Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid

Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by dragontamer on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:10PM (#34372423)

There seems to be a whole slew of "analog" games coming out for classic discrete games.

For example, "Not Tetris" is an analog-Tetris. https://stabyourself.net/nottetris2/

I certainly enjoy these games. So hopefully more people are inspired to find analog-versions of other discrete or turn-based games, lol.

I guess a more "serious" version of analog Tetris is perhaps Tricky Towers, which is an excellent party game. https://www.trickytowers.com/

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by Y_Y on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:49PM (#34372957)

I'm trying to go the other way and discretize golf

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by itcrowd on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:51PM (#34372976)

... so that's what they meant by disc golf in college!

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by OisinMoran on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:21PM (#34374717)

Please say more! Very interested in this category in general. Would love a version of basketball where the points are a continuous function of distance from the basket rather than discrete 2 & 3 pointers.

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by pinguin7 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @10:02AM (#34389897)

I think "discretize" is the opposite of using continuous functions, if I understand correctly.

They probably meant to play golf in some kind of grid system and using only a few different strengths and angles.

But interestingly, most complex games have some kind of mixture of both: basket ball having discrete points, but fouls are remedied with a free shot on a continuous plane.

Ice hockey, on the other hand, has only a discrete set of places where the game can continue after a foul.

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by naet on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:38PM (#34373558)

Tricky towers was great fun when I played it a while back.

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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by cassepipe on Saturday January 14, 2023 @11:33AM (#34381525)

I don't get it. What's analog about this chess variant and the games you are mentioning?

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