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4872 first game. I got all the pieces on every level except the first because I didn't realize you could. Pretty fun and I don't even play chess. Are the levels designed by hand or generated?

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vikingerik 12 days ago | parent | next [-]

They must be generated. Hand designed levels probably wouldn't have things like pawns on the first rank, or four opposing rooks, or situations where the first move unavoidably loses points.

	▲	HenryBemis 11 days ago \| parent [-]
		I had a similar thought, randomly generated in 'strength'/points and positions. Pawns on first row are impossible, and last row turn to Queens (or whatever). There must be a 'relative position' though in the mix of the algorithm, because on some levels the pieces are scattered in the four corners and some others they are on 'perfect-knight-stepping-sequence' so I could take 5-6 pieces in 5-6 moves and then exit.

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freetonik 11 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Levels are generated randomly. The number of black pieces grows until level 10, then randomly fluctuates.

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russian_bot 12 days ago | parent | prev [-]

4872 is really good, u should play chess