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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #58 | 4.289 | 4.289 |
| Creativity | #78 | 4.368 | 4.368 |
| Presentation | #113 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Enjoyment | #194 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Instead of getting random cards from RNG and playing them as you see fit, you control how the deck is shuffled but not how the cards are played.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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This was amazing! I beat it after only one death (to the mountain guy) because I wasn't paying enough attention lol. Would love to play any expanded version of this!
Really appreciate the detailed feedback! It’s really great to hear that you noticed/appreciated a lot of the little details in the game that are somewhat subtle – e.g., the music slowing down when you’re “channeling luck” (which is a great way to describe that mechanic, by the way). We really pushed ourselves over the 48 hours, chugging a lot of coffee and warding away sleep, to try to pack in as many little improvements as possible. So hearing that a player really vibed with the game makes it all worthwhile!
No promises, but we’re considering expanding the game – that might mean finishing the third boss and throwing in some Quality of Life improvements, or it could mean trying to develop it into a proper-length title – and a lot of the things we have in mind for the expansion were in your list of suggestions! UX stuff like turn counters and status effect counters, improved AI for the card game “players” including different personalities and playstyles, more battles and content (potentially organized in a roguelike-type way like the Slay the Spire dungeon map), improved art and music, and more robust and expressive deckbuilding for the player are all things we absolutely thought about and wanted to do for the jam, but sadly had to cut just because of the time restraints of the 48-hour jam. But they’re all things we’d love to get to if we decide to keep working on it.
That said, one big question is – is this the sort of concept that would actually stay fun long enough to warrant a more fleshed-out title, or is it more a novelty? It’s hard to tell without playtesting, but that is the weird thing about jams – an idea that’s great for an experimental jam game may not necessarily pan out for a game that’s presumably designed to be played for many more hours.
The last thing I’ll say is that the asymmetrical PvP idea sounds really clever! It wouldn’t necessarily be too hard to implement either… Hm…
In any case, thanks for playing and glad you enjoyed the game!
*ahem*
Concept-wise, 10/10. The idea of controlling the RNG is honestly genius, and really hit a chord for lil' deck building enthousiast that I am. The enemies are great too (the scarecrow hitting by falling over the hapless hero is pretty hilarious, and this is probably one of the best first enemy / first boss I've seen in a video game)
Story-wise, 8/10. It's simplicity makes it all the better. Gods bickering? Hell yeah. Lady luck being the underdog, trying to prove herself probably out of some sort of cosmic bravado? Absolutely. Some random dude shrugging with a half-drawn asset (I assume you left some of the sketch outline on purpose as it's not really the case for other characters, rather than being just because of time constraints) that somehow will eventually fight the gods for a reason even he doesn't know? Now that's a trop subvertion I want to see more!
I think the game should be expanded(1) to give more opportunities for showing everyone personalities, and I can absolutely see some "random" encounters between two bosses, and some chosen champions fighting in lieu of the gods, to keep them longer until they appear as absolute threats
Ambiance-wise, I honestly can't give anything under 8/10. I know there's probably tonnes you can do more(2), but I just think the drawings are umbelivebly pretty (LOOK AT THE SCARECROW ISN'T HE THE CUTEST), the UI is pleasant (in a purely graphic standpoint, I'll elaborate on the clarity of the UI later), and the slow-mo effect when turnign the wheel of fortune is really one of those nice touches that makes the great games stand out among the good ones. Maybe the music is a tad repetitive, maybe the loop isn't great, maybe different themes would be nice, but even though there is clearly a lot of stuff that can be made(3), it's just too nice overall for me to rate it less.
Gameplay wise, I'd say a solid 6/10, as the gameplay loop is just raw dopamin injected straight into my brain, but the obvious lack of time gives a lot of room for refinement(4). First off, the obvious feedback that probably was told multiple times, is the AI that can sometimes feel a bit too random. But moreover, I feel the rules of the card game aren't properly explained (took me finishing the game once to realize there's energy points, and the first time I ran out of cards really felt like a punch in the gut), and it needs some time to really grasp the game. I guess the scarecrow is supposedly here to have an easy fight before getting into the real battles, but mistakenly letting it heal too early results in a almost guaranteed game over, so I feel that for a tutorial battle, it should be more forgiving.
Moreover, as clean and beautiful the UI is, I'm certain the UX could get some adjustments(5), such as showing the buffs and their turns, or the remaining deck of each player.
I would love to see a bit more variety(6) (if not directly player control) over some actions, such as picking cards from the fallen enemies, or getting shops, being able to swap some of your deck cards, etc. Of course that may be leaning too much on the traditional deck builder that this game is *not*, but I'm sure there are some leeway to explore and make two playthoughs more different.
TL;DR: (it's fine if you didn't read everything I wanted to be comprehensive) 8/10, absolutely fantastic game, can be improved upon but I counted the amount of times I wanted the game to be turned into a complete game (6 times) so yeah really if you extended this I am absolutely positive it'll be a hit.
ill drop another comment with all the positive and negative feedback i have if you ever need ideas or changes if you are actually continuing work on this game
amazing!!! Incredibly difficult though. Maybe just because I'm a dum dum
Glad you enjoyed the game! If we expand it any further, we would probably try to add more battles that would gradually ramp up the difficulty a little more gracefully.
This was great! My GF just watching was having a blast. Do consider expanding into a whole game!
