This game is great and very unique, I love the mechanics and how different cards can play well with other certain cards. I was just wondering, are you are up to take suggestions for things like enemies and cards in the future?
Really like this game so far! I suppose this is the difficulty of programming games of chance like this but it does often feel like the higher level opponents tend to draw the exact card they need, often getting 19s,20s, and 21s with minimal risk, which can feel frustrating.
going against the bouncer and he got 5 blackjacks in a row. not that he got 5 21's in a row, he literally pulled a jack and a heart 5 times in a row. come on man.
his entire deck consisted almost entirely of jacks, aces, and 21 cards. how am I meant to beat this lmao the round ended and he had 42 shield and full health despite being down to a quarter health at one point
Was extraordinarily unlucky with the reverse card in my deck i guess lol. He got my jack and I think another 21 of spades. Then an SD card and yellow card
- Business Card being played when opponent only has a locked card creates a softlock! (Locked card was the 11 from the Tarot card if that makes a difference)
- I've also run across a senario when hitting HIT the same time a Special Card effect is resolving causes HIT to be grayed out and forcing me to Stand. Maybe this was from an opponents card and I didn't notice?
Beat the demo. Very nice! I usually get too frustrated with strategy games to give it a second try after a loss, but not so with this game-- it was engaging and fun, and had enough "random" elements to feel more flexible. The art direction and writing are great too :3
Partially? It looks like they used the swap card on your tarot. Forget which one exactly it is, but it obscures your opponents cards and triples your damage. It probably shouldn't interact like that, though.
This game was so cool and amazing. I love the concept of the entire game and i cant wait for the full release but a little problem i hated on the game was the last guy in the basement and how i had to do a hour long fight with him cause we both kept healing constantly but other than that this game is super fun and entertaining to me and others
Bug: If you have your deck open and click on the open space to return to the game, but click over the hit or stand buttons, then it won't let you click that button.
Bug(?): If the teacher takes a wheel of fortune from you with library card, when she plays it you can click it as though you played it.
Fun game, it's got the goal of blackjack (get 21 or get cloase to it) but because the playstyle is different (both you and your opponent are playing at the same time) You could just stand on 16 or 15 instead depending if the opponent stood on 17 or 18. (It's better to take the 1, 2 or 3 points of damage instead of recieving 17 or 18 points of damage) because you will recover your health in the future. Also just a personal critique, but destroying a card permanently after the 2nd or 3rd encounter is way to early in my opinion. Since you haven't developed your deck to be bigger than intended, or found a card that doesn't help your type of deck build. (Maybe when moving to the next level (like Tarvern to Basement) It'd cost you to give up a card in your deck as payment perhaps?)
Excited for the full release, wishing you all the best in development!
I agree, it is quite early to remove a card, but I kind of like it as it makes you think about which are the best/worst values for a card to have in regular blackjack really early in the game
Hey, thought I'd mention this interaction. Great game btw!
Can't remember the name of the cards, but I played a card the hides my opponent's card so that I can't see their values. In return, I deal 3x damage to them. My opponent plays a reverse card (I think? It happened so fast that I couldn't tell exactly what they played) and our entire decks + play hand got switched.
This left me unable to see my hand, comically screwing me over. If this was intended, hilarious. If not, maybe something to fix?
Black Jack is a solved game, which makes it pretty boring to play, in my opinion. This takes the appealing risk/reward tension of Black Jack and creates a game which is very fun to play. I am looking forward to future updates!
Bug report: When I played Business Card, and was given the card swap UI, I clicked the eye button to hide the card, and then clicked it again to bring it back. After the card swap UI returned, I could no longer select the card, and I kept getting the hovertip for the Tavern card which was behind it, as well as it was highlighting the Tavern card when I tried to hover the card I was selecting for card swap. Soft lock
I like this game a lot kind of addicting. Also, it would be funny if you added like a random holographic pokemon card ore just more random cards. I think one of the appeals is your deck becoming a comglobartion of random cards.
Wow, this is absurdly fun, and this is coming from a guy who *hates* regular blackjack! Will you be releasing this game on Android as well? This would be the ultimate on-the-go time-killer.
an endless mode feels like a must but at the same time, I feel like that's asking for too much. could we see a shop update? because it seems hard to believe that he only has the 8 worst cards in existence half the time. and loot boxes feel lackluster, spent 5000 chips on my best build and got nada special card, just suits and a valentines card
the game is so cool. As a fan of blackjack, seeing this game with so many new card possibilities delights me. Would you consider translating the game into different languages? I am French and some cards are difficult to understand
This was super fun! I wishlisted it on Steam so I can nab the full thing once it's out. Is there going to be an option to buy it on Itch and get a Steam code once it's available?
