The first playtest for Chess 3 is live!
This is a very early dev build focused on finding the relative power and difficulty of different Modules and Liberties. It's currently missing the skill tree which will be added in next couple weeks. Expect near-daily patches and frequent major changes. This playtest will run until Oct 31st.
I'm eager to hear your thoughts and suggestions so join the discussions on the playtest discord (link in-game), use the in-game feedback menu (F8), or drop a line in the steam community.
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2026-10-07: Aura and Last StandModules and Liberties: - Added new Module "Last Stand: Stockfish promotes it's only pawn." - Added new Liberty "Aura: target piece as a Queen." Cosmetic: - Added right-click highlight and arrow drawing - Added a new promotion animation - Added options to turn of eval bar, sparkles, and stockfish previews Bugs & Stuff - Fixed a bug where freezing a piece that is checking you can sometimes cause…2026-10-04: Minor Fixes and Intel Mac SupportI'm still working on the the skill tree, and once we hit 14 liberties and 14 modules, I think there will be enough content I can ship the skill tree. Probably within the week. So stay tuned. System Changes: - Changed the formula for compensation. It's now simply 50 + Modules - Liberties. This previously was based on unused liberties, but the next patch will ship the 10th liberty and 10th module…2026-10-03: SynergiesIn this patch I'm trying to deepen the relationship between modules, liberties, and themselves. Hopefully building a fertile ground where emergent interactions can happen, so I've added 5 new abilities built around 3 new mechanics. New Mechanics: - "Accelerate": Reduces cooldowns of abilities - "Cleave":Destroys all non-king pieces behind the capture - "Dizzy": After moving. Move 1■ randomly -…