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Sep 26, 2024

To:Taylor J

And to add even more insanity to the mix, players would actually be able to start off at 2200 instead of the normal 2000 if they beat the mysterious woman with a dubious opening like a Bongcloud, Hammerschlag, or Meadow Hay. It would also unlock unique dialogue as the mysterious woman would not be very happy to lose to openings like that. Of course, you'd actually need to be grandmaster level in order to pull that off, so normal players will have a hard enough time winning by playing normally.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:23

Sep 25, 2024

[Game log #131]

Here's the game from Chapter 208 featuring an Andersspike.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iori Ishikiridokoro (2044)"]
[Black "Alma Mata (2004)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/play/computer"]

1. a3 g6 2. g4 h5 3. g5 b5 4. e4 e5 5. d4 f5 6. exf5 Bd6 7. Bg2 c6 8. f6 Qb6 9. Qd3 Kd8 10. Nf3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxf6 12. gxf6 Rf8 13. Ne6+ dxe6 14. Qxd6+ Nd7 15. Qe7+ Kc7 16. Be3 Rxf6 17. Nc3 Qa6 18. O-O-O e5 19. Ne4 Kb8 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. Qxe5+ Kb7 22. Qe7+ Nd7 23. Rxd7+ Bxd7 24. Qxd7+ Kb8 25. Bf4# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:208

Sep 25, 2024

Author's Commentary #208:

Time to talk about Chapter 208: Anderspiked.
The name is an obvious reference to the name of the opening featured in this chapter, the Andersspike. I've actually been meaning to feature a game with that opening for a while, but only found a good place to put it in just now. Now let's talk about Alma Mata.

アルマ・マタ (Alma Mata) is how her name is spelled in katakana. It's an obvious pun on the Latin phrase, "Alma mater".

Her birthday is October 17th. I chose this date at random so there's no greater significance behind why this date is her birthday.

Her favorite piece is the pawn, as she believes it can promote itself to another piece, reminiscent of an actor assuming the role of their character.

Alma is a drama student and seeks to become an actress. To be honest, she's more of a one-off character, but perhaps I'll figure out a way to bring her back.

And with that, only one more round of the qualification tournament remains for the day. While there doesn't seem to be much drama occurring within the tournament, there's most certainly some drama brewing outside of it. I will say though that this season is slowly shaping up better than I thought it would, and will likely be longer than I initially planned. Though it will still be one of the shorter seasons in the series when all is said and done. There have also been far more games than I initially planned. So far, Carol, Utami, and Iori have all gotten games. That just leaves Mimoko. Perhaps she'll get a game as soon as the next chapter.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:208

Sep 25, 2024

With a chapter title like "Reinforcements" I was worrying that it would refer to enemy reinforcements. I was glad to find out it was referring to the wasp constructs.

Face of Eternity : Principality of Dreams

Chapter:8

Sep 25, 2024

To:Taylor J

Naturally. The online mode would be critical to the game's long-term success in my opinion. It would be as simple as just being able to play chess online, but that's a critical feature that would entice both chess newcomers and veterans alike. Since I'd want this game to be on as many platforms as possible (mobile, PC, and console) I'd make it mandatory that the online experience is the best it can be.

Story mode would essentially be the way to unlock CPU opponents and cosmetics for player's avatars, but I would likely have the 1st chapter of story mode serve as a tutorial of sorts before players get free roam. Though I might just have a normal tutorial instead.

My original idea for a tutorial is that a character will ask the player how good they are at chess. If they answer, "new player" they'd get a brief overview of the game and play a tutorial boss with assistance. If they answer "experienced" they skip the tutorial and jump straight into the tutorial match. But if they answer "I'm a grandmaster" they are prompted with one final chance to reconsider before being forced to play a 2700 elo CPU opponent where losing or drawing results in a loss and being forced to go through both the beginner tutorial and the tutorial battle as punishment.

