Features
The object of the game is get pawns (whether black or white) to their wooden box. This is done by placing arrows on the board to tell them where to go. Along the way you must avoid obstacles and enemy chess pieces. Sometimes the enemy chess pieces can simply be avoided, but you may need to encourage them to capture each other instead!
- 9 tutorial puzzles to get you started
- 15 puzzles levels, ranging from easy to brain-bending
- Simple mouse-based controls
- 3 alternating music tracks
Pawns won 2nd place in the OMG (Original Mac Games) 2005 contest.
System Requirements
Macintosh- Mac OS X 10.3 or greater
- 600 MHz CPU or greater
- Rage 128 Pro, Radeon-class, or GeForce video card.
- Windows 2000 or greater
- DirectX7-capable video card (Radeon, GeForce, most Intel)
- OpenGL drivers installed
- 1 GHz processor or better
Download
Click here to download Pawns (Mac Universal Binary) (12 MB)
Click here to download Pawns for Windows (6.5 MB)
Screenshots (click to enlarge)
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Hints and Troubleshooting
The game's readme file explains how to play, or simply run the Tutorial from the main menu for a quick introduction to Pawns.
If the game runs slowly or unevenly:
- Lower resolutions like 800x600 run faster than higher resolutions like 1024x768.
- Full-screen often runs faster than windowed.
- A lower quality like "Good" runs faster than "Fantastic".
Under Windows if you start the game and the window is almost black or illegible, OR there is very little lighting and the game is very slow,
this is probably caused by your graphics drivers. In particular, Windows Vista does not currently ship with the proper drivers. You may wish to try to get newer drivers from the vendor of your video card.
Click here for ATI & AMD video drivers for Windows
Click here for nVidia video drivers for Windows
(These links are here for your convenience and may change. I assume no responsible for the proper functioning of any drivers you may choose to install.)
Latest News
March 27, 2006 - Version 1.1.1
Windows build now available.
September 13, 2006 - Version 1.1.0
Universal binary! Improved graphics, including a mirror finish on the board and trails behind the quickly moving pieces. Vastly more readable font for the in-game tutorial.
January 15, 2006 - 2nd Place, OMG Cup 2005
Pawns won 2nd prize in the
Original Mac Games 2005 contest!
December 23, 2005 - Version 1.0.8
Improved artwork and chess pieces, props to Rocco Bowling!
Added 2 arrows to puzzle 9 to make it less difficult.
Numerous cosmetic improvements.
New shortcut for discarding the arrow currently being dragged.
December 9, 2005 - Version 1.0.6
New keyboard shortcuts (see readme for details)
Timing puzzles are properly reset if "Back" clicked after solving a puzzle.
Fixed texturing problems on older video cards such as Rage 128 Pro.
Some cosmetic improvements.
December 5, 2005 - Version 1.0.5
Timing of captures fixed, again.
Fast-forward should no longer break puzzles on slower Macs.
December 3, 2005 - Version 1.0.4
Volume settings added for both sounds and music.
Remembers the next track to play even between runs.
December 2, 2005 - Version 1.0.3
Corrected the voting period.
November 30, 2005 - Version 1.0.2
Added the final 5 puzzles, the hardest of all!
Captures are slow enough to be seen now.
Fixed crash if returning to main menu while puzzle is running.
Added detailed instructions to the Readme, for people with no time for tutorials.
November 29, 2005 - Version 1.0.1
Fixed condition which (when fast-forwarding on slower machines) could drop a pawn past a goal.
Black rook doesn't look white anymore when close to the scene's light (e.g. puzzle 1, closest Rook.)
Added three more puzzles (total 10).
Fixed some oddities with arrow selection and placement. Other minor UI tweaks.
November 28, 2005 - Version 1.0.0
Initial release.
