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Martian Chess
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Each win is also a loss.
Can you adapt to the Martian way of warfare?
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Pit against your friends or the bot in a strategic bout of mutually assured destruction. The objective is simple: get more points than your opponent to win. The game ends when one player has no more pieces on their side.
But there's a twist: a player controls any and only the pieces on their side of the board. In other words, ownership of a piece changes when it is moved over the central canal.
Make calculating moves to out-trade your opponent and emerge victorious, no matter the cost.
Team:
- Eli Voigt - Programming
- Sam Hall - Art, Sound, Music, Words
This is a digital reproduction of the Martian Chess board game, which was originally developed by Looney Labs, and published in 1999.
Buy the original physical game by Looney Labs here!
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Authors | Liquid Mirror, Sam Hall, Elijah Voigt |
Genre | Strategy |
Made with | Rust, Blender |
Tags | Atmospheric, Board Game, Chess, chesslike, Local multiplayer, martian-chess, Space, Turn-based, Two Player |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Mouse |
Accessibility | One button |
Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
Player count | 1 - 2 |
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Install instructions
Martian Chess is available for MacOS, Windows, and Linux.
MacOS
The MacOS build is a standard .dmg file:
- Download MartianChess-macos-beta.dmg
- Double click the .dmg file.
- Drag Martian Chess to your Applications
- Run Martian Chess, and hit 'Cancel' on the MacOS warning
- Go to System Settings > Privacy and Security, and scroll down until you see "Martian Chess was blocked..." and click 'Open Anyway'
- Enter credentials if prompted, and click Open
Windows
The Windows build is a simple ".zip with an .exe file".
- Download MartianChess-windows-beta.zip
- Unzip the contents
- Double click martian-chess.exe
- Accept the Windows warning and run the game
Linux
The Linux build uses an AppImage package so the steps are:
- Download MartianChess-linux-beta.AppImage
- Set it to executable
- On Gnome desktop: Right click > Properties > Executable as Program
- Command-Line: Run chmod +x MartianChess-linux-beta.AppImage
- Double click and you're good to go
If you have any issues running the game please let us know in the comments!
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