Jason Rohrer shows off Chessamphetamine, a Balatro-style roguelike chess game

jasonrohrer · x · 2026-11-07

Indie game designer Jason Rohrer shares new look-and-feel progress on Chessamphetamine, his chess roguelike. Screenshots show a pixel-art board with level and HP systems, chess pieces as deployable units with rarity tiers (a Rook marked UNCOMMON) and movement descriptions, resource points, and a Russian-styled "ПУСК!" button — chess reworked into a Balatro-like deckbuilder loop.

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