Awesome! I prefer to buy on here because I like Itch's business model regarding devs getting to choose how much of a cut the website takes much better. (And it's reassuring to have a DRM-free copy in the unlikely case Steam ever goes under.)
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I got addicted is that bad
It's ok as long as you stick to the pretend casino ;)
Thoroughly enjoyable game. I've wishlisted it on steam and can't wait to see a full release
Thanks for the support!
This game is great and very unique, I love the mechanics and how different cards can play well with other certain cards. I was just wondering, are you are up to take suggestions for things like enemies and cards in the future?
Yup definitely, there is a suggestions channel in the Discord server!
Really like this game so far! I suppose this is the difficulty of programming games of chance like this but it does often feel like the higher level opponents tend to draw the exact card they need, often getting 19s,20s, and 21s with minimal risk, which can feel frustrating.
going against the bouncer and he got 5 blackjacks in a row. not that he got 5 21's in a row, he literally pulled a jack and a heart 5 times in a row. come on man.
it is now up to 8 I am going insane how are these decks programmed for it to work like this
his entire deck consisted almost entirely of jacks, aces, and 21 cards. how am I meant to beat this lmao the round ended and he had 42 shield and full health despite being down to a quarter health at one point
The Bouncer's starting deck consists of a Twenty One of Spades and 2x Ten of Nothings... What did you feed him?
Was extraordinarily unlucky with the reverse card in my deck i guess lol. He got my jack and I think another 21 of spades. Then an SD card and yellow card
This is great and challenging!
I've run into a few bugs:
- Business Card being played when opponent only has a locked card creates a softlock! (Locked card was the 11 from the Tarot card if that makes a difference)
- I've also run across a senario when hitting HIT the same time a Special Card effect is resolving causes HIT to be grayed out and forcing me to Stand. Maybe this was from an opponents card and I didn't notice?
Thanks - I have fixed these bugs for the next update, coming soon!
"Dungeons and Drunkards" would be a better name, but very nice game otherwise
The collector is traced from the trade offer meme lol
The bouncer is traced from the persuadable bouncer meme, neat :D
Good eye ;)
I have seen hundreds of memes so I noticed stuff like that easily :)
Beat the demo. Very nice! I usually get too frustrated with strategy games to give it a second try after a loss, but not so with this game-- it was engaging and fun, and had enough "random" elements to feel more flexible. The art direction and writing are great too :3
Yay, thank you!
It's so sick when the enemy has 104 shield :)
Dis-Card softlocks the game when clicking the eye icon while asked to select a card to remove. Love the game and cards!
Fixed for the next update, thanks for reporting though!!
Kanban card sometimes softlocks you if you click the card pile while selecting which card to put it above
Another thing, the manager dealt 23 damage to me despite his score being 21 and mine being 20.
Did the manager have any club cards? On a 21, having a two of clubs would've meant he dealt 23 damage.
Ohh, I was only paying attention to the damage but he did have club cards. Thanks for clearing that up for me!
This game is great, can't wait for the full!
Is this normal
Partially? It looks like they used the swap card on your tarot. Forget which one exactly it is, but it obscures your opponents cards and triples your damage. It probably shouldn't interact like that, though.
completely intended, manager stole XVIII The Moon which shrouds opponent's (your) cards and manager does triple damage
full game will own
i wish it to be available on xbox too i would happily buy and play it for hours
this game is pretty fun, would love a version that's installable on PC but as it is it's an awesome little online distraction!
Thanks! The demo is downloadable on Steam too
This game was so cool and amazing. I love the concept of the entire game and i cant wait for the full release but a little problem i hated on the game was the last guy in the basement and how i had to do a hour long fight with him cause we both kept healing constantly but other than that this game is super fun and entertaining to me and others
Super fun game!
Bug: If you have your deck open and click on the open space to return to the game, but click over the hit or stand buttons, then it won't let you click that button.
Bug(?): If the teacher takes a wheel of fortune from you with library card, when she plays it you can click it as though you played it.
actually you can activate on click effects of your opponent's cards if you have advantage
Fun game, it's got the goal of blackjack (get 21 or get cloase to it) but because the playstyle is different (both you and your opponent are playing at the same time) You could just stand on 16 or 15 instead depending if the opponent stood on 17 or 18. (It's better to take the 1, 2 or 3 points of damage instead of recieving 17 or 18 points of damage) because you will recover your health in the future.
Also just a personal critique, but destroying a card permanently after the 2nd or 3rd encounter is way to early in my opinion. Since you haven't developed your deck to be bigger than intended, or found a card that doesn't help your type of deck build. (Maybe when moving to the next level (like Tarvern to Basement) It'd cost you to give up a card in your deck as payment perhaps?)
Excited for the full release, wishing you all the best in development!
Thank you!