Though since I kind of want to to entice players to check out the story, I might settle on having things go as follows, [Initial start-up (language and region selection)- Story mode prologue (Chapter 1 of series {with player being guided through the fight with Inojin})- After Inojin is defeated, avatar selection- Then player is taken to hub area where the host of the game explains the various modes before directing player to approach a mysterious woman. The woman then asks the player if they are satisfied with their initial elo rating of 100 and offers to give them a one-time only test to give them a chance to raise it. Here, the options would be, "no" which allows players free roam, "rookie" which allows players to raise their rating to 500 if they play against the 100 elo tutorial boss, "intermediate" which allows the player to obtain a rating of 1200 if they beat the tutorial boss when he plays at the level of a 1000 elo player, "advanced" which allows the player to obtain a rating of 1800 if they beat the tutorial boss when he plays at the level of a 1500 elo player, and finally, "I'm a grandmaster" which allows the player to face the mysterious woman who plays at the level of a 2700 elo player, with losing or drawing resulting in the player being forced to watch a tutorial on how to play chess as punishment. After that, players would be allowed to either explore other modes, do story mode, or go online.

It's also worth mentioning that there would be a way for players with an official title, (grand master, international master, etc) would be able to have their title show up next to their username after going through a verification process.

One final thing I'll mention is that online tournaments would take place every weekend and allow the players to unlock new hubs, CPU opponents, and even Side Stories just by participating in them. Essentially, the hubs would be different hotels around the world where the tournaments take place, but to unlock the Cpu opponent, you'd have to find them hidden within the hub and ask to challenge them in order to unlock the option to do so whenever. In-game currency would be required to challenge these characters, but it would be easy to obtain. More on this vision will become clearer in the next three chapters. This along with updates to story mode would serve as a long-term pull to keep players enticed. There would also be weekday tournaments and special events as well, just to name a few. In short, I have a really ambitious vision for this project.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:23

Sep 24, 2024

Author's Commentary #207:

Time to talk about Chapter 207: The Phoenix gambit.
Bibi Biwaki is back, only to get destroyed by Utami once more. It wasn't as humiliating as last time, but she still cried just as much.

As for the game, it features a never-before seen opening which I dub, the Phoenix gambit. As for the move superseding it, I was actually debating what to call it. Like Okisato in the chapter, I considered Andora, and Alaska before settling on Arizona due to the cowboy analogy. That also led to the naming of the gambit as Phoenix is the capitol city of the state. Thus, the opening's full name would be something like Arizona opening: Phoenix gambit.

Like 95% of the games featured in the series, it was a me vs the Chess.com bots with assisted mode on original. What motivated me to use this game over some of the other games I had played was the fact that the bot got its queen trapped. That was what sealed the deal for picking this game over some of the others I had planned. However, it's still possible some of them make an appearance soon as there are still 5 more rounds of the qualifiers to go. While I only plan to showcase one game per round, you can bet they will be some of the more intriguing ones.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:207

Sep 24, 2024

[Game log #130]

Here's the game from Chapter 207, featuring a new opening I dub, The Arizona opening: Phoenix gambit. Bibi's rating has also dropped since her last encounter with Utami.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Utami Enoki (1630)"]
[Black "Bibi Biwaki (1430)"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. a3 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. e3 Qd5 6. Nc3 Qc6 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. e4 b5 9. Nxb5 Qb6 10. Nxc4 Qxb5 11. Nd6+ cxd6 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Qc2 h5 14. Qc8+ Ke7 15. Qb7 a6 16. Bxd7 Nbxd7 17. Qxa8 h4 18. Be3 h3 19. gxh3 Rxh3 20. Rc1 d5 21. e5 Ng4 22. Rc7 Nxe3 23. Qc6 Ng2+ 24. Kf1 Ne3+ 25. Ke2 g5 26. Qxd7# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:207

Sep 24, 2024

To:Taylor J

The Desperados will most certainly be at the tournament. Though WWCF rules prevent them from using their DESPERs, until the final round that is.

As for the game aspects, I agree that it would be a daunting challenge to enact the vision I have in mind for it. Though I definitely have lots of ideas for it, with a core idea for it being revealed in about 3 chapters from this one.

One thing I will reveal about the game aspect is who you'd play as. While you would be able to control characters like Okisato for key story matches, you'd primarily play as one of two avatar character, Azenira-chan, or Zago-kun. The last names would be unchangeable, but you'd be allowed to give them any first name of your choosing. The avatar you don't pick would then become your rival. In terms of the story, Azenira/Zago would observe key events and primarily get the chance to shine in tournaments. Season 1 would actually be where they'd both have the least amount of screen-time as the player would be spending most of the story games playing as characters like Okisato, Iori, and Yuusuke. Mimoko would also be playable, but not required as much due to her opponents being so difficult. Though the principal fight would clearly be the exception as he's a complete idiot. In later seasons though, Azenira/Zago would be able to have bigger roles in the story, replacing some of the roles of minor characters.

