Gigachess is a puzzle board hero defense. With your custom party of Knights, Rooks and Bishops, defend against the relentless waves of enemy Pawns running a blitz for the board's bottom. The seemingly unbreakable formations and constant downward march of your foe transform chess from slow burn to tactical rush in this deeply addictive single-player remix of turn-based strategy's ultimate grandmaster.
How long can you survive the pawn onslaught?
GIGACHESS FEATURES Endless mode with randomly-generated waves and a choice of 4 difficulty levels for a perpetual Pawn menace (now with Autosaves, Hyper states & Mutators!) Puzzle Attack mode offering 40+ high-stakes, logic-testing stages to clear (now with Easy Mode!) Knight's Dungeon mode providing a 40-stage set of knight's tour-inspired puzzles to maze through (now with a Level Editor!) Playable Tutorials & Tooltips for a crash course in the mechanical intricacies and insight on demand Strategic Power-ups that block advancing Pawns, plant explosive traps & more! "Gigachess is one heck of a tactics game."
4.0/5 - Softpedia
Purchase Gigachess on itch.io today to get ongoing access to the latest build DRM-free plus a key for the Steam version that comes packed with trading cards, achievements and leaderboard support! (Steam version is WINDOWS ONLY)
Please reach out to trevor AT drixxelsoft DOT com with any questions, comments and feedback. Thanks a bunch for playing! :)
Clicky to download the presskit MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (WINDOWS)
OS: Windows XP SP3
CPU: Intel Atom 1.6 GHz (or equivalent)
Memory: 2 GB
GPU: DirectX® 9.0 compatible
HDD: 55 MB free
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MAC)
OS: OS X 10.6
CPU: Intel Atom 1.6 GHz (or equivalent)
Memory: 2 GB
HDD: 245 MB free
* best played with your favourite mouse <3 *
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars (4 total ratings) |
Author | fluffy |
Genre | Action |
Made with | LÖVE, Adobe Photoshop, Logic Pro, Sublime Text |
Tags | 8-Bit, c64-style, Cats, Commodore 64, Cute, pong, Retro |
Code license | MIT License |
Asset license | Creative Commons Attribution_NonCommercial v4.0 International |
Average session | A few minutes |
Inputs | Mouse, Touchscreen |
Links | Source code, Support |
Development log
- Some quality of life fixesOct 07, 2019
- Updated to LÖVE 11.1, released for LinuxMay 17, 2018
- Fixed some collision detection problems!Mar 27, 2018
- Mew can restart a game meow!Mar 17, 2018
- Oh there's the mouse!Mar 14, 2018
- Some quality of life fixes!Mar 14, 2018
- Meow you can paws!Mar 13, 2018