A strange little side quest
The next time Hyperlight Survivor asks for one more try, remember that game ideas rarely appear from nowhere. Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Doom changed game design and distribution in 1993 by separating its engine from content and spreading widely through shareware. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.