pon
Hi I'm noneforyou! This is my first uploaded game.
You control a pawn: "Pon" (Ponalyn En Passant)
The game is filled with many stages that are cluttered with knights, rooks, and bishops; these pieces all move in different ways. They all move like they do in chess, but as this is not a turn based game, it may be difficult to get accustomed to the patterns.
Do your best to try to get to the end of each level! Go into the tunnel at the end of every stage. There is a white "+" that you have to touch there.
Knight: instantly captures Pon, moves in an "L" shape like in chess. (2 spaces in a direction, and then 1 space in the other direction)
Bishop: constantly move and bounce around diagonally. They bounce around like DVD logos.
Rooks: Chase the player horizontally and vertically if in line of sight; they are slightly faster than Pon.
Rei: The white pon piece! You control her at the same time as pon. For Rei levels, you cannot let any piece get captured, and you must get to the end with both pieces. Her speed varies per level, but she is typically slower than Pon.
WASD or Arrow Keys to move horizontally and vertically
"m" to return to main menu
"r" to restart a level
Click the play button to play, and the help button for additional information!
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i'm going to be frank, i rage quited not because of the actual design of the levels, but because the controls were awful and the fact that the bishops aren't even deterministic (i had them sometimes enter the exit of the level!). it's too easy to accidentally run into a knight when you meant to change directions, and the bishops makes it impossible to plan ahead as there's too much stuff going on to actually think.
the concept is really solid however. execution isn't so great, but half of that is the controls.
good game, worth playing simply for final level