FPS Chess

Balancing

• Slightly increased shiny pawn's primary fire damage
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed tied matches causing both players to not be able to take a turn.
  
• Fixed shiny rook's wall not working for second player in splitscreen.
  

New Content

• You can now make custom boards and use shiny pieces in local splitscreen matches.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where rook could cancel firing delay to spam shots.
  
• Fixed issue where custom chessboards lose password protection.
  
• Fixed pawn promotion not taking input from controller in local multiplayer.
  
• Improved stability of pawn promotion.
  
• Shiny pawn sword no longer sometimes does more damage than intended.
  
• Improved shiny king's blocking.
  
• Animation playrate fixes for swinging.
  
• Lighting and model optimizations for better performance across all machines.
  

• Just in case you missed it from the beta announcement, you can add shiny pieces individually in the board editor, or replace all the pieces with their shiny version at once in the host menu!
  

• Slightly nerfed the Shiny knight's shoot damage and rapid-fire damage.
  
• The Shiny Rook's shoot damage has been buffed.
  
• The Shiny Pawn's sword throw is now instant.
  
• Slightly nerfed the Shiny Pawn's swing damage.
  
• Removed the Shiny Queen's damage falloff.
  
• Nerfed the Shiny King's helicopter damage.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed soft lock where both players couldn't take their turn.
  
• Fixed soft lock where player joining a game couldn't promote their pieces.
  
• Fixed bug where player joining a game could hover multiple pieces simultaneously.
  

• Shiny pawns no longer promote to regular pieces.
  
• Fixed a bug where after hosting a match with shiny pieces or a custom board, the next game would use the same board instead of the default board.
  
• The tutorial should now use the correct mouse sensitivity based on player settings.
  
• Fixed a bug where pieces destroyed in combat would be invisible once play returned to "board mode".
  

Upcoming Updates

• Adding the new shiny pieces to local multiplayer.
  
• Adding shiny ability gifs to the tutorial menu.
  
• Performance updates are being worked on (one thing specifically, reducing the polycount on the pieces themselves).
  

Note From Developers

New Content

• Introducing shiny pieces! Shiny pieces are new variants of the classic six with new weapons and abilities! Try them out now!
  
• You can add shiny pieces individually in the board editor, or replace all the pieces with their shiny version at once in the host menu!
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed soft lock where both players couldn't take their turn.
  
• Fixed soft lock where player joining a game couldn't promote their pieces.
  
• Fixed bug where player joining a game could hover multiple pieces simultaneously.
  

Upcoming Updates

• Adding the new shiny pieces to local multiplayer.
  
• Adding shiny ability gifs to the tutorial menu.
  
• Performance updates are being worked on (one thing specifically, reducing the polycount on the pieces themselves).
  

Note From Developers

• Fixed client rubberbanding on bishop glide and rook grapple.
  
• Fixed client issue where ability cooldowns sometimes didn't refresh to show they were available after the cooldown period ended.
  

Patch Notes

• Fixed issue where pieces could still die after a winner was declared (such as being killed by the train).
  
• Players that lost control of their cameras can now regain it by clicking. We are looking into a real fix for this.
  
• It is now harder to clip out of bounds.
  
• Fixed "enemy player left" notification bugs.
  
• Fixed most of the issues that occur when skipping the kill-cam.
  

Game Balancing

• Pawn ally can no longer headshot the opposing player.
  
• Knights now have a very small delay before an arrow can be released. This should additionally help prevent against autoclicker abuse.
  

Upcoming Updates

• Fixes for the Bishop's glide acting odd in certain cases.
  
• Fix for a rare softlock where the game thinks it is the other person's turn for both players.
  
• A fix for the loss of camera control (again, you can now click on the screen to regain control of the camera if this happens now).
  

Patch Notes

• Debris now disappear faster with lower effects quality settings. This will help players who lag more as the game goes on.
  
• A potential fix for the game not ending when the king is destroyed is in. Let us know if you still experience this, and under what conditions.
  
• We've re-added Gramaphone DJing!
  

Game Balancing

• The Rook can no longer headshot while not scoping.
  
• The Knight's damage has been slightly decreased.
  
• The Knight's fire rate has been increased.
  
• The Bishop's grenade cooldown has been increased.
  
• The Bishop's glide cooldown has been removed.
  

Patch Notes

• Added gamepad support for the chat wheel.
  
• Added ability to close the chat wheel without sending a message (by putting the selector in the middle of the wheel).
  
• The King can no longer slam directly through the roof.
  
• The punishment for flying too high has been buffed! Explore the skies at your own peril!
  
• Error messages will now be displayed as pop ups to help give context to why connection could not be established for a game.
  
• Fixed Bishop gliding aspect ratio in splitscreen.
  
• Fixed wrong resolutions being used when the game is in fullscreen mode on start up.
  

Patch Notes

• Fixed bug where the King couldn't hit enemies that were too close.
  
• Fixed Bishop glide camera bugs that would occur in the kill-cam.
  
• Fixed the camera sometimes glitching after gliding as the Bishop if you were not the host.
  
• Fixed hitmarkers not working on pieces with higher fire rates (such as with the Queen).
  
• Fullscreen settings are now saved properly between sessions.
  
• Added resolution scale selection to the options menu.
  
• Added a punishment for flying too high. No more escaping your opponent now!
  

Upcoming Updates

• Support for the in-game chat through gamepads.
  
• Ability to close in-game chat without sending a message.
  

Patch Notes

• Fixed bug where arrows were unblockable.
  
• Fixed issue where the tutorial was impossible to complete (caused by another bug fix for dying in the tutorial).
  
• Added end game screen for when there is a tie.
  
• Added sound effect and text for when a player joins a game.
  

Game Balancing

• Rook walls can now be placed anywhere, and will fall to the ground if appropriate.
  
• In custom games with multiple kings, the game now ends when all kings on one side are defeated, instead of just one.
  
• In custom games without kings, the game now ends when all pieces on one side are defeated.
  

Upcoming Updates

• Support for the in-game chat through gamepads.
  
• Ability to close in-game chat without sending a message.