A brand new mechanic that rewards you for protecting threatened pieces + more step Gigachess ahead a version! :)
GIGACHESS V1.03 CHANGELOG
- The Shieldguard has been introduced to Endless mode where using a hero piece to capture the last Pawn threatening another hero piece earns you a special point, earn 3 and any Viper Pawns on the board downgrade instantly to regular Pawns
- The Endless mode Pawnwarps introduced in v1.02 have been dialed back to only trigger every 10 waves, 5 was crazy imbalanced when playing on Master difficulty with warps happening much too quickly to pose a proper challenge
- Refreshing a previously placed Blockade or a hero piece's Queen-up now enables the 'Undo' button even if no other moves have been made in a turn
- All audio assets have been converted from WAV to OGG which has dramatically shrunk the size of the Gigachess executable (~%60 smaller!)
- A bug where using 'Undo' in the 1st turn of a restarted Endless game could force Pawns to their previous endgame positions fixed
Added later via quiet patch:
- A bug where Blockades could become unbreakable when attacked simultaneously by two stacked Pawns fixed
- A bug when saving / loading an Endless game could mess up the number of Blockades able to be placed fixed
- A click-and-drag movement bug where quickly switching between hero pieces could get the last selected piece stuck on the board fixed
- Par for Stage 24 of Puzzle Attack mode adjusted from 5 to 6
- Hints have been updated for Stage 45 & 48 of Puzzle Attack mode
Protecting your hero pieces deserves a reward and the Shieldguard-triggered Viper Pawn downgrade is a fun new incentive for observant, optimized defense. Between Shieldguards and Pawnwarps, Endless mode now features a good bit more flavour and depth! The tutorial really ought to include a dedicated lesson to introduce the Shieldguard, that'll be coming in a near future update.
If you spot any bugs or unusual behaviour in the game, be sure to report it on the community forums! Thanks for playing <3 http://steamcommunity.com/app/415910/discussions