Some players seemed to want a proper UI button for pausing the game instead of just pressing escape. I tried a classic hamburger button, but it stood out like a sore thumb. So I added this little bookmark and sliding menu instead, and I really love how it looks! Works by pressing escape too!

Testing what it could look like having different board backgrounds for different parts of town!

Made a little animation for when you find new stuff around town in my chess game!

#screenshotsaturday

Implemented a system for collecting pieces just by talking to characters around town!

Added the possibility to display images with messages in my dialog system

One thing that came up when testing my prototype is that some people don't like using drag and drop to move pieces. They want to be able to click to select, and then click again to move. So now there's an option for that! The UI still isn't super pretty, but hey it works!

First iteration of the point and click overworld for my chess game is done! Really happy with how it turned out

For this weeks #screenshotsaturday, here's a video of me playing my Godot game in the browser over on itch.io!

Help me playtest: lageb.itch.io/bergberg-chess

Responsive UI ✅

A NinePatchRect with "Axis Stretch = Tile Fit" + AnimationPlayer animating the anchor offsets was totally the way to go to make this fluffy little panel!

Shout out @rosunestudios.bsky.social and @tiramystica.bsky.social for helping out!

Trying to make some "fluffy cloud though bubble" type panels in Godot. Left one using a shader, and the right one using a particle system. Hard to believe either will make for a very responsive panel though.. How would you achieve an effect like this?

#ScreenshotSaturday

Added explanations in game for how the pieces move!
Been working on these designs for a long time. Still not perfect for sure, but it's good enough for a proof of concept, so I will move on to new stuff