Three AI Levels
Choose Easy, Normal, or Hard without changing the rules. The difficulty selector makes the computer opponent approachable for casual play while preserving the stronger challenge.
A Haunted Echoes Studios Release
Ghostline Chess
The Hallowed Saints and the Damned battle across a gothic board where every move enters the Tome and every fallen piece enters the Graveyard.
The current development refresh improves readability and control without changing the complete chess engine: three AI difficulty levels, full-square legal-move and capture highlighting, three horror board themes, and a cleaner desktop control layout.
3 AI Levels3 Horror ThemesFull-Square Move HighlightsWindows x64.NET 10
Current Development Refresh
A clearer board, a better difficulty curve, and three ways to haunt the match.
Full-Square Legal Moves
Legal destinations now highlight the entire board square instead of relying on small circular markers. Capture destinations remain visually distinct for faster scanning.
Three Horror Themes
Switch between Oxblood Chapel, Crypt, and Moonlit Graveyard while keeping the board readable and the Haunted Echoes identity intact.
Complete Rules
Castling, en passant, all promotion choices, king safety, checkmate, stalemate, insufficient material, repetition, and fifty-move draws remain intact.
Ghostline Tome & Graveyard
Algebraic move history, FEN tools, captured-piece displays, and the Chronicle-style presentation preserve the state and story of every match.
Refined Desktop Layout
The board and status remain on the left while the Tome, Graveyard, FEN, AI, board theme, and audio controls are organized into one compact right-side command area.
August 15, 2026: the latest development pass focuses on board readability, difficulty selection, horror-themed board palettes, and desktop UI polish. The public v1.2.0 download remains available below while the refreshed development build continues through testing.
Current Development Build
Concept art above. Playable interface here.
The cover artwork establishes the Ghostline Chess identity, while this screenshot shows the actual Windows build currently being tested.
- Hallowed Saints vs. The Damned board presentation
- Easy, Normal, and Hard AI selector
- Full-square legal-move and capture highlighting
- Oxblood Chapel, Crypt, and Moonlit Graveyard themes
- Tome, Graveyard, FEN, theme, and audio controls
Current development build screenshot. This is the actual playable desktop interface, not concept art.
Download Ghostline Chess v1.2.0
This self-contained Windows x64 prerelease includes the published v1.2.0 tactical AI build. Visual Studio and a separate .NET installation are not required.
- Download the ZIP archive.
- Extract it to a normal folder.
- Run GhostlineChess.exe.
- Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because the prototype is unsigned.
Development history
Follow the path from the first board prototype through complete rules, faction artwork, audio, tactical AI, difficulty levels, board themes, and the current visual polish pass.
Open the Ghostline Chess Development Log