GIGACHESS V0.90 CHANGELOG

• Click-and-drag mouse control now features a highlight effect on the board to give feedback when hovering over available spaces to move a selected hero piece
  
• When a Puzzle Attack or Tutorial stage ends in victory, a special sound effect now plays
  
• A bug affecting the Gigachess demo where an Endless game could occasionally still be playable with lives depleted fixed
  
• Text layering glitches with Tutorial stage descriptors and the display menu fixed
  
• Game credits text remaining on screen at the Puzzle Attack level selector fixed
  
• Hero piece campaign tooltips remaining on screen when accessing Blockade stock tooltips fixed

GIGACHESS V0.89 CHANGELOG

• Click-and-drag control added for hero piece movement -- you'll see a particle trail when you hold down left mouse button (hold-click) with a hero piece selected, hover over and release to move to the desired space
  
• Master volume setting saving bug fixed, properly persists session to session like v0.87
  
• Highlight effect added to Pawns targeted with a hold-click
  
• Text layering glitches with master volume slider fixed
  
• A menu clickthrough bug where Knights would sometimes be automatically selected for an Endless party fixed
  
• A bug allowing hero pieces to be controlled at the end of Tutorial stages fixed

GIGACHESS V0.88 CHANGELOG

• Click-and-drag control added for capturing Pawns -- try holding down the left mouse button upon selecting a hero piece and then releasing on any Pawn you're targeting for a smooth, single-click attack
  
• All the counters in the HUD now reposition based on the number of digits they're displaying
  
• Now when a Puzzle Attack stage ends in defeat, hero pieces turn desaturated
  
• Tooltips added for the buttons of the options menu (access with right click)
  
• A bug where 2nd wave Viper Pawns (pearl blue palette) could jump over regular Pawns has been fixed
  
• A bug allowing the resurrection of hero pieces not selected in the original party after loading a quicksave has been fixed
  
• Queen-ups able to be purchased for fewer than 5 SP in late game fixed
  
• Queen-up status persisting after a piece is resurrected fixed
  
• Master volume inadvertently adjustable with the menu closed fixed
  
• Hero piece campaign tooltips occasionally layering below Pawns fixed
  
• Resetting the game while in windowed mode now properly maintains its windowed resolution
  
• A flaw in hit data stat reporting in parties with doubled-up hero pieces fixed
  
• Shortcut for mute removed from 'S' key
  
• Resurrect icons occasionally appearing as res available when all hero pieces are alive fixed

GIGACHESS V0.87 CHANGELOG

• Persistent game saves added to Endless mode, allowing you to save and resume your run in a later session OR return to that earlier save state in your current session (check out the new icons at the bottom right of the screen!)
  
• A massive Puzzle Attack mode achievement added that rewards your progress towards clearing all 48 stages within par
  
• Animation speeds for certain sprite effects have been slowed down a touch
  
• A special audio cue added for when a game ends in defeat
  
• User names clipping into those huge 4-digit scores on the leaderboards have been fixed
  
• A bug occurring in Endless mode where hero pieces would occasionally get sucked into the same position when a Queen-up was used has been fixed
  
• Wave and Hit counters in Endless mode have been uncapped from 99 and 9,999 respectively
  
• A text printing bug where viewing tooltip info on a Knight with an active Queen-up could cause a game crash has been fixed
  
• Some inconsistencies in par values for Puzzle Attack stages have been corrected
  
• A turn counting bug in Puzzle Attack mode triggered by hero piece capture has been fixed

• Audio control improved with the addition of a master volume slider to the options menu
  
• Screen resolution changes now confirmed by clicking either the display button again OR closing the options menu
  
• A generous resurrection bug at the last stage of the Tutorial's lesson 2 fixed
  

GIGACHESS V0.86 CHANGELOG

• Puzzle Attack mode now rewards you with a gold star on the level selector for puzzles cleared within par
  
• 6 new achievements added based around your Pawn slaying proficiency with Knights, Rooks & Bishops (unlock achievements at 250 hits and 1,000 hits per hero piece)
  
• A silly bug in the game's Steam stats reporting has been fixed, making possible the 6 new achievements described above!
  
• A lingering turn counting error in Puzzle Attack mode occurring when stages were replayed is now resolved
  

GIGACHESS V0.85 CHANGELOG

• When captured, hero pieces now leave behind shattered remains to mark their point of demise
  
• Viper Pawn glow has been ramped up to be more easily differentiated from regular Pawns at a glance
  
• Highlight effect when choosing which hero piece to receive a Queen-up improved
  
• Right-click tips for Pawn last move now layer above all pieces on the board
  
• Undo, when used in a turn when a Blockade explodes, no longer returns that Blockade to the board
  
• Layering issues with text occasionally appearing above the mouse cursor fixed
  
• Windowed 1600x900 option added to resolution presets
  
• A handful of inconsistencies in the par values for several Puzzle Attack mode stages corrected
  
• Power-ups can no longer be purchased at the 'Defeat!' state of an Endless game
  

GIGACHESS V0.84 CHANGELOG

• OS-style toolbar for game options replaced by a much more cohesive in-game GUI (access the menu via the icon at the top left of the screen)
  
• 'Return to Main Menu' button added to the exit game prompt ('N' still acts as a keyboard shortcut for returning to main menu)
  
• 'Undo' button added to the bottom right of the playfield ('X' still acts as a keyboard shortcut for undoing a turn / stage)
  
• Windowed resolution presets expanded to include a 1920x1080 option ('R' still acts as a keyboard shortcut for switching window size)
  
• When in fullscreen mode on non-16:9 displays, black borders now fill the area outside the game screen in the event that the aspect ratio can't stretch
  
• Special characters fixed up for the font used on the leaderboards
  

GIGACHESS V0.83 CHANGELOG

• Leaderboard presentation considerably souped-up
  
• Leaderboards properly order player entries on multiple pages
  
• Undo command, when used in Endless mode, correctly rolls back purchased power-ups in a given turn
  
• Game restart upon choosing 'Play Again?' at the end of an Endless run wipes all power-ups from the board to prevent respawning within blockades (among other things)
  
• Exit confirmation prompt more thoroughly depresses game function while on-screen
  
• Inaccuracies in turn counting during Puzzle Attack and Tutorial mode fixed
  

GIGACHESS V0.82 CHANGELOG

• Auto-hiding menu bar only applies in fullscreen mode
  
• Fullscreen scales properly and doesn't conflict with the taskbar
  
• Exit confirmation prompt appears when ESC key is pressed (double-tap ESC to quick exit)
  
• Disappearing mouse cursor bug is fixed (change window size with R key to restore if alt-tabbing manages to kill it)
  
• 25-hit Achievements now operational
  
• Leftover save data from debugging cleared from Puzzle Attack mode progression