What if we gave Chess a gun? (Shotgun King)

[@uncleflansy5621]

Here are the system requirements on steam. OS: Windows 7 Processor: yes, you should have one Graphics: you'll need a screen Storage: 80 MB available space Sound Card: if your computer can play sound, you should be good Additional Notes: in theory, if your computer can run Windows, it can run Shotgun King I'm buying this just to reward this tomfoolery.

[@int3r4ct]

You’ve got to love when the devs have a good sense of humor about their game not requiring literally anything to run

[@ivanjermakov]

Indie for life

[@saphojuiced]

Laidback humor and well-dosed wit in the sales pitch, you love to see it.

[@dugglebay3483]

Runs great on linux!

[@GryboTaku]

I'm pretty sure it's possible to do a demake on SNES

[@bejamillion2]

NL: Upgrades enemy pawns NL: Next turn, gives them 10 pawns

[@vmp916]

He can’t help but synergize even if it’s for the other team

[@matthewpopow6647]

@@vmp916 lol TRUE

[@kyle7447]

When you put it like that yeah... he did that

[@Tagswell]

Some people have said it already, but bringing the cursor closer to your character does not actually make the spread of the shotgun any smaller, it's simply displaying that to help visualize the static arc the shotgun will have based on distance to the target. So, moving the cursor closer or further has no effect, but side to side does. Only reason to move it closer or further is to help visualize trying to hit multiple targets by fine tuning your aim side to side.

[@D33r_Hunt3r_]

I thought this might be true but didn't know. Thank you for the validation lol

[@doyouknowkeplertwentytwob4032]

@@D33r_Hunt3r_wdym? It’s apparent by using your eyes.

[@bad-people6510]

Should get an adjustable choke.

[@arya6085]

Probably not the best to take the debuff that adds pawns after taking the debuff that strengthens pawns but what do I know

[@DouePls]

Funnily enough adding more pawns isn’t that bad because they are still very weak and help block other stronger pieces (unless you take the buff that lets pawns move in any direction)

[@noahh7946]

lol that drove me crazy, he gave the AI as much synergy as he could

[@The_Andromeda_Galaxy]

@@DouePls Still pretty bad with the pike one too. You end up with a wall that just takes extra turns to deal with.

[@formerlypie8781]

It's his first time playing man chill

[@dugglebay3483]

@@DouePls Definitely, and if you chain that with the one that refunds ammo for killing pawns-you turned a seeming negative into a positive; stunning game!

[@lapz]

Been waiting for you to play this. Such a creative chess adaptation!

[@primalknight]

og devs been sleeping on their game for too long, these fan-made spin-off are popping off

[@jasperhorn3271]

Only chess 960 and this are better than OG chess

[@isteinbergli3510]

Jasper Horn There’s a bunch of fairy chess variations as well that are cool.

[@NecrpotatoIndeed]

@@jasperhorn3271 this is not better than og chess

[@Guts_Brando]

@@NecrpotatoIndeed cope

[@Trevor21230]

This is how damage is calculated in Shotgun King. The shotgun fires n pellets, where n=firepower. Each pellet's trajectory is random but within your arc of fire. Each pellet dissipates after traveling a distance equal to your range. Each pellet that hits an enemy deals 1 damage to that enemy. Additionally, from what I can tell it seems that your arc projection being a solid red line means that no part of the arc is outside of your max range. A blinking red/black line means that some parts are outside your max range. A solid black line means the entire arc is outside your max range. Thus if you have 6 firepower and your entire fire arc is covered by enemy pieces within range, you'll deal 6 damage randomly divided among those pieces.

[@xxgattox]

This mechanic made me hate the game, sadly. Luck has no place in a chess-like game. Adding random elements to it just makes it bad. At 16:13 for example he hits the knight and the pawn right in front of him, 3 tiles away, for 1 damage, then the pawn at 4 tiles away for 2 damage, and the rook all the way back 5 tiles away for 1 damage too. Just bad.

[@Thor8151990]

@@xxgattox that's because you're no fun.

[@pogusmaximus7162]

@@xxgattox ah see, your problem is that you think this is a chess-like game. It is a shotgun-like game, with chess elements.

[@KusaneHexaku]

@@xxgattox it's a rougelike shotgun based game that just happens to use chess pieces, not a chess game

[@xxgattox]

@@KusaneHexaku oh I see, I'm interested now!... Nah I'm kidding idgaf about semantics, I still don't enjoy it.

[@lapsedpacifist1]

Having watched this on stream I for one can’t wait for Episode 4: Chat Makes Bad Suggestions And Gets Yelled At For 45 Minutes

[@malte291]

The double iron queen situation was an absolute highlight, I love the NL attitude era.

