GIGACHESS V1.04 CHANGELOG

• At the party builder screen of Endless mode, you can now adjust the size of your party (from 4 pieces all the way down to 1) by clicking the arrows to the left of the board
  
• The Language button has been moved to the drop down menu allowing you to switch between English and French outside of the Tutorial lessons, with tooltips (accessible via right click) now available en français
  
• The music that plays at the title screen is now a secret song available to listen to during gameplay, click the discoloured brick on the dungeon wall to the right of Song B's button to play the hidden title theme
  
• Collision bugs occurring when a stack of Viper Pawns could get their order scrambled if stopped by a hero piece or Blockade on the 1st row fixed
  
• A bug where using undo immediately after loading a quicksave could wipe Bishops from the board fixed
  
• A bug where using undo in the same turn as a Pawnwarp could turn warped Pawns into Viper Pawns fixed
  
• The turn advance button at the bottom of the board has been restyled slightly, making it a solid horizontal bar two tiles wide
  
• Resetting your line-up at the party builder screen of Endless mode now causes the tiles at the bottom two rows of the board to flash
  

• Occasional audio hiccups at game launch fixed
  
• Leaderboard stability improved, game crashes associated with leaderboard scores being downloaded fixed
  
• Leaderboard score submission improved, scores being lost due to split second connection drops resolved
  
• The navigation arrows for scrolling up and down leaderboard pages now turn visibly inactive when the top or bottom of the list is reached
  
• A bug allowing you to waste 5 SP refreshing a hero piece's Queen-up when their Queen-up is already full fixed
  

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
  

• 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
  

GIGACHESS V1.02 CHANGELOG

• At the start of every 5th wave in Endless mode, any Pawns who've moved onto the bottom two rows of the board get teleported away to the top two rows
  
• Hero pieces being captured now cause the water surrounding the board to flash brightly of that hero piece's colour to make it clearer that a piece has been lost
  
• Viper Pawn spawn rates in Endless mode have been tweaked to allow the possibility of Viper Pawns appearing on Novice and Medium difficulties in limited numbers
  
• A special board transition effect now plays when a game is restarted or undo is used
  
• Blockades now show visible cracks as their stock is depleted
  
• The 'Last Formation' button in Endless mode now loads up the last difficulty setting played
  
• Blockades and Trapmines now feature a spawn animation when placed on the board
  
• Hints added to all of the Tutorial stages, unlocked just like in Puzzle Attack mode after 3 successive defeats in a stage
  
• The 'Undo' button in Endless mode now enables when a power-up is purchased in a turn, even if no hero pieces have been moved
  
• Layering bugs where hint overlays would appear on top of the Victory and Defeat shields fixed
  
• The keyboard shortcut for changing window size has been removed due to unresolvable bugs that could glitch out display settings when the dropdown menu was next accessed
  
• Annoying audio clipping pops when using click-and-drag movement fixed
  
• Blockade rubble now gets cleared from the board between Puzzle Attack stages
  
• A bug that could prevent Trapmines from being placed in certain situations of using Undo fixed
  
• A bug where spamming the 'Last Formation' button could get hero pieces stuck in their spawn animation fixed
  
• A bug allowing Rooks and Bishops to be resurrected inside Blockades and on top of Trapmines fixed
  

• Viper Pawns can now only ever downgrade to regular Pawns on the bottom two rows of the board, previously they would inherit downgrades from any object blocking their advance on the 2nd row
  

GIGACHESS V1.01 CHANGELOG

• A hint for each of the 48 Puzzle Attack stages can now be accessed after 3 defeats, projecting an overlay onto the board that shows the first move towards one possible par solution
  
• 'Last Formation' button added to the Endless mode party builder that calls up the last starting lineup of hero pieces played (starting now!)
  
• A screen shake added to Endless mode when lives are lost
  
• A special sprite effect now plays when a hero piece is resurrected
  
• Screen scrolling when selecting a game mode from the main menu is a touch smoother
  
• French localization for achievements added
  

• An undo bug that would permanently disable the ability to resurrect hero pieces fixed
  
• Undo may now be used on the first turn of an Endless game
  
• The undo button is now disabled until a move has been made during a turn
  
• A bug where campaign tooltips (hits / deaths) for hero pieces could disappear when accessing the dropdown menu fixed
  
• Tooltips added for the music + hint buttons, and difficulty (skull) indicator
  
• Tooltips on the Queen-up and Trapmine HUD icons not displaying properly during Puzzle Attack and Tutorial modes fixed
  

