Sometimes the crowd can change the king if they're placed to the immediate right of him, but it doesn't always happen. It doesn't seem to make a difference which one is placed first. What triggers this?
I've seen a lot of people recommend that before you make your passion project, you should start with something simple like pong or asteroids, and work your way up to a simple 2d platformer.
I'm not interested in making action games though. I want to make the next slay the spire or super auto pets. I feel like working on these would just mean a lot of time is getting wasted on learning skills that won't translate over to what I actually want to be doing. What would be a good simple first project that would be helpful for this direction?
If you go in the restaurant and say you want a Spicy Italian, all you've told them is what meat you want. Select it on the app and you've already got a 6 inch Italian bread, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, jalapeño, and mayonnaise. Bread and cheese makes sense because it needs to default to something, but it's really annoying having to go line by line making sure it didn't add anything you don't want. Is there anybody that actually likes ordering this way?
The rules are not that complicated, you have perfect information at all times, and you take turns so you never have to guess at what your opponent will do before you make a move.
I understand the argument about how there's more possible games of chess than are atoms in the universe, but that argument also applies to Rummy, Street Fighter, Poker, Slay the Spire, League of Legends, and so many other games where you either do have to predict what your opponent is doing or there are outside forces beyond your control that you need to account for. So why am I capable of playing all of these games at least at a competent level, but chess feels incredibly daunting?