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27 points patrickdavey | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 02:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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!

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p2detar ◴[06 Dec 25 12:13 UTC] No.46172719[source]▶

>>46170106 (OP) #

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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1. patrickdavey ◴[06 Dec 25 17:40 UTC] No.46175103[source]▶

>>46172719 #

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 :)

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