Ghostline Chess v1.2.0 — Tactical AI Milestone

Ghostline Chess v1.2.0 — Tactical AI and Website Refresh

This prerelease packages the current Ghostline Chess build as a self-contained Windows x64 download.

Highlights

• Tactical single-player AI opponent for the Damned faction
• Material-aware evaluation across every standard chess piece
• Two-ply minimax search with alpha-beta pruning and capture-first move ordering
• Check, checkmate, and positional-development scoring
• Background AI calculation so the Windows interface remains responsive
• Updated Hallowed Saints and Damned Souls artwork
• Current Ghostline Tome move history and Graveyard captured-piece tracking
• Complete castling, en passant, promotion, draw-rule, and FEN support
• Continuous gothic background suite and randomized environmental ambience
• Twenty-four faction-and-piece move and capture cues
• Adjustable audio controls and the current ambience-intensity system

Installation

1. Download GhostlineChess-v1.2.0-win-x64.zip.
2. Extract the ZIP file.
3. Open the extracted folder.
4. Double-click GhostlineChess.exe.

No Visual Studio or separate .NET installation is required.

Notes

• Windows may display a SmartScreen warning because the application is not code-signed.
• This remains a development prerelease.
• Audio assets are included only as part of the playable package and remain subject to the included license notice.

Package checksum

SHA-256: 59f14c707613c16fe3dbfe5faf436f1ce7a14ebf40f5864401814a0439dde83e

Ghostline Chess v1.1.0 — Audio Milestone

Ghostline Chess v1.1.0 — Audio Milestone

This prerelease packages the current Ghostline Chess engine, gothic interface, and v7 audio system as a self-contained Windows x64 download.

Highlights

• Complete standard chess movement and captures
• Check, checkmate, stalemate, and king-safety validation
• Kingside and queenside castling
• En passant and four promotion choices
• Threefold-repetition, fifty-move-rule, and insufficient-material draws
• FEN import, export, validation, and counters
• Ghostline Tome move history and Graveyard captured-piece tracking
• Hallowed Saints and Damned Souls faction presentation
• Continuous gothic background suite
• Randomized environmental creaks
• Twenty-four faction-and-piece move and capture cues
• Layered audio playback through NAudio
• Deferred audio startup to reduce launch-freeze risk

Installation

1. Download GhostlineChess-v1.1.0-win-x64.zip.
2. Extract the ZIP file.
3. Open the extracted folder.
4. Double-click GhostlineChess.exe.

No Visual Studio or separate .NET installation is required.

Notes

• Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because the application is not code-signed yet.
• This remains a development prerelease. Individual sounds will continue to receive track-by-track curation.
• Audio assets are included only as part of the playable game package and remain subject to the included license notice.

Package checksum

SHA-256: 7edffe956873ef1f4440d2a8dd4cca0e5ab142698343dd0692b9215373d3371d

Ghostline Chess v1.0.0

Ghostline Chess v1.0.0

Ghostline Chess is my first playable C# Windows Forms game, developed under Ghostline Interactive Studios.

Current Features

• Complete 8×8 chessboard
• Turn-based local gameplay
• Legal movement for all standard chess pieces
• Piece selection and highlighting
• Capturing
• Blocked-path validation
• Check detection
• Checkmate detection
• Stalemate detection
• Prevention of moves that leave the king in check
• New Game button

Download Instructions

1. Download GhostlineChess-v1.0.0-win-x64.zip.
2. Extract the ZIP file.
3. Double-click GhostlineChess.exe.
4. No Visual Studio or separate .NET installation is required.

Development Status

This is an early playable Windows prototype. Future updates may include castling, pawn promotion, en passant, move history, improved graphics, and sound effects.

Windows may display a SmartScreen warning because the application is currently unsigned.