Game Jame 2026

We had an idea to make a physical smart board with a video game for it. With that in mind we've made a game called ChessBattle and a Physical Board called Bifrost Console. 

The current version of ChessBattle is a Single player Demo Game, where you play for both of the sides  (You play both you and the opponent). However later it is intended to  turn into a game to be interacted from the App to Board, and Board to Board.

ChessBattle:

Play the Game here: https://blahnumbers.github.io/ChessBattle-WebGL/

Every game session the board is initialized with a randomized set of obstacles. Each player starts with a King that has 8 HP and 4 points of Bless. Players can use Bless points to spawn new units to support the King. After both players commit their moves for the round, units perform their actions according to their Initiative stat. The first player to defeat the enemy King wins. Available units:

• King - 8 HP / 3 Initiative. Can move 1 tile in any direction or spawn new units by using Bless points.
• Soldier (Pawn) - 4 HP / 2 Stamina / 5 Initiative. Can move 1 tile in any direction (costs 1 stamina) or attack nearby enemy units to deal 2 damage (1 stamina).
• Guardian (Rook) - 10 HP / 2 Stamina / 1 Initiative. Can move 1 tile horizontally or vertically for 1 stamina or diagonally for 2 stamina. Can attack nearby enemy units to deal 4 damage (1 stamina). Decreases damage received by friendly units in nearby tiles.
• Scout (Knight) - 3 HP / 4 Stamina / 6 Initiative. Can move up to 4 tiles at once in any direction (1 stamina per tile traveled). Can attack nearby enemy units to deal 2 damage (2 stamina).
• Arcanist (Bishop) - 2 HP / 2 Initiative. Cannot act; increases Bless point regeneration for 1 point. Player may spawn a maximum of 2 arcanists per game.
• Cleric (Queen) - 4 HP / 3 Stamina / 4 Initiative. Can move 1 tile in any direction (1 stamina) or heal nearby friendly units for 3 HP (2 stamina). Player may spawn a maximum of 2 clerics per game.

The Game Jam Criterias:

The Game was created with Unity on our own. For the Audio Effects, Arts and Visuals we uses assets downloaded from https://assetstore.unity.com/.  

The Theme Interpretation:

Theme for this Game Jam is "Your Pitch with Your Ball" - Meaning you have the platform and you are to decide how and what to play. And that's where the physical smart board comes in play - letting one use the hardware as a "Pitch" to develp "The game they want".

Bifrost Console:

Our board uses NFC technology. Each square is an NFC reader RC522 and NFC stickers that stick at the bottom of the each miniature piece.  Since each miniature piece will have an nfc sticker under its bottom, each physical object will have their own unique ID - whether they are a character level 2, with 8 hearts,  a Tree, or a Skill, such as Fire Ball. 

We've been developing the board during the Game Jam, and the current version of the Board only works with the first two rows, and is not yet connected with the ChessBattle.