Prismarch - The Prism

Hello chess lovers!

If you missed it -

The official release date for Prismarch is October 27th, 2026! 🎉

Things are getting close!

Today, Prismarch v0.6.3 (Demo v1.3) is LIVE!

A brief but non-exhaustive list of the changes is as follows:

• Added a toon shader to the chess pieces and certain objects. They should look more cartoonish.

Main Menu

• Various improvements to the buttons, visuals

Hub World

• Many objects that were not able to be jumped on (pipes, stairs) can now be jumped on. Jumping should be more consistent

• Added clouds to the world barrier - it should feel more like an area and less like a plane!

• Spruced up the central platform

• Fixed a bug where you could jump up the invisible walls

• Added a hidden achievement

• Updated the visuals of the floor - dance baby, dance!

New Feature - The Prism!

• Make your way to the center of the hub world and peer into the crystal

• Spend crown shards to purchase permanent metaprogression upgrades

• There are currently 18 upgrades to unlock, 3 for each piece type

• Added upgrade screen transition

• Entering / exiting the prism look should be far less buggy & play nice with the pause menu.

• The various upgrades have more varied effects. It should feel like you're upgrading each type of piece now.

General

• Switched the chess AI engine from stockfish to fairy-stockfish. The game should now be able to handle huge play configurations with more than 16 pieces on either side of the board.

• Added promotions to the game, upcoming versions will have an instant promotion potion added to the shop.

• Rebalanced the prices of various shop items

• Did some engine work to allow the shop pieces to show their visuals without bugging out the game - you should be able to see at a glance when a piece offered by the shop has abilities on it.

• Glacial should now work on Knights

• Glacial no longer waits after firing, the game should flow smoother after using it

• Updated the VFX, SFX, and game feel for all ice related abilities (Glacial, Zero Point, Frozen pieces)

• Numerous bug fixes, softlock fixes, stability & performance additions to the game

• Removed "Random Funny Death Messages" from the game - When dying you'll now just see "Checkmate", I don't think the humor was a hit.

• Added launch effects to pieces

• Attacking a thorns piece now does a double launch on both pieces

• Tons more!