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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #7 | 4.714 | 4.714 |
| Overall | #153 | 3.738 | 3.738 |
| Gameplay | #181 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Enjoyment | #192 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
| Innovation | #331 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Theme | #386 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
| Audio | #560 | 3.190 | 3.190 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
Every element of this card game involves take risks in order to win biscuit rewards.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Sound Effects and Music
How many people worked on the game?2
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Great game with a surprising amount of depth and strategy! There are a lot of different combos and this is incredibly well made for a 2 man team!
I thought Chihuahua was broken until I found the Doberman Dachshund on Ante 2 :P
Lovely visuals and great depth in terms of card mechanics, genuinely enjoyed experimenting with this one.
Some extra visual feedback would go a long way like with the cards and especially when it asks to confirm the cards I want to retain; I would mistakenly discard them a few times.
Also, just for balancing you could have the price of retaining go up for the card every time we retain it. Great work!
that's really great feedback thank you so much!!
Really fun game. I really enjoy creating combos with my cards and gambling it away. Great job!
Now this is fantastic! Great aesthetics, great gameplay! I see a lot of potential here!
I'm not a card game player, but the artstyle on this one lured me in. Took me a while to understand the mechanics, but I think you've got a great concept on your hands. Congrats!
Unfortunately the game didn't really fit my screen so I was unable to really get into it, but it looks really cool and I love the music
A really gorgeous prototype! As any card game made in a week, it needs balancing and whatnot, but very impressive nonetheless!
It's super fun and very addicting! At the moment you can upgrade your dogs indefinitely without actually playing your hand, or earn infinite biscuits by discarding cards, so it will take some work to make it more balanced, but it's very enjoyable nonetheless. I would probably play forever if I didn't accidentally click Play hand with weak cards - maybe it should ask for confirmation when you do that below goal minimum :)
This is such a cute game! I love the inspiration from the "Dogs Playing Poker" Painting! The pixel art is really charming and pairs well with the art on the cards. I love that you can bet your toys, collar or house and the dog biscuit is such a clever take on the theme. Well done!
It is fascinating to see how much work was put into this game
I loved it
it's hard to understand what is going on at start, interactive tutorial would be good. took me couple tries to understand. the art and vibe is neat and game feels polished
wow! this game was great. i didn't read the tutorial in the description, and i kind of just mucked around until i figured out what i was doing. great art, great gameplay! completed ante 5 before calling it quits.
only thing i wasnt sure about is what prevents me from just retaining my hand indefinitely?
great job!
Pretty good game, love the dogs and the art, pretty fun!
Very cool game, dogs were vibing to unreasonable degrees. The dog art was adorable!
Hahaha Thanks!
A very interesting game! I really enjoyed the atmosphere, and the gameplay is really cool ^^. It took me a while to understand everything and I had to go back to the description several times (an in-gametutorial would have been neat^^), but it's a very polished game ^^. The drawings of the cards is awesome!
The decks being RNG limits the control the players has over the cards ^^'. Merges are a great idea, but they are really rare in practice ^^'. The chances of having 2 same dogs in a randomized deck seems rare, and since I cannot see my deck, I don't even know if I have another same dog in it to merge my dog with, which makes "merge dogs" quite useless.
I feel like this game needs just a little bit of polishing game-design wise, but I still spent quite a nice time trying to understand everything, and it was really enjoyable, congratulations ^^!
Thanks! I wish we had just a little more time to implement a few of these things. For the Merges, we made a Pool System to try to encourage it more, but like you said we needed a little more polishing. Thanks so much for the review!
20/10! Thank You!!!
This game is awesome, and reminds a lot of Balatro, which I love! Great job on this!
Would you like to try my game as well? :D
Thanks so much! We're big fans of deck builders like Balatro And Slay the Spire so we wanted to try our hand at something similar for this jam.
Of course! We try to play every game from the people who leave a comment! : )
Promising game. Full product might be a good one. Well done mate!
Thanks!
This is 5's across the board for me! Absolutely love the visual style, and the mechanics are super thoughtful and unique. Plus, it's themed around DOGS! What's not to love?
Honestly, if you add some more features and juice (like card animations) this could easily be released as a commercial game. Great work!
WOW! Thank you so much for the high praise! We were left with a handful of things we just couldn't get to, maybe we will fix it up more if everyone likes it!