I agree, it is quite early to remove a card, but I kind of like it as it makes you think about which are the best/worst values for a card to have in regular blackjack really early in the game
I think removing a card as often as you can right now is really good, because you can just remove the tens and nines
This was really fun to play and the seeing the weird cards and new (to black jack) mechanics kept me on my toes :)
Thank you! Lots more coming soon
This game is weird and I like that :)
Thanks!
Hey, thought I'd mention this interaction. Great game btw!
Can't remember the name of the cards, but I played a card the hides my opponent's card so that I can't see their values. In return, I deal 3x damage to them. My opponent plays a reverse card (I think? It happened so fast that I couldn't tell exactly what they played) and our entire decks + play hand got switched.
This left me unable to see my hand, comically screwing me over. If this was intended, hilarious. If not, maybe something to fix?
On second thought, I kinda like it. I got a good laugh when it happened so maybe you should keep it anyways.
It's definitely a fun challenge trying to win the encounter after this happens to you!
This was fun! Definitely will pick it up when it comes out! I did find some of the fonts a tad hard to read but it didn't take away any of the fun
Thanks!
Yeah the fonts are not super good, I plan to review and potentially replace them soon
This game is SO good I can't wait for the full release nice job
Thank you very much!
I defeated the Decomancer with the Power of Love!!!!!
(The Lovers card over and over) I love how deranged this game is, it keeps on giving!!!!
Deranged is exactly what I was going for! Lovers spam is so fun
Black Jack is a solved game, which makes it pretty boring to play, in my opinion. This takes the appealing risk/reward tension of Black Jack and creates a game which is very fun to play. I am looking forward to future updates!
Thanks! Working hard on the next update at the moment
Bug report:
When I played Business Card, and was given the card swap UI, I clicked the eye button to hide the card, and then clicked it again to bring it back. After the card swap UI returned, I could no longer select the card, and I kept getting the hovertip for the Tavern card which was behind it, as well as it was highlighting the Tavern card when I tried to hover the card I was selecting for card swap. Soft lock
Thanks for reporting! This bug will be fixed in the next update
I like this game a lot kind of addicting. Also, it would be funny if you added like a random holographic pokemon card ore just more random cards. I think one of the appeals is your deck becoming a comglobartion of random cards.
it reminds me of this dorkly animation at 0:42 in the video
Thanks! Yes, there are lots more cards on my to do list to add to the game
Can't select any thing after I click the blue eye button
Yes, this will be fixed in the next update, sorry about that!
Really original idea, and lots of mechanics I don't think I have ever seen in other card games. Great stuff!
Thank you! Lots more cards and new mechanics to come soon too
i LOVED IT its very wonderful
THANK YOU! So are you
Wow, this is absurdly fun, and this is coming from a guy who *hates* regular blackjack! Will you be releasing this game on Android as well? This would be the ultimate on-the-go time-killer.
I hope so! Initial launch will be for PC/Mac/Linux but if that launch goes well I'd like to look at other platforms too
Do you plan to add an Intel Mac version perchance ? :((
Yes! I'm pretty sure it works already on Intel Mac, but Steam warns that it doesn't for some reason
Oh okay nice thanks !
INSANELY fun
This Teacher b-tch softlocked me with two library cards, neither of us can die, and she keeps healing, and healing, I hate her
Got XIII Death for the first time. Was not disappointed.
an endless mode feels like a must but at the same time, I feel like that's asking for too much. could we see a shop update? because it seems hard to believe that he only has the 8 worst cards in existence half the time. and loot boxes feel lackluster, spent 5000 chips on my best build and got nada special card, just suits and a valentines card
I plan to make some changes to the shop to make it a bit more interesting soon!
the game is so cool. As a fan of blackjack, seeing this game with so many new card possibilities delights me. Would you consider translating the game into different languages? I am French and some cards are difficult to understand
Yes, definitely plan to translate to multiple languages before full release
This is amazing! When I got to end of the demo I almost screamed out loud. Cant wait for the full game!
Thank you!!
This was super fun! I wishlisted it on Steam so I can nab the full thing once it's out. Is there going to be an option to buy it on Itch and get a Steam code once it's available?
I'm not sure! I haven't sold anything on itch before so I'm not aware of the options. I'll do some research
Awesome! I prefer to buy on here because I like Itch's business model regarding devs getting to choose how much of a cut the website takes much better. (And it's reassuring to have a DRM-free copy in the unlikely case Steam ever goes under.)
Was extremely fun, I clicked the casino at the end of the dungeon but that was sadly the last of the demo. I'm looking forward to the full release!
Thank you! Did you try the Lounge as well?
As I type this I currently made it to the lounge then lost, I shall let you know when I beat the lounge.
Update I have beaten the lounge. All areas completed. :)
Well done!