One final thing I'll mention about my vision for the game, is that the story mode would have some difficulty to it. There would be ways for rookie players to progress through it, but challenge would be the name of the story mode, not to mention certain fights would start out after a few moves have been made. Though the difficulty would primarily be exclusive to the story mode and certain CPU opponents. As for how rookie players would be able to beat grandmaster-level opponents like Gyro, [Game logs] would be available and would essentially be cheat codes for how to beat each story boss. They'd actually be the games play-for-play that are featured in this novel, however, [Game logs] would only be available for story bosses and would only be viable in their corresponding story matches. The vs CPU versions of the story bosses wouldn't follow the exact pattern every time, but there would be a chance of it happening. Though any match that Azenira/Zago personally play would not have a [Game log], meaning players would be on their own for those matches.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:23

Sep 23, 2024

Author's Commentary #143: [Bonus]

As promised, here's the bonus commentary for the series one year anniversary celebratory chapter, Chapter 143: Happy Birthday Yumi.
To celebrate the series' 1-year anniversary, I decided to release this chapter on both the original and remake versions of the story. The remake is still the cannon version, but I felt that the original deserved to have the special too. Thanks to all that supported this series, and while it is over, the characters continue to show up in my other works, so their stories aren't done yet.

I was actually debating posting the arc the Spice of life characters debut in here as well, but decided not to. But if anyone's curious about learning how Yuni and Cinnamon got into chess, it's Chapters 178-187 of En Passant Grandmaster.

Here's to many more years of Spice of life. Thank you all once again for your support.

That's all for the author's commentaries for this series. I hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Spice of life [Remake]

Chapter:143

Sep 23, 2024

Author's Commentary #143: [Bonus]

As promised, here's the bonus commentary for the series one year anniversary celebratory chapter, Chapter 143: Happy birthday Yumi.
To celebrate the series' 1-year anniversary, I decided to release this chapter on both the original and remake versions of the story. The remake is still the cannon version, but I felt that the original deserved to have the special too. Thanks to all that supported this series, and while it is over, the characters continue to show up in my other works, so their stories aren't done yet.

Here's to many more years of Spice of life. Thank you all once again for your support.

That's all for the author's commentaries for this series. I hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Spice of life [Remake]

Chapter:143

Sep 23, 2024

Since I can't fit every image in the gallery, and it might be too much of a hassle to look through my gallery to find art of specific characters, here's links to artwork of all the characters from Season 1.

Season 1 protagonists: Okisato, Utami, Mimoko, Iori, Yuusuke (in main gallery)
https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14480

Season 1: side characters: Maida, Numakawa, Rodeo, Yuzuha, and Hagemi
https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14528

Season 1 Desperados: Zanni, Cypress, Gyro, Inojin, Kuon, Nyoan, Svetlana, and Peter.
https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14530

Season 1 minor antagonists: Nagi, the principal, Mami, Kigyoku, and Shion.
https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14529

Season 1 and 2 Desperados: Red Reaper, Prof Skaberghast, Tsar Grigori, Kazuya, and Nyoan (after she lost all her hair following her match against Okisato).
https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/15657

Here are all the character profiles as well for Season 1 characters. Raymond Redfield is included amongst them.

Raymond: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/15260

Mimoko: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14479

Okisato: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14481

Yuusuke: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14482

Iori: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14483

Utami: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14484

Gyro: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14485

Peter: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/15656

Hagemi: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/14490

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:38

Sep 23, 2024

Author's Commentary #128:

Time to talk about Chapter 128: The sadism of humans.
Obviously, the key part of this chapter is Iori's speech on sadism. It's actually something I've had cooking for a while, so I'm glad it's finally time to publish it. The speech perfectly showcases Iori's worldview, and shows how much she believes sadism is a biological human trait. I was honestly thinking of just having the chapter focus around the speech, but it would have been too short so I decided to include some more content.

Speaking of which, Pewler's right hand man, Jacque Horner has made his debut. He's the chief editor of the accredited newspaper, The Blue Hornet. However, he's the complete opposite of journalistic integrity and frequently uses the paper's status as an "unbiased medium" to slander and demonize all who Pewler order him to.

