[DEV] Palette Drift: I built a puzzle game where you have to think like a chess player, just with colours instead of pieces

Hey all, solo dev here. Just published my puzzle game Palette Drift on Google Play and wanted to share it.

The pitch: it plays like a chess puzzle, except the pieces are colours. Pick a colour, pick a direction, and every block of that colour slides until it hits a wall, another block, or a portal ring. The catch is the same as chess: the value of a move depends on what happens after it. Moving one colour first can open a path for another, or permanently block it, so you're planning a sequence, not just reacting one move at a time.

Grading works the same way a chess puzzle rates you: solve it in the minimum number of moves and you get Optimal; one move over is Efficient; anything more still counts as Solved. Portal rings show up from level 21 onward, and by the later levels a single slide can chain through two different portals in one move, closer to spotting a forced combination than just sliding a block.

50 hand-tuned levels, a daily challenge with its own streak, and a hint system that shows the next correct move without spoiling the rest.

No ads, no accounts, no tracking, fully offline.

Palette Drift on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tnqnexus.palettedrift

Would love feedback, especially from anyone who actually plays chess and can tell me if the "think ahead" feeling actually lands.