Welcome to Horse-o-chess!

Each round you'll get some coins to spend in the unit shop. Try to put together the best team you can! Drag units to your board, press "Start Round", and watch them fight! You can put 3 copies of the same unit on your bench to combine them into a more powerful one. And be sure to place different units from the same alliance onto the board for powerful bonuses.

Do your best, have fun, and save those animals!

If the game is too large for your screen, you can press F to play in full-screen or you can play on this page where I made the screen a bit smaller:
https://pajamabeevegan.itch.io/horse-o-chess-small-screen

Oh, and if you want to follow the game's progress you can check me out at:
https://twitter.com/PajamaBee_Vegan

Buying the game on Itch gives you access to:

  • Stand-alone executables of the game
  • An archive of older versions as updates come in
  • Bonus micro-game "Cucumber or Zucchini"
  • A picture of a dog

Here's an outline of some ideas I have planned for future updates.

Big Update #1 Plan

A New Mission

Survive through another set of 20+ rounds with new enemies and a new board layout

25+ New Items

Deck out your animals with cool new clothes and gadgets

Music and SFX

A battle theme, chill intermission music, rainy ambiance, and cool sound effects for each animal

Commanders

Selectable characters that modify the game with new challenging and fun ways to play

Big Update #2 Plan

A New Double Mission

Balance your resources building two teams at once on side-by-side boards, each with their own differences

Science!

Power up your Science Machine and earn global upgrades that apply to your whole team

The Bonus Zone

Read bios for each animal, feed them treats, and play little minigames

Future Plans

Once I've got about 5 missions made for the first set of animals, I hope to make a new set with ~50 new animals filled with new ideas and mechanics. Haven't decided on the theme yet but I'm thinking of maybe focusing on underwater animals or bugs :)


StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Authorpajamabeevegan
GenreStrategy
Made withGodot, Aseprite
TagsAnimals, autochess, Furry, Gender, LGBT, LGBTQIA, Mouse only, Roguelike, Transgender, Turn-based
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

picture_of_a_dog.jpg 139 kB
HorseOChessV1.1Windows.zip 34 MB
HorseOChessV1.1Linux.zip 37 MB
CucumberOrZucchiniWin.zip 27 MB
CucumberOrZucchiniLinux.zip 28 MB
V1WindowsArchive.zip 34 MB
V1LinuxArchive.zip 37 MB

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kind of the best game ever made ever??? idk??

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so true

omg this is such a good game review thank you

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as a fan of bip, i must be a fan of horse-o-chess

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this checks out to me, thank you!

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Absolutely charming game! It is surprisingly addictive. I adore the charming sprites and how each one has their own pronouns listed! 
Skrunkly & miles best unit!! 

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Thank you! I'm really happy you like it!