixed and the spawn rate of new waves will continuously cycle, getting faster and faster and faster before resetting for a well-deserved breather :)
Enabling the Hardcore mutator starts the game with only 1 life and prevents hero pieces from replenishing their Hyper lifespans. Ordinarily, capturing a Pawn while a hero piece is Hyper restores that piece's Hyper lifespan to full (indicated by a slow pulse), but switching Hardcore on means maintaining a hero piece's Hyper state requires constant turn-on-turn chaining of attacks since there's no way to get back to full lifespan.
Anyhow, I hope you all have some fun with these new twists to Endless mode (although Hardcore's been around for a little while, just mostly hidden) and let me know what you think! Here's hoping everyone finds something they like in the Winter Sale and Happy Holidays :D
As always, your bug reports and feedback on the community forums are a huge help! Thanks for playing Gigachess, please do share whatever's on your mind <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions
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23 Nov 2017Developer post
Gigachess v1.16 Update | Puzzle Attack time travel!
Improved undo/redo controls in Puzzle Attack mode and more move Gigachess ahead to v1.16 :) GIGACHESS V1.16 CHANGELOG Time travel controls added to Puzzle Attack mode, allowing you to step back through turns and redo the last turn -- check out the FFW / RRW buttons above the 'Und
Improved undo/redo controls in Puzzle Attack mode and more move Gigachess ahead to v1.16 :)
GIGACHESS V1.16 CHANGELOG

Time travel controls added to Puzzle Attack mode, allowing you to step back through turns and redo the last turn -- check out the FFW / RRW buttons above the 'Undo' button at the bottom right of the screen!
A help panel now appears during the first play of Puzzle Attack mode which points out the new FFW / RRW buttons
The 'Change Stage' button now appears during Puzzle Attack gameplay instead of only returning upon losing a stage, allowing you to jump back to the level selection screen more freely
2 new pages have been added to the in-game reference slides accessible from the drop-down menu which describe the use of Blockades, Trapmines and Queen-ups with visual aids
The red light flash animation of the Trapmine sprite has been edited to better communicate that it targets the squares immediately above it
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where music volume would fluctuate slightly when changing stages fixed
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where clicking the Blockade icon during a stage's first turn would play the 'warn' sound effect fixed
A bug in Endless mode where loading an autosave could cause two particular tiles on the board to flash fixed
Added later via quiet patch (4:12 PM December 7th, 2017)

A saving bug affected stage 24 of Knight's Dungeon mode fixed
A handful of bugs affecting Puzzle Attack time travel fixed
Since Knight's Dungeon mode launched earlier this year, I've been meaning to introduce that mode's step forward / step back time travel control to Puzzle Attack mode and, after fooling around with it for far too long, it's ready to go live! This makes approaching tricky stages in Puzzle Attack mode much more forgiving since a single mistake in a turn can be simply wound back instead of the entire stage needing to be reset (which is still an option, of course). Fleshing out the in-game reference material was also something overdue, the expanded help slides now offer additional explanation of the various power-ups to support the hands-on instruction of the playable tutorial :)
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23 Nov 2017Developer post
Gigachess v1.16 Update | Puzzle Attack time travel!
Improved undo/redo controls in Puzzle Attack mode and more move Gigachess ahead to v1.16 :) GIGACHESS V1.16 CHANGELOG Time travel controls added to Puzzle Attack mode, allowing you to step back through turns and redo the last turn -- check out the FFW / RRW buttons above the 'Und
Improved undo/redo controls in Puzzle Attack mode and more move Gigachess ahead to v1.16 :)
GIGACHESS V1.16 CHANGELOG

Time travel controls added to Puzzle Attack mode, allowing you to step back through turns and redo the last turn -- check out the FFW / RRW buttons above the 'Undo' button at the bottom right of the screen!
A help panel now appears during the first play of Puzzle Attack mode which points out the new FFW / RRW buttons
The 'Change Stage' button now appears during Puzzle Attack gameplay instead of only returning upon losing a stage, allowing you to jump back to the level selection screen more freely
2 new pages have been added to the in-game reference slides accessible from the drop-down menu which describe the use of Blockades, Trapmines and Queen-ups with visual aids
The red light flash animation of the Trapmine sprite has been edited to better communicate that it targets the squares immediately above it
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where music volume would fluctuate slightly when changing stages fixed
A bug in Puzzle Attack mode where clicking the Blockade icon during a stage's first turn would play the 'warn' sound effect fixed
A bug in Endless mode where loading an autosave could cause two particular tiles on the board to flash fixed
Added later via quiet patch (4:12 PM December 7th, 2017)

A saving bug affected stage 24 of Knight's Dungeon mode fixed
A handful of bugs affecting Puzzle Attack time travel fixed
Since Knight's Dungeon mode launched earlier this year, I've been meaning to introduce that mode's step forward / step back time travel control to Puzzle Attack mode and, after fooling around with it for far too long, it's ready to go live! This makes approaching tricky stages in Puzzle Attack mode much more forgiving since a single mistake in a turn can be simply wound back instead of the entire stage needing to be reset (which is still an option, of course). Fleshing out the in-game reference material was also something overdue, the expanded help slides now offer additional explanation of the various power-ups to support the hands-on instruction of the playable tutorial :)
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Original post
26 Oct 2017Developer post
Happy Halloween! :D
To everyone celebrating the season in spooky fashion, Happy Halloween! :) Through Halloween here on Steam, Gigachess on first launch will be starting up in its Halloween skin! The stuff I've been working on recently is completely back-end and not very exciting, improvements to th
26 Oct 2017Developer post
Happy Halloween! :D
To everyone celebrating the season in spooky fashion, Happy Halloween! :) Through Halloween here on Steam, Gigachess on first launch will be starting up in its Halloween skin! The stuff I've been working on recently is completely back-end and not very exciting, improvements to th

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