[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":500},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-41623814":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":48,"post_text":51,"what":52,"said":70,"maker_in_thread":231,"shape":242,"grid":246,"attempts":462,"same_week":463,"maker_shows":283,"maker_hidden":492,"reader_version":493,"card":494},"41623814","King Thirteen","2048 with chess pieces, in under 13 KB","title","Show HN: King Thirteen: 2048 with chess pieces, in under 13 KB","https:\u002F\u002Fjs13kgames.com\u002F2024\u002Fgames\u002Fking-thirteen","js13kgames.com","animuchan",1727080885,2024,269,80,262,3515,8,"legend","games","puzzle game","web_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"2048 variant","chess puzzle game","js13k","browser game","vanilla javascript","mixed",0.266,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":18,"critical":34},22,24,11,65,{"design":37,"idea":40,"docs":43,"performance":46,"execution":47},{"positive":38,"critical":39},6,4,{"positive":41,"critical":42},9,0,{"positive":44,"critical":45},1,7,{"positive":44,"critical":42},{"positive":44,"critical":42},[49,49,42,42,42,49,49,44,49,50,49,44,44,49,49,50,49,50,50,50,49,42,44,50,49,50,49,49,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,49,44,44,49,49],3,5,"The game is vanilla JS, with SVG for graphics. 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It reminds me of \"Really Bad Chess\" which I also love: https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=com.noodlecake.reallybadchess…",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"41651014","theideaofcoffee","Loved the little twist on the mechanics of 2048, instead of just mindlessly pushing down-left-down-left most of the time, you actually had to think about the proper moves of the…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"41657914","ebfe1","Scored 9876 and won it on first run but i did use the undo button! :) I stumbled the first half a bit but got the hang of it in the end and after finishing it I think i had more…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"41664413","sahmeepee","Great idea for a game and very playable. As others have said, it is much more interesting than 2048 due to the reduced repetition. It still seems beneficial to stack high value…",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"41665816","carlsverre","I had so much fun finishing this. Much more interesting than other 2048 variants I've tried. I got a score of 9341.",{"value":97,"source":74,"evidence":98},"Small size and efficient design",[99],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"41656083","usr1106","This is how sustainable software development should work. Not a 100 MB iPhone app or a 60 MB Android app. Or 600 MB as in https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=41459629",[104,127,138,149,153],{"value":105,"source":74,"evidence":106},"Rules and how to play are unclear or missing in the game",[107,111,115,119,123],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"41650874","pimlottc","Looks very nice, but definitely needs some explanation, not everyone is familiar with 2048. Not that the website even mentions 2048 :P",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"41653364","mrgoldenbrown","I didn't see any rules\u002Fexplanation of how to play Is that intentional or maybe I'm missing it on mobile?",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"41656416","kapep","I also don't see any on desktop, neither on the linked page nor ingame.",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"41664722","nosioptar","> How to play: > Join forces > Claim the throne > Revel in glory It's on the page before you start the game. I also cannot find any instructions once the game is started. It…",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"41651226","aftbit","Yeah I am very confused. This isn't like 2048 at all. The pieces move individually? And why are there multiple different colors of knights? What is the king doing? How do I mute…",{"value":128,"source":74,"evidence":129},"Combo selection mechanic is confusing and causes misclicks",[130,134],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"41650289","jsnell","Very nice work, congrats! The combo UI just doesn't work for me. I didn't understand what was happening until reading the blog post, the game just felt broken since it was…",{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"41652092","cjpearson","Thanks for sharing! I'm seconding the \"incredibly fun\" comment, but I would keep the occasional big numbers. It probably took me an hour to finish the game and I wouldn't want to…",{"value":139,"source":74,"evidence":140},"Colours are hard to distinguish, poor for colourblind players",[141,145],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"41651322","pyrolistical","As a colorblind person I didn’t know there was multiple colours until very late",{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"41653118","askvictor","I'm not colourblind, but found the colours weren't useful at all (compared to 2048). They're just too similar and you need to rely on the numbers, which takes more thinking",{"value":150,"source":74,"evidence":151},"Random piece spawns make planning difficult",[152],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},{"value":154,"source":74,"evidence":155},"King capturing pieces is surprising and unexplained",[156,160],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"41657888","conartist6","Dang that king is bloodthirsty. I played for a while and it ate all the best blocks I ever made (a 512). Can my high score be the best I was doing before I lost it all?",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},[162,169,173,181,188],{"value":163,"source":74,"evidence":164},"Add a sound mute option",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"41630053","gus_massa","It would be nice to disable sound completely. When the board is almost full, it's difficult to know which pieces can move. Perhaps add some green shade to the ones that can move.",{"value":170,"source":74,"evidence":171},"Highlight pieces that can move",[172],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},{"value":174,"source":74,"evidence":175},"Show score during play",[176,180],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"41667411","rob74","Really nice little game! I instantly got addicted to it, but managed to \"beat\" it already on the second of two very long tries, so maybe a tad bit too easy? Some observations: -…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},{"value":182,"source":74,"evidence":183},"Credit Threes as an ancestor",[184],{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},"41654416","zac256","Please consider crediting Threes, not 2048 as the \"ancestor\". The designers of threes have a well-written blog post on how they feel 2048 ripped them off. It's a good discussion…",{"value":189,"source":74,"evidence":190},"Standalone or mobile version",[191],{"id":192,"by":193,"text":194},"41651178","tln","This is fantastic I hope you post again when you've made a standalone page and\u002For mobile versions, this game deserves lots of success :)",[196,203],{"value":197,"source":74,"evidence":198},"Are new pieces random?",[199],{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},"41651741","rkagerer","Fun game! Won on my first try and it felt a satisfying playthrough. Still don't fully understand the rules. Eg. Are new pieces random? Since the king can eat clutter does that…",{"value":204,"source":74,"evidence":205},"Can the game be lost, and how does the king behave?",[206,207],{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"41653504","listeria","I thought I'd lose if the king was trapped—like some sort of stalemate—so I played through the game with that in mind. It might make for a fun variant. I should add I didn't…",[212,223,227],{"value":213,"source":74,"evidence":214},"2048",[215,219],{"id":216,"by":217,"text":218},"41651455","teolandon","Every version of 2048 I've played spawns 2s and 4s. 4s are more rare.",{"id":220,"by":221,"text":222},"41650290","QuercusMax","It's just like the game 2048, except with chess pieces. There's a 'play' link at the top of the page.",{"value":224,"source":74,"evidence":225},"Threes",[226],{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},{"value":228,"source":74,"evidence":229},"Really Bad Chess",[230],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},{"comments":45,"answered":39,"key":232},[233,236,239],{"id":234,"text":235},"41645628","Thanks a lot for the kind words! I was afraid people would abandon good runs if too long, so started spawning 4 and 8 sometimes to speed it up somewhat. 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