Zach Boothgroverburger

Project

Mermaid Princess

Chess board game auto battler. Made in one week for LOVE Jam 2025.

Stack
Lua · LOVE
Origin
LOVE Jam 2025 — one week
Genre
Chess auto-battler
Art
Miles and Violet

Created in one week for the LOVE Jam 2025. This game is a simple auto-battler with chess-like movement. Players assemble a team of units with different movement patterns and abilities to fight waves of enemies and ultimately rescue the Mermaid Princess.

Focus was on implementing the turn-based combat system, basic AI for enemy units, and a simple upgrade/progression mechanic.

Used a modified LoveJS exporter for exporting to web. Frantically fixing bugs with the web exporter in the last hour before submission :)

Made with my friends Miles and Violet on art.

Mermaid Princess: a chess-like board of units with distinct movement patterns arranged for an auto-battle

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