[@mrvolts9262]

The angry 🥚

[@marzuquemashrurfariz3353]

I'm just gonna say it. The black king actin' kinda maidenless

[@baggedcoleslaw]

@@deetsitmeisterjd you're cracked

[@scrums4748]

@@deetsitmeisterjd go goated go crazy

[@riverdan4]

This game out here epitomising "if you take a shot at the king you best not miss"

[@MrPloxDa3rd]

The Wire?!??!?! Damn homie i read that in the exact voice lol

[@eldabys]

gotta love the dichotomy of chat and nl where sometimes hes doing wild misplays and theyre screaming at him and here where he's playing goated and chat is saying no no you cant be checked because they cant move next to you. its like they trade off being the straight man in the routine

[@lordkameguru7851]

I'm seventeen minutes in and he's making manic misplays and asking the dumbest questions that have common sense answers. So idk what vid you're watching.

[@Kakaroto3245]

you know nl is not a physics guy when he makes the crosshair smaller to make the arc more accurate lol

[@porcuspine2368]

13:51 "if i moused over him the arc was so big but if i moused just slightly before him there was no problem" drove me nuts lol

[@sosukelele]

He thought he went from hip firing to ads, but in reality he just said "if I can hit it from this far away, surely a _little_ further won't be a problem"

[@divinelathe]

why does this not work?? wouldn't that ensure that every bullet hits the one unit?

[@Kakaroto3245]

@@divinelathe the arc is the opening between two lines, your mouse shows it at varying distances, but the opening still stays the same at that distance.

[@OGSumo]

I thought the same thing as nl. For a minute I thought I was just dumb, but I now realize that the crosshair is just sorta confusing and misleading. I think this mainly stems from there being no visual representation that your shot is going to hit the enemies between you and your crosshair. If it showed a cone of coverage that followed up until the arc I think it would be much more clear.

[@fauna575]

Luna's "hi chach!" has gotta be one of the cutest things in the world rn

[@liampett1313]

This is such a good game! The difficulty scaling is perfect.

[@molermash]

Two days ago my disappointment was immeasurable when i saw you hadnt played this today my excitement is is in the same measure. This game looks so much fun and i hope you find so much joy in it

[@UnrelentingWolf]

wait if ur dissapointment is immeasureable then how could you possibly have excitement to the same measure, when it was immeasurable?

[@molermash]

@@UnrelentingWolf imaginary numbers

[@HackionSTx]

Now your day is not ruined anymore.

[@tomatnisse169]

@@UnrelentingWolf Disappointment was equal to x Now excitement is equal to x

[@davey0110]

Just say "I'm pogged!" next time

[@quetzalthegamer]

Loved it when the baby came in. So adorable.

[@Keisuki]

NL: *plays a chess roguelite with shotgun* me: -_- Luna: "Hi Chat!" me: OwO

[@lred1383]

@@Keisuki raising a streamer to take his place when he retires

[@justallineed]

Luna coming in was so cute, she’s grown up so much!

[@nicjo1]

I Loved this episode(!) So much i had to go to twitch and watch the whole stream, please, i was laughing the whole time towards the end. You could see he got tired but just "one more we got this", and i would love to watch NL play this more in future!

[@uncleflansy5621]

Great, now I gotta buy this one too. Where the hell does he keep finding all these games that look like full on bangers?

[@DmmyV]

Rogue like youtubers are contractually forced to play at least one rogue like that has recently released every once in a while

[@speedfastman]

I believe aliensrock usually uploads videos of games before NL plays them.

[@ashark8968]

K8 played it the day before too when nl raided her

[@jett1075]

@@speedfastman true

[@hamboharambe9982]

He watches sifd's channel

[@zeejustin6]

16:55 made me laugh hard especially because NL was talking up his chess skills beforehand.

[@ArkhBaegor]

Holy shit I only just now understood what ludum dare means. I always thought it was dare as in "I dare you to do this"

[@readmore5888]

Wake up honey, bald

[@quetzalthegamer]

Watching NL play with his kid gives me real baby fever.

[@saintsalieri]

Imagine talking about Bethesda's delays when it took Gary Chess this long to drop a sequel.

[@randys2669]

and there's still no En Passant, literally unplayable

[@michaeljo9384]

@@randys2669 En passant is only available pawn vs pawn when 1 of the pawn use the double move to the side of the opponent pawn. You can't en passant with litteraly no pawn let alone an army in SG: The Final Checkmate.