Glad you enjoyed the game! Can’t promise a full game yet, but we are considering putting some more work into it!
Great submission! Loved the writing, the idea is really smart and the overall presentation is really good! I did feel like the difficulty spiked up a bit quickly but that might be on me. Awesome game!
Thanks so much, and congrats on making it into Mark’s top 20! Planning to try out your game soon.
Nice concept ! But it's too frustrating, especially for "turn 1" cards.
Thanks for the honest feedback! Are you able to be more specific about what was frustrating you? It'd be good to know what people struggled with if we decide to expand on the game.
There is indeed a good basis. I would have liked the bot to make "logical" choices between cards. For example, if a card has an extra effect on the first turn, the bot plays it.
The player must be able to anticipate his bot's actions at a minimum. Randomness shouldn't be too frustrating.
But the enemy robot could play in a non-optimal way, which would be a way of dosing the difficulty.
You're talking about opening gambit - Those are valid points. It would have been nice if we were able to get some basic AI into the game, but when we were getting to the point of designing the boss fights we knew we weren't going to get there. So we built these challenges assuming the player would use card costs to limit what can be played from hand. We definitely could have been clearer that the cards are played randomly (assuming the card's cost can be paid), so I can definitely see how the hero making bad moves could be frustrating. That's legitimately helpful feedback!
If you feel like giving the game another shot I'd love to know if thinking about using card costs to control what can be played from hand helps make the game more enjoyable for you. No worries either way, and thanks again!
i really like the artwork, the loose and expressive style feels really good
Thanks so much! I had to force myself to stay a lot more loose than I normally am to get them done in time, so I'm really glad you like them
Cool game with pretty graphics ! There was a lot of text and I wished there was a way (maybe I missed it?) to make fights go faster once I planned everything. Good job :D
You can skip the introductory story by pressing S, but other than that you have to click through the text. An auto play button would be good QoL addition for people who feel confident arranging their decks at the beginning. Thanks for the feedback!
Really enjoyed this, love how the cards you learn to use from the enemies go into your deck as you go on. Artwork is nice as well. Really like how you have to plan actions based on what card gets used when and how to work around that
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Great game! The artwork and overall presentation are really good, I think it's my favourite game of this jam.
Thank you! Trying to make the character designs match their deck mechanics was a really fun challenge, I'm glad you liked it!
Very nice! This was a lot of fun to play!
Thanks so much!
Really fun game! The only complaint I had is that I sometimes had a hard time keeping track of when the cards that boost stats for 2 or 3 turns would wear off. Aside from that the whole game was really good. I especially liked the character artwork, even if most of them weren't fully finished.
Thank you! The characters were super fun to design! And yeah, we were hoping to implement a tracker for the strength/armor but unfortunately we weren't able to get it implemented in time. If we end up expanding this that's definitely a quality of life change we'll be adding.
awesome idea for the theme! I definitely think this could be taken further and become a very interested full game if you ever expanded on it. loved the art too!
Thank you so much, glad you liked the game!
I really enjoyed the concept of being able to alter the outcome of the battles. Great work overall, I think there's a lot of potential here!
Amazing game! As someone who loves playing card games, this was an interesting perspective and very enjoyable game to play. I think there is still a lot of room to explore. I also loved the storytelling, art and general atmosphere. Great job!
Thanks for the kind comment!
Very interesting game. I usually don't play card games like this but the narration was very good that it kept me hooked. The beginning was a bit confusing with the mechanics until I figured out how card cost worked. The boss battles are pretty cool but also a challenging. Though the art and the music is really good, like I was pretty blown away by the amount of polish. Very solid game !
Thanks so much! Yea, the card costs is something we dropped the ball on explaining in the tutorial – it’s a mechanic pretty familiar to players of games like Hearthstone and Magic the Gathering but not necessarily intuitive if you haven’t played games like that. Glad to hear that the other aspects of the game kept you engaged long enough to figure it out!
I'm not really a card game fan, but this game might change my mind.
P.S. I hate Mu'ros. All the homies hate Mu'ros
Muros ain’t playin’.
Wow, the presentation and polish is really impressive on this one! I would definitely play this if it was expanded into a full game, I love the idea. Seconding that I didn't quite understand that cards had costs until reading the comments, which made the game a bit tougher. I really appreciate how you handled the turns/text, where you only advance when clicking and can go as fast or slow as you want - I've played too many autobattle games like this where you have to watch every little move. Really adore the artstyle. I'd say this is probably my pick for hidden gem of the jam. Surprisingly strategic too. The game gets complex a bit fast, and I'm sure that's just because of it being a jam game. If expanded a bit more with a few more intermediate fights the complexity curve would probably feel pretty good.
The card sound effect is also *chef's kiss*, I don't even know why but it's just so good.
I really hope you expand this one out a bit more!
Thank you so much! Yeah, we had "update the color of the costs to match how much energy you have" as a checklist item but ended up needing to prioritize a few other things to get it out on time.
As for the complexity, yeah, there's definitely not a lot of time to balance a bunch of cards in 48 hours, so we wanted to focus on making sure each fight was winnable. Still, I struggled to remember the winning combo for the third boss even after making sure you could guarantee a win with the right order lol, so I guess it can get pretty challenging. More fights with a softer difficulty curve would definitely be ideal. And we can't make any promises right now, but if we do expand it we'll make sure to let you know.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I could play this for hours.
Thanks for playing!