GIGACHESS V1.00 CHANGELOG

• Conditions for unlocking Puzzle Attack blocks have been relaxed, now taking only 5 stage clears in the current block to give access to the next 8 stages
  
• A satisfying & subtle sound effect has been added when initiating click-and-drag movement of a hero piece
  
• Frame rate has been tweaked and the game now runs at a solid 60 FPS
  
• Puzzle Attack Stage 13's available power-up has been changed to a Queen-up
  
• A graphical bug with the 'Defeat!' shield's semi-transparency fade-in fixed
  
• A layering bug with the volume slider and the language button at Tutorial mode start-up fixed
  
• A bug where campaign tooltips (hits / deaths) for hero pieces weren't displaying properly during Puzzle Attack mode fixed
  

GIGACHESS V0.99 CHANGELOG

• The 'Victory!' and 'Defeat!' shields now turn semi-transparent when not moused over to provide a view of the board underneath
  
• Special checkerboard flash effects now play to add a little more impact to a game ending in Victory or Defeat
  
• The Puzzle Attack level selector now features tooltips on locked stages communicating the conditions required to unlock them
  
• The 'lock' state of the Puzzle Attack level selection buttons has been darkened
  
• Clearing a Puzzle Attack stage within par now plays a special sound effect
  
• The intro announcement at the start of an Endless game now rises more slowly for easier reading
  
• Positions of numbers in the HUD have been tweaked slightly for more appealing alignment
  
• Wave announcements now spawn further down the screen for improved visibility
  
• A bug where wave announcements were appearing in Puzzle Attack and Tutorial modes fixed
  
• A bug allowing hold-click effects to play while the exit prompt is up fixed
  

GIGACHESS V0.98 CHANGELOG

• Particle trail effect added to the movement of enemy Pawns
  
• Special announcements now appear every 10 waves in Endless mode
  
• An announcement appears at the start of every Endless game to make it clear which difficulty the player has selected
  
• A new 'Intro' section added to the Tutorial that offers a super quick rundown of gameplay basics with visual aids
  
• A 'Change Stage' button now appears when a Puzzle Attack or Tutorial stage ends in defeat, replacing the 'Main Menu' button
  
• Queen-ups now feature a special sprite effect on the hero piece upon activation and then on exhaustion
  
• Music selection buttons now have an improved 'push' animation
  
• Difficulty selection buttons now feature an animated flash at the party building screen of Endless mode and floating text now appears when difficulty is changed
  
• Knights, Rooks & Bishops now feature appropriately recoloured kill splashes when captured by enemy Pawns
  
• Click-and-dragging a hero piece with an active Queen-up now uses the proper Queen-up sprite variation for the picked up piece
  
• Blackout effect now returns during the interludes of Puzzle Attack and Tutorial modes
  
• Stage 4 of Puzzle Attack mode is now stage 1
  
• A bug where the turn advance button could perpetually loop its 'pushing' animation during Puzzle Attack and Tutorial modes fixed
  
• A bug allowing the spamming of the turn advance button to gain temporary invulnerability against Pawns fixed
  
• A bug affecting the SP cost of Rook & Bishop resurrections fixed
  
• A bug that glitched out All-Strike! SP bonuses when Undo used in the Tutorial stages fixed
  
• Typos for SP cost on the French language tutorial stages fixed
  
• A typo on the last screen of the English language Tutorial fixed
  

GIGACHESS V0.92 CHANGELOG

• Level previews added to the Puzzle Attack level selector, showing party composition and a minimap view of the Pawn formation for the stage (see the GIF below for a demo)
  
• Score tracking in Puzzle Attack mode changed to record only the player's highest score for a given stage, as opposed to updating with every clear
  
• Inaccessible stages in Puzzle Attack mode now wear a lock graphic on the level selector
  
• Par star graphic improved on the Puzzle Attack level selector
  
• Blackout effect added to the title menu and game mode setup to better highlight the stuff that matters
  

GIGACHESS V0.91 CHANGELOG

• Click-and-drag mouse control now picks up the selected hero piece from the board and features a shadow trail effect for extra satisfaction (see below for a GIF demo)
  
• A new piece of music now plays at the previously silent title menu
  
• Power-up icons in the HUD now feature a prominent highlight when selected
  
• Announcements for All-Strikes & All-Clears now smoothly fade out
  
• Attack range graphic when right-clicking on Trapmines improved
  
• A bug allowing the use of 'Undo' to sneakily resume play when an Endless game has ended in defeat by running out of lives fixed
  
• Hero piece campaign tooltips staying on-screen when accessing power-up tooltips fixed
  
• A bug affecting leaderboard score submission when an Endless game has ended in defeat fixed