[@wishbone4038]

6:40 dude this was one of the most difficult things to learn as a gamer, it's actually something I knew as a kid but as I got older I thought I knew games to well, and had to unlearn that, it's okay to make mistakes so you can learn, those mistakes can often time lead to knew paths, or actions you may have not thought about before, take a game like CSGO for example, go to a place die, see where you got shot from, think about what to do next time in that situation, use a smoke, or a flash any, maybe prefire, but always allow yourself to make mistakes, and admit to makings those mistakes, it's a good thing to take into life too

[@michaeljo9384]

You can just read the Folly Shield's description ( i rccomended SK: The Final Checkmate Wiki in fandom version because it's informative). Also your CSGO example is a game review while folly shield is a warning which tell you this is risky move in the computer's view (Taking a shot on pieces that check you more than 1 tile away, moving into check, and not moving to safety while being in check).

[@shirdzz]

It's so pogged to see the baby developing cognitive abilities

[@heyitspumpkinz7255]

this seems like a high quality game

[@notaspy4792]

I agree

[@michaeljo9384]

Yeah but almost every youtuber quit it because RNG influence > your influence (Tyler, trying to get secret ending but failed even with ~19 recorded runs), discovery checkmate (Cartoonz, died 99% because of that), too difficult for casual / non-puzzle gamer (ZackScottGames, lose in the NORMAL and even EASY difficulty several times until he got pre-nerfed grenades in earlier version of the game), random bullet spread and knockback (Gamegrumps, getting checkmated by a 3HP pawn checking that is protected by another pawn blocking 2 out of 4 pellets and by a knight that is knockbacked away in earlier version. In addition, off-topic talks and not paying attention to a litteral modification of a competitive game that require your attention to not lose like every other competitive game), etc.

[@charleslisauskas9067]

Oh my God the baby content is tearjerkingly wholesome 🥲

[@IsThisAmerica1]

Honestly - baby makes every video super pog.

[@pearse9116]

Next time my opponent claims a draw because we both only have Kings, I'm gonna refuse and bring out my piece.

[@gamingtoast7974]

Ive been wanting him to play this game. Its like it was made specifically for him

[@madmanmax120]

I am more than pogged for this to become a mini series. Would love to see more of this

[@sumuggum]

"How about... giving a king piece a shotgun." And thus, shotgun king was born.

[@srduncanbyu]

Love the little blips and visual flair. Neat aesthetic

[@ConnorKrohnicles]

What does a cat say? “Meow meow” What does mommy say? “…” Choose your next words carefully.

[@masterplusmargarita]

The end of this video is chef's kiss level perfection. Chat is my favourite character.

[@Tchakkazulu]

Always love the early videos of a game, where NL is figuring stuff out. Banter-videos are cool too, but for me, this is where it's at.

[@darty4654]

yet another good baby segment

[@Marioroops]

Luna is adorable.

[@jacobsocia3966]

When I saw this it made me think of 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel. One day I hope he returns to it. This was an amazing watch too and I hope to see more of each.

[@pairot01]

For anyone coming just now to this video, the way damage works is that your gun fires 1 pellet for each point of power, it shoots it in a random angle within your arc. So the farther away something is the less likely it is that the shots connect, because a bad can make you miss. Your shots shouldn't miss if you are right next to the target, but it definitely can if you are 1 square diagonal, so it may be best not to risk it.

[@mybesttoast9605]

Chess and a roguelike? Our pog floweth over

[@theBigBeepo]

Would love to see more of this!

[@Gelfling66]

This may be counter intuitive, but moving your mouse further and closer doesn't change the spread of your bullets. I know it kind of looks like it, but no matter what, the angle is the same. The only thing that changes is where you see the border. You can pretend that border of your shot is always there, but invisible everywhere you don't have your cursor.

[@Thor8151990]

He's not a shape rotator, I wanna believe most people realized that.

[@SplamXD]

I would love to see more of this

[@Synion]

I was hoping NL would play this, hope to see some more of it in the future!

[@whargolflorp]

I'm a big fan of Jonathan Chess, good to see him grab a shotty and go werewolf

[@NearoC]

Series, please? Ever since I heard of this game I wanted some NL play It's interesting seeing you be new to the unique mechanics while being very familiar with the chess side, always a fun time.

[@joaovitorcamargo7165]

You gotta love how creative and original roguelikes can be

[@willhouston588]

The last Ludum Dare theme was "Delay the Inevitable", so I don't know how that would fit.

[@imperiallarch7610]

The Ludum Dare version didn't have an ending, the white side would get stronger indefinitely until the black king was checkmated.

[@willhouston588]

@@imperiallarch7610 Ah, ok. Now it makes sense.

