LEGO Chess Reimagined

[@wendigockeleggs-treme]

Checkmate by sacrificing the queen. A very courageous play!

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@wendigockeleggs-treme Hahah the king from the game has taught us well. 😜

[@kavariteraa2797]

You should find a skilled programmer and turn all these animations into actual games, it just makes me want to rediscover these childhood games so much !

[@StudframeAnimations]

That would be awesome! I hope these videos inspire someone who can make it a reality.

[@AngusMacnaughtonGames]

@@StudframeAnimations If it wasn't for the looming fist of copyright/IP protection laws, it's absolutely something I'd want to do in the future - all these old Lego games are just incredible and the vibe (and even the design methodology) can't really be replicated with the current TT games.

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames I’m not entirely sure how LEGO looks at these projects. But they don’t seem to mind projects like Manic Miners and Project Island. The way I understand it now is that if you don’t call it a LEGO product and also don’t make any money of it, it’s alright. But someone please correct me if that’s not correct. 😁

[@AngusMacnaughtonGames]

@@StudframeAnimations I will see if I can find anything - usually the blanket rule is that if you don't explicitly have the rights, you can't do anything (even if it's for free), but as you say there are some projects that haven't been killed yet. The Bionicle game being made and due to be free on steam is another good example of that!

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames It’s certainly something that needs te be clear before making anything. I hope they’re fine with my videos. 😜

[@zafranorbian757]

what a great childhood memory. Though I always felt the enemy ai was cheating.

[@StudframeAnimations]

The later levels were much more difficult. Maybe Captain Redbeard had a trick up his sleeve. 🤔

[@talos.fractal_author]

Nostalgia Overload 😵‍💫

[@StudframeAnimations]

Hahah hope you liked it! 😄

[@alexgeorge501]

@@StudframeAnimations which classic LEGO game will you cover next?

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@alexgeorge501 I don't really know yet. I have a list of ideas I could work on. Depends on what idea excites me the most. 😄

[@alexgeorge501]

@@StudframeAnimations There's Lego Island 1&2, Lego Racers 1&2, Rock Raiders, Alpha Team, Creator and Bionicle to name a few examples

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@alexgeorge501 Yeah that's the thing. So many choices. 😋

[@ReubenTurnerMusic42]

Beautiful and nostalgic as always

[@StudframeAnimations]

Thank you so much! You're really quick! 🤯

[@Maniac4Bricks]

Impressive making every character so lively and nailing every moment! Even down to the flags lowered per capture and the Admiral and Redbeard adjusting in their port holes. If only it didn't make me want more made now, maybe I'll play the game again as I wait :)

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@Maniac4Bricks Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! 😄

[@darklordinateur]

That music, damn, the nostalgia

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@darklordinateur Hahah hope you enjoyed it! 😄

[@minirop]

I don't really like chess but I loved playing battlechess when I was young because of all those goofy animations.

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@minirop It adds so much character to the game. 😁

[@themonado5030]

It's criminal how underrated you are! These videos are fantastic!

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@themonado5030 Thank you so much! I’m looking at how I can grow the channel. But it isn’t an easy task. 😜

[@EnferLuxuria]

So beautiful! The nostalgia brought tears to my eyes!

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@EnferLuxuria Glad it brought fond memories! 😁

[@JeynickRuns]

This is insanely good, I'm beyond impressed! LEGO Chess was my very first game ever and I still have my copy. You definitely did it justice :D

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@JeynickRuns Awesome! Thank you! ❤️

[@Nowhere536]

I never played this game but I did see the animations, fun seeing them in such high quality. Must have taken a long time to make this

[@StudframeAnimations]

Thank you! Yeah it's up there with the VR videos when it comes to amount of time spent on it.

[@sniffleblox2354]

Your videos give me that cosy nostalgic feeling. Great work again, I love the check animations especially :)

[@StudframeAnimations]

Awesome! That's exactly what I'm going for. Glad you enjoyed it and thank you! 😄

[@moontoadz]

genius great work

[@StudframeAnimations]

Thank you so much again! ❤

[@josephmeluso2377]

The goosebumps hearing "Hi! I'm the king" after so long, should indicate how on board I am with this animation right away.

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@josephmeluso2377 Thank you so much! ❤️

[@Jordan4Ibanez]

If you were a programmer for Lego you'd be making a 7 figure salary

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@Jordan4Ibanez Hahah need to make a career switch then. 😜

[@TufteMotorsport]

Unless he worked on Lego Island back in 1997 :P

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@TufteMotorsport So sad for all those employees. 😭

[@TufteMotorsport]

@@StudframeAnimations Same! A shameful moment in Lego media. Shame Wes Jenkins never got to see your videos as well. He was proud of his game to the very end.

