press kit

Pocket Pawns

A piece-collecting chess RPG where every catch is a checkmate you find yourself. Everything on this page may be used freely in coverage of the game.

Factsheet

System requirements

The game renders a 1920×1080 canvas by default at 60 fps, with options up to 2560×1440 and 4K and up to 240 fps or uncapped. Every quality toggle has a proven effect: on the 3D casino floor, low more than doubles the frame rate of high with soft shadows. The demo contains no 3D areas at all, so it runs comfortably below the minimum above. Memory held between 120 and 222 MB across every preset tested.

The game in one line

A piece-collecting chess RPG where every catch is a checkmate you find yourself.

The game in three lines

Walk the storybook continent of Casteria. Recruit 272 wild chess pieces by solving real, verified checkmates. Beat six Chess Clubs, then take eight rounds at the World Championship — against a rival who has been one step ahead of you the whole way.

The numbers

• 272collectible pieces
• 5,890verified mate puzzles
• 589chessboards (588 collectible)
• 202chess lessons
• 9towns
• 6Sigils
• 8championship rounds
• 76original music tracks

Every claim the game makes, it can prove. The engine is a real one (Stockfish 18, shipped unmodified). Every catch puzzle was checked by machine as a forced mate in exactly the depth it claims. Every shop shelf says what an item does and when it is worth buying, before you pay. The casino posts its house edge before you bet. Every wrong lesson answer explains itself. Being straight with the player is the design, not the marketing.

Screenshots

Six gameplay screenshots from the current build (1920×1080) — the catch, a town, a battle, a lesson, the collection, and a gambit board standing in a meadow. More angles are available on request.

• The catch — a wild encounter
• Frostford, in the snow
• The rival's mirror match
• A lesson at the University
• The Ledger of Pieces
• The gambit board in the meadow

The trailers

Two cuts, both 1080p with the game’s own soundtrack. The Catch answers what you do: a wild piece sets a checkmate puzzle, you solve it, it joins you. The World walks the continent — nine towns, the lessons, the boards, the six Sigils.

• trailer.mp4 — The Catch, 1:13 22.1 MB
• casteria-trailer.mp4 — The World, 1:09 21.8 MB

For creators

Videos and streams featuring Pocket Pawns are welcome, monetised or not. The soundtrack is the game's own — 76 original tracks, no licensed third-party music — so gameplay audio is safe to stream. All clips below are 720p, silent, captioned where it helps.

• frostford-walk.mp4 — nine towns to cross: Frostford under snow 2.7 MB
• the-canopy.mp4 — the treetop world at night 2.2 MB
• grand-hall.mp4 — the championship processional 2.1 MB
• the-roost.mp4 — the inn's top suite 1.8 MB
• puzzle-explorer.mp4 — 5,890 puzzles, browsed 0.8 MB
• knight-derby.mp4 — the Knight Derby (Chessino — simulated-gambling scenes) 0.5 MB
• the-catch.mp4 — the core loop, end to end 0.2 MB
• endcard.mp4 — a clean branded outro card 0.04 MB

Higher-resolution captures and specific angles are available on request — ask on X or by email.

Art

The crest, the wordmark, the world map, real collectible boards, and renders from the 272 — higher-resolution originals of everything below are available on request.

• The crest
• Wordmark
• The Wildfire — one of the 272
• The Ember Rider — one of the 272
• The world map of Casteria
• Chessboard 449 — an Immortal
• Chessboard 30

Contact

Press and creator enquiries are welcome, by email at therealpocketpawns@gmail.com or on X at @PocketPawnsGame. Creator b-roll and clips live in For creators above.