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Steam News23 January 20265mo ago

Chesscape room release & board fest!

My original goal was to release Chesscape Room into early access with just a basic campaign and custom mode, but I'm happy to report that we're going into early access almost fully featured!

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  • UI and audio
addedEarly Access will be mostly used to improve official campaigns, iron out any issues with online play and the board and campaign editing as well as sharing, and add quality of life improvements. Last but not least, to improve AI. :) It's recommended you play with mouse, but limited support for Keyboard and gamepad exist, both for the game and UI. You might run into some UI/gameplay switching issues, though. They're not fully supported, but might be. If you're buying Chesscape Room or have bought it, thank you! The game is made from the ground-up by me as a solo developer, so it means a lot! Hope you have fun and I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback!

Chesscape Room changes

addedEarly Access will be mostly used to improve official campaigns, iron out any issues with online play and the board and campaign editing as well as sharing, and add quality of life improvements. Last but not least, to improve AI. :) It's recommended you play with mouse, but limited support for Keyboard and gamepad exist, both for the game and UI. You might run into some UI/gameplay switching issues, though. They're not fully supported, but might be. If you're buying Chesscape Room or have bought it, thank you! The game is made from the ground-up by me as a solo developer, so it means a lot! Hope you have fun and I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback!

My original goal was to release Chesscape Room into early access with just a basic campaign and custom mode, but I'm happy to report that we're going into early access almost fully featured! Steam post image While not every feature will be fully fleshed out and immediately available, they should become available in the month following the early access release. Features include:

  • Campaign mode with multiple official campaigns to play through.

  • A set of puzzles to play

  • Custom mode where you can generate boards and play

  • An editor which includes procedural generation, manual painting, saving, loading and uploading single boards, as well as a campaign creator.

  • Your account with a rating, which can be linked to chess.com

  • Versus mode, local and online.

Early Access will be mostly used to improve official campaigns, iron out any issues with online play and the board and campaign editing as well as sharing, and add quality of life improvements. Last but not least, to improve AI. :) It's recommended you play with mouse, but limited support for Keyboard and gamepad exist, both for the game and UI. You might run into some UI/gameplay switching issues, though. They're not fully supported, but might be. If you're buying Chesscape Room or have bought it, thank you! The game is made from the ground-up by me as a solo developer, so it means a lot! Hope you have fun and I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback!

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Steam News / 23 January 2026

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