Title: Checkmage!
Release Date: October 29, 2026
Development Team: Posshydra
Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3613550/Checkmage/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeGFDNFR2ls

Basic info:
The game is a casual, free-form chess RPG with sandbox deck-building elements. We like to call it a "chess-like deckbuilder"!
You battle fellow students by placing pieces and casting spells on a magical floating chess board, and by moving one piece on the board per turn.
The goal is to checkmate or capture the enemy king in a variety of peculiar situations.
It takes place in a universe where wizardry and spell-casting is so blasé, even the most scholarly of wizard students turn to distractions — such as Checkmage! — to entertain themselves.

Key points:
An ensemble cast of 20+ characters with unique battles, themes, dialog, reactions, and personalities! You can rematch them and see their strategies and loadouts improve.
100+ unique pieces, tiles, and spells to collect and experiment with! I've designed a lot of the elements in this game from intrusive "what-if" thoughts that have surprisingly deep interactions. Emergent gameplay!
6 carefully crafted locations! They have a lot of personality and took me a long time to make!
There's also a dungeon area which has you battle randomly generated enemies for a fun rogue-like challenge, in case you can't get enough!
