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Papel Games
Chessed Up

Papel Games

Papel Games is a one man studio: Marcelo Costa.

Marcelo is a 45 years old Brazilian dad who lives in the US, Georgia, and works with software development for over 20 years.

His interest on computers and programming started as a teenager with video games, but only recently he decided to dedicate more time to it.

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Name	Papel Games
Founded	2019
Founder	Marcelo Costa
Employees	1
Location	Georgia, United States
Website	https://papel.games
Contact	contact@papel.games
Commercial Releases	Chessed Up

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The Game

You like to play chess but sometimes you want something...more?

Chessed Up is the game for you!

You have the same traditional chess pieces, but they are not what they seem:

A pawn that can shoot a cannon ball.

A knight that can jump to any space on the board.

A bishop that can bring back captured pieces.

A queen that explodes when captured.

A rook that cannot be captured.

And way more! There are 12 special pieces beyond the traditional ones, and 6 game modes.

As you play more and more, you advance levels and unlock special pieces and game modes.

History

Chessed Up was inspired by 2021 Pod Quest game jam.

Although Chessed Up pitch was not considered by my team, the idea for the game came from the jam's theme: "Nothing is as it seems". I imagined a chess game where one cannot tell what a piece can do just by looking at it.

The idea was stuck on my mind and I confess that I used part of the time I had to work on the jam game to create a prototype for my idea. I tested it with my kids and it seemed it could be fun.

The game jam ended and then I decided to evolve the protoype into a full game. Working on my free time between my job and family - and facing some motivational hiatus - the game was ready to publish after 2 years.