A very friendly update!

Want to play Onlinja with your friends? No problem, not anymore!

Today I finalized implementing the Pass & Play mode, together with some UI and bot logic enhancements. Gameplay is smoother than ever, offering a very pleasing experience!

UI upgrades? Finally!

After many thoughts of making the game not feel like a slideshow with very static-feeling updates, this devlog’s changes also include a whole new animation overhaul! With fade transitions and more movement the app finally feels responsive.

Anything more?

Yes! An architectural refactor and a bot logic upgrade was issued. This makes the game both easier to develop and the bot less prone to errors. Previously, if the second move of a turn was illegal, the bot (and the whole game) had no way of knowing and would just freeze. Today it’s been fixed!

So, when’s the ship?

Soon. Only thing left is a tutorial before playing to easily onboard everyone. As expected, I can’t dedicate myself fully towards this project and the first ship won’t include any networking code. But it might include an analysis tool inspired by chess.com, so stay tuned!