Show HN: GeoChess – open-source geography strategy game

sspider-hand 6 days ago 12 commentsRead Article on geochess.org

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The rules are really simple. Players take turns claiming a country that shares a land border with the current one. You lose if you have no valid moves left.

I'd appreciate any feedback.

Source code: https://github.com/spider-hand/GeoChess

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tmgldn•about 2 hours ago

Like it! However Denmark and Sweden apparently aren't "connected"!

Which is fine of course, but would be nice if the rules made that clear!

gus_massa•5 days ago

I expected the countries to be a painted when they are selected.

spider-hand•5 days ago

Thanks for your feedback!

If they are visually selected on the map during the game, I thought it would be too easy.

Maybe I can add an option to let users see which countries have already been used on the map.

gus_massa•5 days ago

I don't see any selection neither.

It may be nice to start in the same continent of the player. I know better the countries near here [Argentina]. North America is quite linear, so it may be boring to plat there.

spider-hand•5 days ago

> I don't see any selection neither.

Yes it's intentional. I thought if players can see the selection during the game, it is not challenging.

> It may be nice to start in the same continent of the player.

I think letting a user select a continent is a good idea.

gagandeeprangi1•6 days ago

This looks really nice. Something new to play with friends on game nights, will try this one out.

spider-hand•6 days ago

Hi thanks for your comment. Hope you enjoy it!

mthoms•about 1 hour ago

I played about 8 rounds and I still don't understand the goal.

kylecazar•1 minute ago

I did too, trying to see if I could derive it from gameplay.

Here you go:

"Claim a neighboring country each turn.

No legal moves? You lose.

That's it. Enjoy!"

chrisra•about 2 hours ago

Loaded it on a pixel phone, saw a list of countries with no context about what picking one meant, saw a map but didn't understand how to interact with it, and that was about it.