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A jam submission

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Be a lover & a fighter in this Tinder-inspired deckbuilding roguelike! Can you swipe your way to level 10 and win?
Submitted by Jet Simon — 2 days, 6 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Aesthetics#173.6673.667
Scope#443.0003.000
Completeness#683.3333.333
Innovation#763.0003.000
Fun#783.0003.000
Traditional Roguelikeness#1073.0003.000

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • I think this game has a really cute premise and initial execution. The music and card art are cohesive cute and appropriate, really solidifies this tinder but fighting idea going on. I think there is potential for some really interesting mechanics here especially since your chances of matching seems to go down when you have more of one type of card. But the actually execution leaves only a few ways to play the game that is mostly out of the players control. weather you see cards of the type you need for you deck is very random(i think I went 15 rounds without seeing a nerd once) and then adding them to your decks additionally random on top of that so it just leads to the player feeling like they have very little control over their deck. Although this is accurate to using dating apps its not very fun to play. To kind of combine with that since you can play any number of cards per turn and your hand is always the same during combat every fight plays out the same way. You play all your attacks and hope you have enough hp/can stunlock the opponent enough to win. I my best run I got 4 cards in my deck in the first 4 likes then reached a new clicking record on the bottom half of my screen. There just isn't a lot of decision making to be made in combat or in the hand building portion and for that the game suffers. But the bright side there is so much potential for this game to go many different directions, that's the magic of card games your only limit is your imagination(and maybe what your coding program can support) and im excited to see what paths this one will lead down over time. also uhh some random bugs: multiple of the same upgrade on level up screen. +2 chad miss next turn doesnt make you miss skip your first 2 turns gain +2 all vibes doesnt skip your first 2 turns some people cant be liked even with alot of attraction and no other cards of their time.
  • A really fun deck-builder roguelite with an unusual theme, implemented well. The three archetypes all feel distinct, and there's a considerable variety of playable cards. There are some issues with balance, which is broken in favor of Goths: thanks to their vampiric abilities, pure Goth builds can easily leave most fights with more HP than they entered them with, and enter the final boss battle with almost 3X HP the boss does. On the contrary, building a pure Nerd or Chad build without vampirism is very difficult, if not impossible. (Which may well have been the point.) However, many classics of the genre have comparable issues, so it does not detract from the creator's achievement, and it is a definite recommend if you find the theme even a little bit interesting (and if you can tolerate the awkward ums and sighs of the Nerds and Goths.)
  • This is really clever and cool. I'd love to see a version of it with more content!

Successful or Incomplete?
1

Did development of the game take place during the 7DRL Challenge week. (If not, please don't submit your game)
Yes

Do you consciously consider your game a roguelike/roguelite? (If not, please don't submit your game)
Yes

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Comments

(1 edit) (+1)

I loved the concept, the art and music were super cool, but the early rounds can get a bit repetitive when the only thing you can do is +1 vibe, -1 attack. Also, small glitch, Dummer ability took 2 nerd vibes if I had them instead of 1. 8/10

Developer

Oh shoot thanks!


And thanks for the feedback :D

Submitted(+1)

Very creative!  Also took me a few turns to get the hang of it but then it clicked.  Nice work!

Submitted(+2)

Hey, I actually beat the game! Ah ha!

It's very difficult at first, unless your playing as a goth.

The transfusion power is OP.

Developer

I will look into that. Thanks so much for playing :)