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Re:Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess by the_dave_santos on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:25AM (#17179396)
Interesting game, I played against the AI. It's smart and not simply making random moves. Well done!
Re:Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess by monsiv on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @07:40PM (#17183704)
Thanks! It uses the minimax algorithm to a depth of 5. Beyond that, it starts making silly moves :D
Re:Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess by tcbawo on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:52PM (#17183470)
Fun to play and somewhat challenging. The rules are simple, but I kind of wish there was a single pop-up with the rules. It would have saved me some trial and error.
Re:Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess by monsiv on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @07:39PM (#17183698)
Sorry, there's some rules here: https://monsiv.com/how-to-play Hopefully it makes more sense now!
Re:Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess by tcbawo on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:19PM (#17184231)
Very nice. I notice I keep accidentally swapping pieces when I mean to switch to highlight a different piece. I wonder if a dragging motion would be more natural.
Re:Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess by monsiv on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:40PM (#17184337)
That can be annoying, I agree. I tried to get drag working nicely when I first started building it, but it was a pain to get it working on all the different mobile browsers. I've put it on my TODO list to revisit though.
Re:Show HN: Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess by O_H_E on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @09:30PM (#17193297)
Suggestion: click select the other piece, click & hold swap them

I lost a couple of times because of that