Hello everyone!

Wow we sure are having a lot of incidents in the first week! This week the gifts became really useful in speedruns due to an unforeseen bug caused by the previous patch. A lot of records were broken. But unfortunately this also made one of the endings far too easy to complete, which is not something that I wanted to leave in the game. (Sorry speedrunners!!!)

Changes

• Added sound to the viewing of secret pages on the bridge in Act 2.

Bugfixes

• Gifts of knowledge captures no longer count towards ascension ending.
  
• The ascension of black pawns no longer counts towards ascension ending.
  
• Fixed an issue where the goose could be grabbed while it swam underneath the bridge.
  
• Fixed an issue where units could be stuck to the goose while it swam underneath the bridge.
  
• Fixed a visual bug where pieces stuck to the goose, still flipped when a queen captured another piece.
  
• Fixed an error caused by the dialog box before scene changes.

That's was all! Have fun!

- Finn

Hi everyone!

It seems rule 33 turned out to be referring to both the troll AND the speedrunners. That goose really is evil! I am referring to the funny exploit that was found by Phoenix Flare, where they made their game window so wide they could immediately grab the goose and skip the entire chess game. It has been fixed now, but thanks for the laugh!

In general I felt the goose ending was a bit too obtuse after hearing your feedback about it. So this patch I changed some things around. Let me know what you think of the changes!

Changes

• Goose ending achiement name has been changed from "Animality!" to "Bon Voyage!".
  
• Goose ending is now easier to trigger. You can now also stick pieces on the goose while it is walking on the board, instead of only when it is swimming.
  
• Speedrun mode now always resets your run when you start instead of only when in act 1 or 2.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an exploit where playing with a wide game window allowed players to grab the duck before it became active. (Thank you Phoenix Flare!)
  
• Gifts of knowledge now also trigger when being dropped while there is already another piece on the same tile. (Thank you Muu!)
  
• Fixed an issue where other rule breaks were ignored by the system when moving a gift.
  
• Fixed an issue where other rule breaks were ignored by the system when moving a castle.
  
• Fixed an issue where other rule breaks were ignored by the system when capturing the king with a queen.

That's all for now. Have fun playing!

- Finn

Hi again,

It seems the Mac build got broken after previous update. There seemed to be an issue with the troll dialog box being unable to load dialog from the localization system. After recompiling the game again the issue fixed itself?

Sorry to all users who were impacted by this! If the issue persists please let me know and I will investigate it as soon as possible.

Thank you for your continued support <3

- Finn

Hello everyone!

Wow! The response has been incredibile the last few days and you all have blown me away with how quick you were to solve the endings / achievements. Thank you so much for all the feedback and questions as well!

That said, I updated a few things to make the game even better (hopefully?!)

Additions

• Made the time until the goose spawns shorter.
  
• Added accessibility option to disable screenshake.
  
• Moved the secret pages in act 2 slightly so there would be less distance between them. (Even though it may look like it, I don't actually want players to search the bridge for hours.)
  
• Added visual display of which act the player is currently in, to avoid confusion with certain achievements.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where 101 leaderboard entries would show, instead of 100.
  
• Fixed an issue where slipped pieces would visually not stand upright after the troll would help them up.
  
• Fixed an issue where the accusation confirmation button would grow. (I do not want it to grow, why did it do that.)

That's all for now. Have fun playing!

- Finn

Hi everyone!

After no more than one day the challenge has already been completed! Congratulations to the following winners (listed in order of completion):

1. TheProxE
   
2. Houdou
   
3. butts
   
4. RevVoice
   
5. BLOP

I will reach out to you all via email in the following days to give you your keys and to discuss the co-creation of your custom secret pages! Again, congratulations on the win!

Thanks everyone for participating! I hope everyone has fun getting the other endings / achievements. And if you have trouble you can always hop on by the discord[discord.gg]!

- Finn

Hi everyone!

With the game just released, I thought it would be fun to do a little challenge. So the first 5 people to unlock the ascension ending win an extra copy of King of the Bridge!

But that is not all...

The winners can also co-design a secret rulebook page that I will put in the game*

*not a functional rule, purely a joke / easteregg that will be displayed somewhere on the bridge during act 2

Challenge Requirements

1. Unlock the "The Great Beyond" achievement
   
2. Make sure your steam account / achievements are visible to public
   
3. Send an email to finn.schuuring.community@gmail.com with as subject "Ascension Challenge". Please include a link to your steamprofile so I can verify that you have unlocked the achievement.
   
4. I will get back to you if you won!

Alright that's all!

Have fun playing everyone,

Finn

Release Statement

Hi everyone! I'm so glad to finally have released King of the Bridge. I hope you all will like this short little game as much as I enjoyed making it! Let me know if you like it or if you encounter any bugs.

Discord

I've also setup a discord server[discord.gg] where we can more easily chat about the game. Pop on by if you have any questions!

Parting words

Again I would not have been able to do this without the immense support of everyone around me. I want to thank all of you for helping me realise this project. So I hope everyone will have fun playing chess with the troll.

Sincerely,

Finn

Hi everyone!

With King of the Bridge's release just around the corner, I wanted to add just a few more features!

Leaderboard

I added a leaderboard screen to the game so you can show off your insane chess skills against the world! Or just your friends! With a slight rework with how the speedrun mode functions, I now think that this part of the game is largely done. Perhaps I'll add a few more categories later down the line!

Achievements

I also added a achievement screen so you can have a nice display of your accomplishments without having to open the Steam Overlay.

Closing word

I want to thank everybody for the many kind words I received the past few weeks marketing this game. It honestly is amazing seeing your reaction to the trailer and I hope the game will match all of your expectations.

Thank you,

Finn

It's almost time!

After a long hiatus with school I'm finally in a place where I can release King of the Bridge! I'll be making a few more small tweaks to the game during the upcoming month but I'll still be incredibly busy with schoolwork, so don't expect too much haha!

Looking forward to the 8th of march!