Show HN: Radioactive Pooping Knights

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27 points patrickdavey | 9 comments | 06 Dec 25 02:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.779s | source | bottom

I've been having fun building out a really simple chess learning app for my daughter (7). It started with just "maze like" puzzles [1] and I've added a few more.

This "radioactive pooping knights" idea came from an Irish primary school chess website [2]. Really simple idea, two knights moving around the board leaving poo behind... Don't be the one forced to step on it.

* best played with sound on.

[1]. https://minichessgames.com/#/movement/knight

[2]. https://ficheall.ie/

*highly subjective, may not be better for you to play with sound at all ;)

p.s. Any "buy me a coffee" goes to my daughter. Annoyingly they only pay out once you get above $10 USD and I think it's currently sitting at 9.85 or something!

1. bix6 ◴[06 Dec 25 03:08 UTC] No.46170240[source]▶
lol this is hilarious
2. nikvdp ◴[06 Dec 25 07:45 UTC] No.46171462[source]▶
omg the sound when you win is certainly not the reward I was hoping for
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3. patrickdavey ◴[06 Dec 25 09:20 UTC] No.46171880[source]▶
On brand though surely ;)

(What were you hoping for?, the other games have a more traditional winning melody ;)

4. p2detar ◴[06 Dec 25 12:13 UTC] No.46172719[source]▶
Amazing idea! I managed to win once by not trying to pressure the opponent but just looking for the most free to move sectors on the board.
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5. patrickdavey ◴[06 Dec 25 17:40 UTC] No.46175103[source]▶
Well done :) the "ai" for this game is really basic, it just tries to find any free move and take it. The other games do a basic minmax to look ahead a bit.

Glad you enjoyed it :)

6. oxpsi ◴[06 Dec 25 20:10 UTC] No.46176245[source]▶
lmao. no capturing?
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7. patrickdavey ◴[06 Dec 25 22:01 UTC] No.46176959[source]▶
Nope. Intentionally so :)
8. mrlonglong ◴[07 Dec 25 09:24 UTC] No.46180358[source]▶
Shitty chess, lmao. I like it.