
I spent the past 6 months building a chess MMO
I used to love playing massively multiplayer games like runescape growing up, and have played chess.com daily my whole life
I had the idea to build a chess MMO. What if chess was open world, a social experience? Where your wins give you trophies that you can then upgrade your character with? Where you can walk around and spectate matches, or have others watch and chat about your match?
So I spent the last 6 months building chessmmo.gg, it's been out for about 3 weeks. It's currently a mobile app on the apple and google play store, and you can play in browser too if you're on desktop/pc. I have plans to get it on Steam soon as well.
It's honestly been a dream come true so far. You can currently accrue trophies to level up your character, grind your ELO, get custom chess piece skins, buy pets, and even purchase a home and invite friends to play in it. There's also a social round-based puzzle arena that's like a battle royale with progressively harder puzzles. I'm currently building a tournament hall where there will be daily swiss-style tournaments.
I would love to get the community feedback, hoping to get more players online and a more active discord!
https://i.imgur.com/qyzSqF1.gif
Here is a link to the game if you'd like to try it out: