trickcal
An autochess-like 2D autobattler gacha game developed and published by Korean developer Epid Games.
First starting life as an in-development dark fantasy chess-themed autobattler game titled Roll the Chess in 2019, it would later be scrapped and have development restarted as Trickcal, a portmanteau of the words "trick" and "musical" according to the developer, with renowned Korean chibi artist Diyap joining the dev team as its main illustrator.
Originally released in Korea on September 27, 2021, it was rife with launch issues so bad it would end up being set back to "open beta" status, and then ultimately pulled from service on October 3, in order to salvage what's left of the IP and restart development. Diyap would later quit from Epid Games on January 19, 2022, and the developer would later find a new artist who could mimic his artstyle.
It would later relaunch as Trickcal RE:VIVE, parodying Cygames's Princess Connect! Re:Dive, on September 27, 2023, 2 years after the initial launch. Despite setbacks and financial losses that could've ruined the developer a few months into the game's relaunch, the CEO continued to invest in the game, taking out loans when necessary, and ended up finding success within the casual playerbase after its first anniversary.
A Global release with additional Japanese voice acting, with its publishing partner in the Chinese company Bilibili, was released on October 9, 2025, titled Trickcal: Chibi Go.
2019 年，这款游戏最初是一款正在开发的黑暗奇幻国际象棋主题自走棋游戏，名为《Roll the Chess》，后来被废弃，并以 Trickcal 重新开始开发，根据开发商的说法，Trickcal 是“技巧”和“音乐”这两个词的混合词，著名的韩国赤壁艺术家 Diyap 加入开发团队作为其主要插画师。
该游戏最初于 2021 年 9 月 27 日在韩国发布，但由于发布问题严重，最终被退回“公开测试”状态，并最终于 10 月 3 日停止服务，以挽救剩余的 IP 并重新开始开发。 Diyap 随后于 2022 年 1 月 19 日退出 Epid Games，开发商随后找到了一位可以模仿他艺术风格的新艺术家。
它后来以 Trickcal RE:VIVE 的形式重新推出，模仿了 Cygames 的《公主连结》！ Re:Dive，于 2023 年 9 月 27 日，即首次发布 2 年后。尽管在游戏重新推出几个月后，开发商遭遇了挫折和财务损失，可能会毁掉开发商，但首席执行官仍继续对游戏进行投资，并在必要时贷款，并最终在游戏一周年后在休闲玩家群体中取得了成功。
与中国公司 Bilibili 的发行合作伙伴一起，于 2025 年 10 月 9 日发布了带有额外日语配音的全球版本，名为 Trickcal：Chibi Go。