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• Patch 0.22 - Agro indicator. Bug fixes - 11 June 2026

  New indicators for forced captures and aggressive enemy pieces (Argo and Antichess bosses). Lucky buff: gold on capture chance increased to 50%. Wild buff description clarified. Buff collection tooltips now show only buff info, not piece move details. UI polish and visual tweaks. Better stats and achievement tracking on Gin boss game. Various draw rules and king-ability edge cases.

• Patch 0.21 - Performance, Chess Engine, Italian language - 6 June 2026

  Italian language added (machine translation) Better enemy engine difficulty scaling across all levels Opponents think a bit faster Optimized background shader looks a bit different and runs much lighter on the GPU Max FPS capped at 240 for smoother performance on high-refresh displays

• Linux support - 4 June 2026

  Added Linux support. I don’t know how well it works yet, since I don’t have a Linux device to test it on. If it doesn’t work, please let me know.

• Patch 0.20 - Performance Improvements - 3 June 2026

  Added FPS settings to Video Settings: FPS limit slider, Unlimited FPS toggle, saved settings, default value of 100 FPS, and a hidden 400 FPS cap for unlocked mode. Fixed result modals so Esc no longer closes win, draw, or defeat screens. Fixed Fairy-Stockfish piece mapping for Dragon and other custom fairy pieces, improving AI handling of merged pieces. Fixed Jester King spawning a new Jester again after returning to the main menu and continuing the run. Updated Jester and Jester King descriptions for clarity.

• Patch 0.19 - Indonesian and Hindi Language Support, Balance, Bug Fixes - 3 June 2026

  Added Indonesian and Hindi language support. Increased stage rewards: win $3 → $5, draw $2 → $3. Updated localization strings for leaderboard and new game content. Localized leaderboard modal title and Friends / Global tabs. Fixed Holo King free reroll reset after completed or skipped stages. Changed draw rule threshold to 40 quiet half-moves and updated draw-rule localization. Fixed Death King ability so its kill resets the draw-rule counter. Fixed in-game modals so they block clicks on the game underneath.

• Patch 0.18 - German Language Support, New King Skin, Book Library, and Bug Fixes - 1 June 2026

  Added German language support (machine translated). New skin to Pawn King. Also he was renamed to Promotion King. Translate all King to almost all languages. Fix localization of pieces buffs. Added opening replacement tracking so piece swaps remain available only before the player makes their first move. Persisted opening swap state and first-move state in board saves, restoring them correctly after loading a match. Updated the swap button UI to show, hide, and disable based on the new replacement rules. Reworked the Cloning King ability to trigger during opening replacements, reset per stage, show readiness feedback, and launch cloned pieces into the slots table. Jester can no longer attack or capture Kings, and its description now clarifies this behavior. Owned books now appear in the HUD, and hovering a book shows what bonus it gives. Fixed a shop UI issue where the refresh button co…

• Patch 0.17 - French and Spanish language support, bug fixes. - 30 May 2026

  Added French and Spanish language support (machine-translated). Added new skins for the Bishop + King merge. Changed the Pawn King description from “Pawns promote one rank earlier” to “Pawns promote one row before the end of the board”. Added King + Ferz and King + Elephant combinations to the Infusion material draw. Fixed a visual bug where the check effect did not disappear after the enemy gave check in the Samurai Duck boss fight. Fixed a visual bug where players could see the Queen model in the shop level deck after promoting a pawn to a Queen. Fixed possible-move highlights during drag-and-drop. Fixed a bug where the game could get stuck after buying a book. Fixed a bug where two additional Kings were added to the shop after buying a Book or Booster. Fixed a bug where the Sales Book did not lower the price of Kings, Books, and Boosters. Fixed a bug where undoing a move worked incor…

• Patch 0.16.1 - 27 May 2026

  Fix leaderboard

• Patch 0.16 - Fix bugs after Playtest first day - 27 May 2026

  Fix localization for “Select piece” in promotion Fix friends leaderboard Fix undo move in Duck Samurai boss fight Add modal with Playtest info Reduced value and cost for Bounty Hunter King, Pawns King, and Quake King from 5 to 4. Increased value and cost for Cloning King and Himera King from 5 to 10. Adjusted value and cost for Gold King from 3 to 4. Increased value and cost for Immortal King from 6 to 8. Decreased value and cost for Jester King and Judge King from 8 to 6. Reduced value and cost for Necro King from 8 to 6. New setting to mute audio when the application is unfocused, enhancing user experience. Etude / Deck: after upgrading a piece via etude, Deck still showed the old piece instead of the upgraded one. Etude packs: each subsequent pack opening showed fewer cards; packs now always offer 3 cards. Shop / boosters: after buying both boosters, returning to the main menu, and c…

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