T2 FM: A Nice Game of Chess (2013-04-16)

kdau on 16/4/2013 at 19:29

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Version 1.0, released 2013-04-16

Download: (latrunculi-1.0.zip, 31 MB)

* (http://www.southquarter.com/downloads/2013/latrunculi-1.0.zip) Southquarter
* (http://thiefmissions.com/m/NiceGameOfChess) Thiefmissions

Description:
The factions of The City often resolve their bitter conflicts with senseless bloodshed at the expense of innocents. What if they could settle their differences with a nice game of chess instead? This FM is a real, playable computer chess game, set in the Thief world with appropriate AI "pieces" in three different battle scenarios. The Fruit 2.1 chess engine determines the computer player's moves.

Scenarios:

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* The City vs. Blackbrook: This is the final, decisive conflict of the two powers' long-running war, fought on a misty rural battlefield.
* Hammerites vs. Undead: The Old Quarter is secure, but now the Order must retake another necromancy-infested temple on a snowy night.
* Pagans vs. Mechanists: In this alternate history, Viktoria managed to resurrect Constantine, allowing the Pagans to hold their own against the Mechanists in their rainy forest home.

Details:

* This FM can be played in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish.
* The (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141148) NewDark patch (1.19 or higher) is required.
* If you have never played chess or don't quite know all the rules, this FM is a good place to start! Read the "Rules of Chess" book on the table in-game for a refresher on the key rules.

Thanks:
Special thanks to my beta testers, Tannar, Notesthes, fibanocci, CMD, itllrun10s, Eiji, and Darklady; to the translators, Azaran, Notesthes, Smallman_647, and Soldi; and to the voice actors, Phantasmagore, saxmeister, and Random Taffer. Thanks too, of course, to the entire community here whose 14 years (!) of work continue to make our little world run. :D A full list of credits is included in the mission readme file.

nickie on 16/4/2013 at 19:45

Congratulations on the release kdau. I've been looking forward to having a go with this. :)

Gloria Creep on 16/4/2013 at 20:32

I can't seem to DL it from there.
:angel:

Renault on 16/4/2013 at 20:34

This is going to be fun to try, haven't played chess in years. Here's a mirror:

(http://www.southquarter.com/downloads/2013/latrunculi-1.0.zip) A Nice Game of Chess

kdau on 16/4/2013 at 20:48

Quote Posted by nickie

Congratulations on the release kdau. I've been looking forward to having a go with this. :)

Thanks! :)

Quote Posted by Gloria Creep

I can't seem to DL it from there.
:angel:

Please try the new Southquarter link, it should work better. :) Oh, and there's someone waiting for you in the Pagans vs. Mechanists scenario. (She's hiding under the table, since she doesn'ts likes Mechanists. :cheeky:)

Quote Posted by Brethren

This is going to be fun to try, haven't played chess in years. Here's a mirror:

(http://www.southquarter.com/downloads/2013/latrunculi-1.0.zip) A Nice Game of Chess

Thank you! I've updated the post. :)

Tannar on 16/4/2013 at 20:50

Congrats on the release! :thumb: It's extremely well-done and you should be proud.

Cardia on 16/4/2013 at 21:01

Cool a chess game, its been a long time i don´t play chess, i bet this will be very fun...downloading

DrK on 16/4/2013 at 21:15

Damn, fantastic work there, mind blown ! :D
It really works, it's so fun and interesting to play. I lost twice though, on easy. I suck at chess :laff:
That's gonna be a great way to train for me.

I don't know how you did it, but it's very impressive :thumb:

Azaran on 16/4/2013 at 22:37

Congrats on a brilliant concept, and a new milestone in T2 fan missions :thumb:

kdau on 16/4/2013 at 22:45

Quote Posted by Tannar

Congrats on the release! :thumb: It's extremely well-done and you should be proud.

Thanks, and thank you for all your feedback during testing! :)

Quote Posted by cardia1

Cool a chess game, its been a long time i don´t play chess, i bet this will be very fun...downloading

I hope I can encourage a number of taffers to start playing again. :ebil:

Quote Posted by DrK

Thanks! To be honest, I suck at chess too. Making this was training for me. :cheeky: As for the technicals, it's all custom scripting (which usually consists of 60% C++ and 40% duct tape).

Quote Posted by Azaran

Congrats on a brilliant concept, and a new milestone in T2 fan missions :thumb:

Thanks! I don't know if it's any milestone, but I do hope it encourages people to explore alternate gameplay genres. (http://thiefmissions.com/m/CaptainOfTheGuard) Captain of the Guard is another cool concept in that vein.