Hi there, everyone. I’m the author of Mabelin and the Demon Trials, and the Hosted Games, Trial of the Demon Hunter and Captive of Fortune, and I have started on a new WIP called Journey of the Chess Master.
Although I don’t expect to finish it for another couple years because it will be very long and I’m also dividing my time between Demons Among Men, Winter of the Bovine, and Colonising Kepler 62e: Paradox, I am working on this regularly. The synopsis is as follows:
You are five years old, and you notice an old wooden chess set left out after your fathers had played a game. You are intrigued, although at that time you aren’t sure if it’s just because you are competitive at heart, it looks really fun, or you just REALLY want to beat your dads at the game.
Either way, you eventually become enthralled with the game. You begin by just playing around with the castles and ponies but eventually have your parents teach you the game and even watch them while they play. As you grow older, you can choose to practice by playing games online, study chess books, or just continue to play for fun.
Sometime in your elementary school years, you join the scholastic chess club and it is then that everyone realizes that you have serious chess talent, some even going as far as to label you a prodigy. From there, it’s your choice about to approach things. Over the years, you will develop a specific playing style. Will you be a cautious positional player, a sharp tactical player, or an attacking maniac who would sacrifice anything in order to checkmate your opponent?
Will you content yourself with becoming a National Master where you could secure a comfortable job as a scholastic chess tutor and occasionally win state championships, or will you devote every spare second to the game and become a distinguished Grandmaster who has their sights set on the World Champion title? It’s your choice, mate.
DEMO: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/220021851/journey%20of%20the%20chess%20master/dfabulich-choicescript-2bf3e07/web/mygame/index.html