STALLMATE

You were the chess champion of Old York.

There was only one problem: you were terrible at chess.

After cheating your way to the title and landing in Hell, Satan offers you a deal. Beat every player at his table and you can return to Earth. Lose, and you will spend eternity cleaning up after his pet pigeon.

Gum the clock. Flash a pocket mirror. Tie pieces together with a rubber band. Throw coins across the board. Plant a toy spider. Magnetize the timer. Do whatever it takes to run down your opponent’s clock. 

Features

• Five increasingly dangerous opponents, each with unique behavior and dialogue
• Seven pocket-sized methods of tournament misconduct
• Real chess rules and engine-driven opponents
• A pigeon

Move: Click one of your pieces, then click a highlighted destination. 

Cheat: During your opponent’s turn, open POCKETS and click or drag an item onto a glowing target.

Talk: Use the message button to praise, confuse, or trash-talk your opponent.

Credits

Evilgato

Game design, programming, artwork, animation, music, and writing

Lam_my

Additional dialogue, ideas, and creative input

Chess rules and move validation: chess.js by Jeff Hlywa — BSD 2-Clause License Chess AI: Stockfish 18 Lite, using Stockfish.js by Nathan Rugg / Chess.com and the Stockfish contributors — GNU GPL version 3

Fonts Jersey 10 — The Soft Type Project Authors SIL Open Font License 1.1 Silkscreen — The Silkscreen Project Authors SIL Open Font License 1.1 Atkinson Hyperlegible Next — The Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Project Authors SIL Open Font License 1.1

Additional sound effects were sourced from:

• Kenney — CC0 sound effects
• idabrandao — “Whistle,” Freesound sound 382976
• Anthousai — “rubber.wav,” Freesound sound 399008
• baidonovan — “Rubber Band Snap.wav,” Freesound sound 187354
• 5ro4 — pigeon recordings, Freesound sounds 701283 and 649390