Master of Chess

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• Patch Notes·22 Aug 2026Official

  Overall improvements

  Heya, this branch has been on dev/debug for months. Hopefully it will improve the experience for some of you! Bug Fixes & Stability Resolved a major game-saving bug, improved logic around game-breaking issues, and corrected calendar view current day tracking. Fixed rare concurrency bugs, including a startup race condition during game initialization. Added error handling for NPC stopping issues, fixed achievements failing to trigger, and resolved missing opening lines estimation displays. Fixed tournament generation issues for underage players and improved PGN export functionality. Features & Enhancements Added support for creating younger/underage players. Godot Upgrades: Upgraded project engine version
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• Patch Notes·26 May 2026Official

  Beta update - 1.0.6b

  Heya!I've made a small update to the beta branch that aims to fix the annoying and often reported "game is hanging" issue.It's a tricky problem and I'm afraid the 'fix' might introduce some issues with other parts of the game - that's why I've decided to wait until making it available on all branches. The reason I've put the word fix between quotes is that I'm not sure I've fixed all instances where it can happen. Async code is hard.If you’d like to help, switch over to the beta branch and report any possible issues somewhere on Steam, or even better, on Discord.What's nextI've started this year by releasing a detective game with my friend Lorenzo, Confidential Killings: I'm on holiday at my day job so I'm having more time for gamedev again. There's finally time to support the games I've released and to announce the new game I've been working on for some time. So stay tuned!
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• Patch Notes·4 Jan 2026Official

  New year update

  Heya!It's holiday season. Happy holidays to all of you!I've had bunch of changes just hanging around on a dev branch for a long while. I'm hoping players on that branch have tested it and there's no major issues. If you find any, please report!I tried my best to fix reported bugs (that I could reproduce and actually fix):FixesFixed a bug where opening line estimations were not displayed.Fixed an issue with tournament generation for underage players.Fixed a rare concurrency-related bug.Fixed an incorrect current day display in the calendar view.ImprovementsImproved PGN export functionality.Improved the suggestions/tips given by a lower rated characterTechnical UpdatesUpgraded engine to Godot 4.5.1.What's next?It’s probably been the longest gap between updates this game has ever had. I’ve been working on it for over three years, almost daily, so taking a step back turned out to be a welcome break.Lately, though, I’ve started to feel the itch again. There are so many ideas I left on the table, and some areas I should have handled better. Every now and then I even feel the urge to start everything from scratch, but for now, it feels right to give the current project a bit more love and improve what’s already here.In any case, I’m planning to get back to MoC as soon as we ship Confidential Killings, which is coming out in just over a week.If you have any feedback, I’d really love to hear it: on the forums, Discord, or in a review. Then I can prioritize what to do next properly.Cheers!
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• Patch Notes·26 Sept 2025Official

  Fixes & Brazil

  This update brings a mix of fixes and a new language option. Big thanks to yuuki for joining the discord and offering his help to get the game translated in Brazilian Portuguese. Databases from the Steam Workshop now load correctly. Starting age rules have been adjusted for better balance. Beards can now be properly adjusted on existing players. Invitation tournaments now evaluate on the correct date. Elo win calculations are now more accurate. Brazilian Portuguese has been added as a supported language. Tournament dates in Brazil have been fixed.
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• Patch Notes·10 Sept 2025Official

  Post Launch Cleanup #1

  Patch Notes Fixed an issue where time did not reset properly between games. Fixed a bug where pausing the game blocked button interactions. Fixed a bug where the first move in the main menu game could be incorrect in some situations. Fixed an issue with haircut progress not saving correctly. Fixed a bug where the review screen engine detached after running a deep analysis.
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