By Tarranon ← Amongst Smiling Faces [Prospitian Dignitaries] Previous track by this artist → Where ribbIt All Began [Genesis Frog] Next track by this artist.
Cover art by Tavia Morra seeyoutmorra Tumblr SeeYouTMorra Twitter taviamorra.com Other ← CumuloSeerus [Oracle Clouds] Previous track art by this artist.
Released 11/24/2012.
Duration: 3:15.

Listen on Bandcamp or YouTube.

Read artist commentary.

Tracks that reference Checkerboard Checkmate [Battlefield]:

From Fandom:

• The Untold Story [Skaia Exposition] by Brad Griffin
• Take Flight [Battleship] by Veritas Unae

Artist commentary:

Tarranon:

The sun rises over a rolling landscape of rivers, checkerboard plots, and embattled denizens of Skaia. The allure of battle hangs heavy over the fear of death.

Tavia Morra:

I mimicked a typical art deco floral tiling (you usually see it in wallpaper designs) but with blood in one and reused the tiling idea on the loading screen. I find the same sort of amazement and calmness in the compositions of the art deco patterns that I find in a lot of symmetrical compositions. I like symmetry.