#Auto chess game mod#
#Auto chess game series#

Valve and Drodo Studio concluded that they could not work together directly, though they agreed that would build separate standalone adaptations of the game and would support one another. With the viral surge of popularity of the mod, Valve, the developer of Dota 2, flew Drodo Studio to their headquarters, to discuss recruiting them for developing a standalone version of Dota Auto Chess. The content updates include adding and removing pieces, as well as adding new races to the game. Since its release, Drodo Studio has updated the game with game balance adjustments, bug fixes and new content updates. ĭota Auto Chess was released by Drodo Studio to the Steam Marketplace on January 4, 2019. While drawing inspiration from Mahjong, Dota Auto Chess made changes to accommodate the battle-oriented gameplay. The game focuses on technique, strategy and calculation, but also relies on luck.

#Auto chess game series#

Generally played by four people, the objective of Mahjong is to spell out a particular combination of cards through a series of replacement and trade-off rules while preventing opponents from achieving their own combinations. When asked about the inspiration of Dota Auto Chess, shortly following the mod's release, Drodo Studio stated that they drew inspiration from the Chinese tile-based game Mahjong for reference. Drodo Studio later disabled candy codes, but candies are still available from some third party sellers out of the game. In January 2019, players could scan QR codes in the game to pay for candies from a third party store. Beside earning candies in game, players can pay for candies. Some couriers can combine to form new couriers that cannot be bought directly. The rare couriers are usually bigger and more appealing than normal ones. Players can spend 40 candies to roll a new courier or spend hundreds of candies to add a cosmetic effect on their couriers. Players with Custom Pass can achieve five more candies per day. Each player can achieve no more than ten candies per day. After each game, players in the top rank are awarded 'candies'.

Īll players have a basic courier at the beginning. After the end of a season, higher rank players achieve better rewards and the rank will reset. At the end of April 2019, the developer added a season system. When players reach the Queen rank, the global digital a number ranking is available for the top ten thousand. Once players reach the highest step, their rank will increase. There are one to nine steps in Pawn, Knight, Bishop and Rook ranks. There are six ranks in the game, including Queen, King, Rook, Bishop, Knight and Pawn, while Queen is the highest rank and Pawn is the basic rank. After the end of a game, the rank of players who lose the game early will decrease, and the rank of players who lose late and the victor will increase. ĭota Auto Chess has its own ranking system. By leveling up, the player increases the amount of units he can put on the battlefield. Each round that has passed gives the player gold and experience. Mana is gained through making attacks or when the given character is being attacked and survives.

While active abilities cost mana, the passive ones do not. Characters either have a passive or an active ability.

#Auto chess game mod#

Īt the start of each round, the active characters of the player will fight against the characters of the other players or the AI automatically, this is why the mod of the game is called an auto battler. For every round lost, the courier's health decreases, with its death signifying the associated player's defeat. Through combat, players accumulate gold, which they may use to purchase new pieces before each round, to strengthen their combinations to win. After the end of each round, the courier's experience level will increase by one, until it reaches ten. The courier's experience determines the quantity of chess pieces available on the board. Each player controls a character called a courier, which tracks the player's health, gold, and experience level.

Each item has unique effects and some can be combined to form stronger versions. Players may acquire items after killing the creeps and can give these items to their chess pieces. Some rounds feature players battling non-player ' creeps', rather than one another. Upon the initiation of every round, the opposing sides' pieces automatically battle. Each chess piece belongs to a particular race and class, with individualized abilities. Players select from a public pool of over fifty chess pieces prior to each round, which they place around the board. Sporting up to eight players, the game assigns them to eight different chessboards. The game features elements derived from chess, along with those from Dota 2.