Inchoate Checkmate

5 🇯🇴 graduates making an indie game we jokingly started as: “what if Yu-Gi-Oh was chess?”

Now it’s a real chess × card hybrid, follow our development! ♟️ 🃏

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Thrilled to share that our game, Inchoate Checkmate, has officially been submitted to The Rookie Awards 2026♟️🃏
It's also a chance to show our development throughout,​ so be sure to check it out!
​https://t.co/utrsz4T4eG

​#GameDev #TheRookies #RookieAwards2026 #IndieGame

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@cozylunacy (A) gives such an adorable image, the Y being a tail is a great choice, maybe you can even animate it slightly.
(B) is also really cute and I can imagine it as the Valleys welcome sign.
both are great honestly, your doing amazing love the work!

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Chess… but with cards ♟️🃏

Inchoate Checkmate is a WIP indie game blending chess strategy with tactical TCG chaos.

Wild combos. Shifting rules. Unpredictable gameplay,
follow our dev journey as we build it!

🎵 Music: @Hit_Ctrl and TAD on opengameart
#indiegame #indiedev

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found a fitting comic, suffice to say this was us trying out our paper prototypes back in the early stages of development 😭

[Ayasumi @Ayaslayer416]

trap cards for any situation
#OCGファンアート

[Inversion Day | UPDATED DEMO OUT NOW ON STEAM! @InvDayGame]

The Demo for 'Inversion Day' is OUT NOW!

The demo contains completely separate puzzles from the main game as to not spoil anything.

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@bromanguy0 what massive blood fountain in the center? clearly it's clean, fresh, healthy, totally not dangerous or creepy strawberry juice 😔

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@Denshattack I can't get enough of the 2d effects they're so satisfying, + sound design 🤌
poor swordfish tho, I hope they're ok :(

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@Lesser_Games Like a little penguin volgger it's adorable I love the addition 😭 🤏