Chester is online!

📅: 2023-10-21

You can play Chester right now! Last week I made the BETA version public for the Test & Play event. If you didn't catch it there, you should check it out right now. It works great on mobile, or any browser.

A screenshot of a chess puzzle, with a white queen, bishop, person and dog. — One of the 36 puzzles. Can you get Chester across the dance floor?

What's in

This demo version is a prototype with 36 puzzles, while the full game will have (at least) 64 puzzles. The puzzle mechanics will stay the same, though the full game will introduce a few more. But the biggest difference: while Chester is now online, he is not at the park yet.

The world map of the Chester demo, showing 36 puzzle boards. — Who can beat all 36 puzzles first?

Chester is currently being completely rewritten from scratch, and the new version will include a rich overworld to explore. I hope to be able to share more on that soon!

Test & Play

Last week was the fourth edition of Test & Play, a series of play testing events in Rotterdam. I was there to share Chester, and it was great fun. There were a ton of great people who checked out Chester, not to mention 4 other great game developers. Seeing people play and enjoy something you made is the greatest reward in game development.

A table with a laptop, stickers, and a poster — *Left:* The Chester stand, with stickers, the promotion page and the poster.
*Right:* Me, talking with two players, who have Chester open on their phone.

Three people talking about Chester in an arcade — *Left:* The Chester stand, with stickers, the promotion page and the poster.
*Right:* Me, talking with two players, who have Chester open on their phone.

I also designed a poster and had stickers printed. I'm really happy how these turned out. There's still some stickers left, so hit me up if you would like some!

A poster for Chester, lying on a red rug — *Left:* The Chester poster.
*Right:* One of the stickers on a laptop.

A laptop with multiple stickers, including one of the knight — *Left:* The Chester poster.
*Right:* One of the stickers on a laptop.

I want to thank Test & Play for letting me share my game, and of course everyone who came to the event for playing Chester! Hopefully Chester will make it to more events in the future.