ジャック・ホーナー (Jacque Horner) is how his name is spelled in katakana. His name is obviously a pun on Jack Horner from the Little Jack Horner nursery rhyme. I originally based his design off of Bruno Bangnyfe from Burn the Witch, but later redesigned him to look more like Duke Everlue from Fairy Tail.

His birthday is November 3rd, which is the day the paper with the infamous "Dewey defeats Truman" headline was released. This is fitting considering the headline was incorrect, and Horner often writes incorrect articles.

His favorite piece is the bishop, as he believes himself to be Pewler's bishop that spreads his gospel via the press.

The next chapter will also be a big Iori chapter, further driving the point home that this season is all about Iori. Iori's got some pretty crazy matches coming up too, so look forward to her going full psychopath soon.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:128

Sep 23, 2024

Author's Commentary #1:

Welcome to Mystery ghost foresight [Remake]. Unlike my other novels, my author commentaries are going to work a bit differently. Rather than commenting on every chapter, I'll typically be commenting at the start and end of each arc.

Speaking of other series, if you've read my commentaries, particularly some from Spice of Life [Remake], you'll have seen me constantly talk about how Mystery ghost foresight needed a remake. Well finally it's here.

First off, Mystery ghost foresight [Remake] is part of the Jouzu-verse, and takes place before Spice of Life [Remake], Escape:Witch [Remake], and En Passant Grandmaster just to name a few. The Shiruka Collection serves as a prequel to this, but it is not necessary to read beforehand. Speaking of which, that segways into my next topic, changes between this and the original.

Back when I first wrote the original Mystery ghost foresight, I intended for it to be a direct continuation of Shiruka's story from The Yowie Hunt, and as such, the prologue of that novel focused on Shiruka waking up as a ghost. Here, I decided to just include a revised retelling of Shiruka's murder, mainly just for this story.

Though if you've already read The Shiruka collection or The Yowie Hunt, then you probably know the truth behind Shiruka's murder. On a quick note, The Shiruka Collection serves as a director's cut compilation work of all the Shiruka short stories and Yowie Hunt seasons and the versions of those stories included in it are considered the cannon versions of their original counterparts.

One final thing I'll mention is that a good chunk of the arcs from the original Mystery ghost foresight will be revised a bit for the remake, but they won't all be exactly the same as their original counterparts, so the original won't be able to spoil everything perfectly. This also means the remake, like all other [Remake] versions of my stories is the new cannon story-line for this series.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

Mystery ghost foresight [Remake]

Chapter:0

Sep 23, 2024

[Game log #129]

Here's the game from Chapter 206, featuring a Hammerschlag.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carol Cooke (1069)"]
[Black "Theresa Broadstone (1988)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/play/computer"]

1. f3 e5 2. Kf2 Qf6 3. c4 Bc5+ 4. e3 e4 5. Nc3 Na6 6. Nxe4 Qb6 7. Nxc5 Qxc5 8. h4 b6 9. d4 Qe7 10. e4 Bb7 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. d5 Qc5+ 14. Be3 Qf8 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 d6 17. Nf4 Nb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 h5 20. Qa4 bxc5 21. Qxa7 Nd7 22. Ba6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6+ Kb8 24. Rab1+ Nb6 25. Rxb6+ cxb6 26. Qxb6+ Kc8 27. Qc6+ Kb8 28. d6 Rxd6 29. Rb1+ Ka7 30. Bxc5# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:206

Sep 23, 2024

Author's Commentary #206:

Time to talk about Chapter 206: A very sweet fate.
Welp, it technically was a sweet fate, but it sure as hell wasn't sweet. Though Theresa deserved it for all the abuse she subjected Carol to. As I've mentioned before, this was originally going to be it's own Side Story before being merged with the main season. In it, I originally planned for Okisato or Iori to play Theresa instead.

I decided to go with Carol though as I felt it would be better narratively for her to settle the score with her abusive mother. She did still have hope deep down that her mother might have a shred of humanity left in her, but after seeing she had none, felt no remorse for her when she learned what her fate would be.

This also showcases just how malicious and sadistic Skaberghast can be. While I mentioned in a previous commentary that Skaberghast was planned to be the main villain of the season, that was before I began finalizing plans for the season. Since this season's likely going to be really short, it probably won't really have a season antagonist. Though Skaberghast will eventually be a season antagonist for a future season.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:206

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