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@TufteMotorsport Thank you! I should do something with LEGO Island again. 🤔

[@tamasbognar9540]

Every time i see the tumbnail of your newest video i get so excited.

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@tamasbognar9540 Awesome! Thank you so much. Happy to hear that. 😁

[@mrhumbuck_]

I didn't play this one, but you've done an amazing job with the animation, as always! We did actually have a non-Lego chess game that had lots of silly animations that I liked as a kid, don't remember the name of it though. Thanks for sharing your projects with us!

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@mrhumbuck_ Awesome! Thank you for supporting the channel! ❤️

[@alexgeorge501]

A-Wham a Bam A-Rama and A Wang-Bang-Boom!

[@MrBigfoot96]

Yesssss!!!! Love ittttt!!! 🙌💯

[@StudframeAnimations]

Awesome, thank you! 😄😄

[@RoseJetExhaust]

A mighty gambit!

[@robonaught]

I sadly never played this one (though I did actually play physical chess with my granddad). I do like the Pirates story and cutscenes over the Western ones (cuz I like pirates in general and I was already familiar with Redbeard because of Racers) Apparently there was supposed to be 4 stories but only Pirates and Western made it in. Adventurers was one of the two stories scrapped. Dr Kilroy was King, Pippin Read was Queen, Johnny Thunder (under his UK name Sam Grant) was Knight, Pharaoh Hotep was Rook, Slyboots was Bishop and the regular skeleton pharaohs were the Pawns. There is a document showing the script for the story. Interestingly Samuel Von Baron is completely absent and its only Slyboots who is after the ruby. Castle was the other story that was scrapped but there's no information on what Castle theme they were gonna use, which minifigures to represent the pieces were gonna be or what the story was gonna be.

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@robonaught It’s amazing that we know so much background information about an old LEGO game. The castle one would have been really cool I think.

[@robonaught]

@@StudframeAnimations Nearly all of the old school Lego Games have loads of interesting behind the scenes and stuff which didn't make it into the final game. I do have a suspicion the Castle story could have been Royal Knights since you can see the Royal Knights castle through the window in the main menu.

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@robonaught That’s a good point actually. I wondered why the king’s throne room overlooks another castle. 😜

[@robonaught]

@@StudframeAnimations Maybe the story could have been the Royal Knights up against the Dragon Masters (some catalogues showed them fighting) or maybe up against the Fright Knights (there was a Royal Knight as a prisoner in the Night Lord's Castle set)

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@robonaught Looks like they had ambitious ideas with the storyline. Wish they were able to actually make it. 😢

[@TufteMotorsport]

Cute 😁 The style is so weird, unlike the other games. I hope you do Rock raiders chess in the future 🙂

[@StudframeAnimations]

Hahah I love that the games all had their own style going on. Who knows, maybe the Rock Raiders chess video will happen. 😁

[@StormcellX]

Dude this is amazing lol. Always love to see an upload from you :D Did you animate the mouse in scene? Or did you do that in post :O

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@StormcellX Thank you so much! The mouse is animated by hand. Tried to make it look real. 😜

[@StormcellX]

@StudframeAnimations dude nice lol. I think I asked you before but do you have a career in animation or is this a side thing you do? You're too talented to be a beginner lol

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@StormcellX I do some animations there too, but 3D character animations (like these) are new to me. It’s good practice. 😜

[@StormcellX]

@StudframeAnimations Well keep it up, I'll be waiting for your next upload! Got you on notifications 😉

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@StormcellX Awesome! I appreciate that! ❤️

[@Blu3B33r]

Really nice animations and a great choice of a match, too! It could be fun if you appeared somewhere in the background as an easter egg, or did I miss you?🤔

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@Blu3B33r Thank you so much! I don’t make an appearance. I had the idea to create the chess area at the docks and that there would be minifigs walking around, including mine. But I changed the location to an island which would be more fitting for pirates. 😁

[@Detailedstream]

That was very funny. What about the rest of a cutscene?

[@StudframeAnimations]

Thank you! What do you mean by the rest of a cutscene?

[@Detailedstream]

@@StudframeAnimations like a rook, rook, Bishop Knight's, queen, pawn and King Love that part that King chasing the Queen

[@StudframeAnimations]

@@Detailedstream Ohhh right! Guess I need to make another video about this, with different results. 😋

[@JanoschNr1]

Looks so fake I can't even believe he did not start with *"Everything you see is run on real time ingame graphics"*

[@StudframeAnimations]

I'm not quite sure what you're saying. This is what I think a LEGO Chess remastered game could look like. It's not an actual game if that's what you mean?