Overview
School is the onboarding world. It teaches every chess piece through level design alone, not text. Kindergarten gives you a single rook on a 3x3 board with one target. By 12th Grade you are juggling a queen and a knight on a full 8x8. The Final Exam hands you all six piece types and asks you to light 12 targets in a graduate silhouette pattern.
This is your Final Exam. Pass it to complete School. Good luck!
In-app intro dialog
The Mechanic: Tutorial progression
School is where you learn the game. Each grade introduces a new chess piece, starting with the rook in Kindergarten and ending with the pawn in 10th grade. The levels are designed so you discover each piece's attack pattern by placing it, not by reading instructions. If you drop a piece on the wrong square, it bounces back and you try again. No penalty, no timer, no lecture.
Pieces in this world
Rook
Bishop
Queen
Knight
King
PawnAll six pieces, introduced one at a time across 12 grades
Level progression
Kindergarten and 1st grade use 3x3 boards with a single rook. 2nd and 3rd grade step up to 5x5 and 6x6, with the bishop arriving in 3rd. 4th grade jumps to 8x8 with the queen. By 12th grade you are placing two pieces. The Final Exam is an 8x8 with all six piece types.