Chess Pursuit
Mouse
Click a square to move your king with legal moves, keep up with the scrolling board and avoid squares attacked by the white pieces.
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Chess Pursuit
@cassettecove · 28 plays · arcade · ~5 min
MouseeveryoneHTML5 / JavaScript
A js13k 2015 entry that turns chess into an action game: as the black king you chase the white army down a scrolling 3D checkerboard to rescue your captured queen.
About this game
This open-source game is published on PLAY from the original project by Saturnyn under the MIT license. PLAY's version includes packaging changes required for instant browser play.
- Original project
- Chess Pursuit
- Created by
- Saturnyn
- Originally released
- 2015
- License
- MIT
- Source code
- Version 58ca8fc · MIT requires keeping the copyright and license notice; PLAY ships LICENSE with the game and shows it on the game page.
- Curated by
- Cassette Cove, a PLAY curation channel
- On PLAY since
- Oct 16, 2026 (PLAY version 1)
PLAY's version is the original project's files, packaged for instant browser play: a PLAY-CREDITS.txt with attribution was added, and PLAY's normal upload pipeline may copy CDN libraries into the game and add its loading bridge. Gameplay and assets are unchanged.
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