[@xdrkillzx]

Northernlion: im in check mate me: no youre not Northernlion: in in check mate again me: ? no?

[@zeed8102]

around 35:07 was the most insane gamer power move

[@cs-yk9qh]

Loved this! Hope there's more coming

[@ryokukagirinai]

damn, i beat this on easy and normal and didn't know you could click the gun to reload on the spot

[@hurktang]

22:43 Yeah... that's a clear explanation for sure...

[@TheHomiekid]

This game looks fun

[@squeakyjoe6419]

This dude would love the card game in Shovel Knight: King of Cards

[@Furionic696]

So goated calling it a minigame hurts because that shit could be its own game its so fun

[@chocolateeclare2286]

There is something so satisfying about him saying “get blasted”

[@simplyrin210]

I suppose they call this American Chess.

[@laylance]

A match made in heaven for NL. Chess and Roguelike - delightful.

[@nowhereman6360]

I am amazed by the concept of a king attackin a king. In normal chess that is a no-no. ^^

[@RamnaViaz]

The fact that NL's daughter is not bald upsets me way more than it should.

[@thaecrasis]

This looks so fun! I think I'm gonna buy it

[@durantf4207]

Congrats on 1mil dawg

[@lukalalosevic200]

That was cute af , you are a great dad !

[@Drecon84]

Got this game as a gift yesterday and I'm enjoying the check out of it. As the Egg found out here: discovered checks are the worst :P

[@WatcherTeacher]

Finally an update to this old ass game

[@JoshJoshua64]

Excellent, I have finally found an amazing Indie hidden gem before NL

[@adelinovale6356]

Logged 7 hours on the demo, haven't ever reached level 7.

[@nikkof5384]

Been waiting for this since I saw the Lud clip

[@vadandrumist1670]

What if we gave chess a gun? My friend, let me introduce you to a little game called Regicide.

[@asterisk606]

Oh my, who in their right mind decided to make the perk selection box flash red and white. That is just straight up bad and unpleasant.

[@TuttlesFamily]

Royal Loafers: because I try to make attacking and defensive moves at the same time.

[@garrisoncase2290]

"It's the anti-bethesda" *likes the video instantly*

[@amphithundr]

looks really interesting! the flashing of the lightning is kind of painful though, wish more folks were aware of accessibility!

[@mastercheif978]

There are options to remove that, the screen shake, and the crt tv effect

[@Myth1221]

Oh my god Luna is SO CUTE

[@destroyerheekoo]

NL buffs pawns, next round adds 6 pawns... never change

[@FlyingAce1016]

This is chess: the Danny devito edition. Also northern lion needs to play fps chess haha

[@Tempestori]

It's like Dark So...- Chess but with a gun

[@rotoregradientedivergenza9952]

I saw him live. It took him 3.5 hours

[@XYZeNxghtmxre]

Ah yes and what would we call this bishop rook hybrid piece? Why not the queen

[@redrazirahc9659]

I'd love to see more of this

[@alhutcheson418]

Knew you would play this game champ keep up the good work

[@barriath8841]

This game is hilariously brilliant.

[@miquelmoorrees6010]

NL has the crazy superpower of being bad in the beginning of every game he plays even if its just slighty different like this game or the minesweeper one or peglin or any of the other great games

[@dingledonk8027]

take a shot at the king, you best not miss

[@heroic.heroes]

Finally, a chess game where I can (probably) win.

[@knmrt2760]

That was very fun to watch, although i feel like we won't see anymore of it xD... Sadly

[@Shnarfbird]

NL did a pretty good job sussing out the mechanics, the chat relationship has grown

[@biandbased5564]

shotgun king poggie woggie

[@CallOn84]

Finally, Chess 2 has been released

[@Mahaveez]

OH YEEEAAHHHH these are the guys who made MetaVaxx!!! You watch these Punkcake kids, they got it running very smooth under the hood there.

[@user-or4ut2qi3q]

Trying to take the minimum shot possible when the spread is the same regardless lol

[@bogdanstojkovic1673]

Some gm's need to play this

[@LeftNut600]

Yessssss NL playin all the bangers

[@TheEDCTribe]

About time Chess got a patch

[@gamelandmaster3680]

Couldn’t he have moved up to F5 at the end because he just got a card that means that the King does not mean he is in check?

[@jimmbrooks]

I think I'm missing where the game tells you if your in check, is it behind the egg?

[@TheHobbit28]

Very nice but makes me also miss NL Chess content 😅👍

[@totalphantasm]

classic NL decision making is buffing enemy pawns and then giving the enemy more pawns

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

I genuinely would love to see Hikaru play this game.