Grok Checkers: commands
Everything is a click or a tap. There is nothing to type except your name.
On the board
| Do this | What happens |
|---|---|
| Click one of your pieces | Selects it and shows where it can go: dots for moves, rings for jumps. Pieces that can move glow softly; when a capture is available only the pieces that can capture glow. |
| Click a highlighted square | Plays the move, or makes one hop of a jump. |
| Multi-jump | After each hop the next landing squares light up. Click them one by one until the chain is done. |
| Click another piece, an empty square, or press Esc | Clears the selection (also part-way through a multi-jump, before its last hop). |
| Tab, then Enter or Space | Keyboard play: move between squares and pick one. |
Top bar
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Vs Computer / Online | Switch between playing Grok and playing real people. Each keeps its own game. |
| Choices | Opens a menu that stays open until you close it: New game, Resign, Flip board, Sound, Square numbers, Show movable pieces, and the board theme (Starport, Nebula, Walnut, Mars). |
Resign, and New game in the middle of a game, ask you to press twice so a slip cannot end your game. There is no undo.
Vs Computer panel
Your name (for the leaderboard), Grok's level (Cadet, Pilot, Captain, Admiral, Grandmaster), your colour (Black, White, Random) and Start game. During a game: Resign and New game.
Online tab
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Join the lobby | Registers your online name in this browser (shared with Grok Chess). |
| Send challenge | Posts a challenge to anyone, or to the player picked in the list, with your colour and clock. |
| Accept / Play / Decline / Cancel | Answer challenges, or withdraw your own. |
| Play / View (your games) | Opens a game on the board. |
| Resign / Offer draw / Accept / Decline | In an online game, in the left panel. |
| Back to the lobby | Leaves the board view. Your game keeps going on the server. |
Moves are written with the standard square numbers 1 to 32: 11-15 is a move, 15x24 a jump and 15x24x31 a double jump.