| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #28 | 4.486 | 4.486 |
| Presentation | #56 | 4.606 | 4.606 |
| Overall | #113 | 4.198 | 4.198 |
| Enjoyment | #894 | 3.503 | 3.503 |
Ranked from 175 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?
You're a card in the player's hand, and your objective is to prevent being played, even though you don't know the rules.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
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?
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
What a brilliant game, I would love to see this expanded on after the jam, I think it would be really fun to play more of. The style fits really well and seeing the character react really adds a good sense of urgency to the game. #
I know it would be a lot more effort to implement but this could be a great format for a multiplayer game with friends as well, perhaps letting each player decide on a ruleset after every few rounds?
I have try the game again and I think I won the first round? But afterwards I am unsure about the rules and how to figure it out, I felt very lost going into it. I also found a bug where I won the first round, if I click on the game, the game just breaks and it only show the shape shifter card. Overall I very much enjoy the presentation of the game, I think it is very well made, very smooth, polished, I like the look of the game, but in terms of gameplay, I guess not knowing nor understanding the rules very well, makes it difficult for me to play and continue the game. I wish I am able to play till round 5. Overall, I love how the game looks but wish the rules system can be easy for players to know and understand I guess. I try looking out for it, but all I see are hmms and most of the time, I am very lost on which colours/numbers I should be
Thanks for a detailed review. I do understand the rules can be overwhelming sometimes. Even are testers struggled for a few rules. The bug you mentioned is a rare bug and we have found a proper solution to it as well. Sorry about the issue you had to face. Coming back to rules, we thought of a few different approaches to the rules idea. As we wanted to make the game more towards the theme and away from the traditional card game we thought to hide it. Do you have any suggestion on what can be done more to help the players more?
Thanks for asking and sure thing! I will give you my suggestions that can improve the game overall. I think you can approach this rule thing from a different perspective, remember at the end, the game you want to make is fun for players to play, easy to understand, so players who play the game will have a good time playing,
For most or if not all players, we all know the game revolves around the traditional sense of playing Uno (which means players are going into the game with that understanding), but this time, the player is a card shapeshifter. I feel the game can be more fast paced a little bit personally, as I had to go through many rounds, for the first round I guess I was just very lucky and did not feel like I have to switch as it wasn't my colour / number and instant win. As I think traditional Uno is a game that takes a very long time to finish, so I think finding a mechanic of some sort to make the game go through quickly will be ideal, either shorter timers. Do implement cards like Skip and Reverse, as this makes the gameplay loop very interesting as you never know when will be the player turn. I don't think you need to add the +2 and +4 cards, as it will prolonged the game (maybe you can and the AI can try to ultimately bomb a player to get him off the game by getting over 21 cards?). I think you can add the card which picks the colour for the next person which (perhaps at a higher chance deliberately targets the player). This is to make the gameplay much more intense, interesting, as traditional Uno is very slow paced. Slow paced is because as the player with many cards and players have to be strategic with their cards, but as a card shapeshifter, I think there's not really much thinking but the rules and trying to survive and not to get picked, so I think of this game mode straying away from traditional uno, to be a much more intense gameplay, to make it fun for players to avoid waiting for other players turn and the game prolonging for long where players do nothing but wait.
I think you can already start the first round with an easy rule already so that the players do not straight away associate the game with traditional Uno. I think the rules can be implemented before the start of each game, I think of Hades when I can pick which perks to make my game harder (like speed running, more enemies) but in this case, the game will pick the rules for me, and at least me as a player I will be aware of this rule, example, any number that is 5 is wildcard (which means can be placed no matter what). If the player dont remember this rule and the traditional Uno rule, they will lose.
You then can scale up the difficulty, by increasing the number of rules. X colour and X number will be wild cards, or the number 6 is equal to 9, the colour red can be used on yellow, to make the game very interesting and fun. You have all sorts of combination that you can randomize or allow the players to choose. Higher level means higher difficulty which means more rules that the player have to keep in mind.
Of course these are just ideas and suggestions which would be pretty neat to include, that your team can bounce of from in terms thinking for the rules of the game. Definitely letting the players know the rules beforehand, rather than finding it out during the game will be so much better, it is the same with any traditional games that like to deviate, we will always set the rules before playing, and not change it in the middle of the game.
Really sorry for the long essays but I do hope it helps and give some insights on how you can further tackle and improve the game! Please do not feel obliged to take my suggestions as well as this is just my experience and how I see the game. Really would love to see this game expand as it has potential to be more than what it is now. It will be cool to see different characters and AI playing the game, maybe some quicker, some slower? Think of ways to throw the player off the mindset of a traditional UNO game and make sure it is fun!
EDIT: You can also include a hidden rule that the players will speak of it, but I think this should be seen as a fun rule, like you can only play red at the end or something ahaha, or some other fun rules that makes the game fun.
Not the original commenter but my issue was that the first game just takes very long? Like, to win the game presumable I have to wait for the other players to play all their cards? Maybe I just got rotten luck because they kept needing to draw cards, so no way that was happening within half an hour lol.
This game is so well-made—a fun, quick, reaction-based game. Honestly feels like a full release!
Very creative take on the theme, I loved it! Uno One has never been so engaging!
Incredible game. The dedication behind doing such a polished project in so less time is impressive. Kudos to the team!
Incredible polish, amazing art, such a unique concept. This game gets full marks from me, would be thievery if you didn't place top 10.
I really liked the game, but I didn't understand it well at first. It's good, good graphics and sounds. Maybe it doesn't entertain me as much because I'm not good at card games and they don't appeal to me much. But good job.
I love love love the idea and the art! I only wish the game weren't Uno so the rules would be a little harder to deduce. Plus after I won the game, the game kept going in the background so my "You Won!" screen turned to "You Lost!" all of a sudden XD
Thanks for playing.
It is not a UNO game and it has more rules. As you progress to new level new rules are introduced. I understand there a small UI issue of the text not showing "Next Level" on the button instead it says "Play Again" but once you win a game I would request you to click that button to play a new level and check out more rules. There are more than 9+ rules in the entire 5 levels.
This game is really well made! The idea of adding new rules were the right play by the devs here. Can't believe being a card is this stressful.
Super fun card game! Pretty stressful playing as a card. There are so many rule sets, it's amazing how much replayability was crammed into such a short amount of time.
Having to figure out and remember rules while under a time limit to change colour and number is an interesting mechanic for this theme. Well done!
Super unique idea, and among one of the most polished looking/feeling games I've played thus far. The only thing that got in the way of my fun a bit, was that my first match dragged on so long, and it was only stuck at the basic 2 UNO rules. I really wanted to get to some more interesting ones. However, it's a great game overall. Good job!
Thanks for playing.
The game isn't a UNO game but if you know UNO it does help. Let me tell you that there are 9+ rules in total of 5 levels.
Rules can be odd/even, Prime, +1 Card ,+2 card ,+4 Card and Same color/Number and many others. Ina level when there are more than 3+ rules it is super difficult to survive as your chances of getting played are higher.
Hi thanks for sharing this on my stream!
It was fun really trying to stretch my brain and figure out what the hidden rules were. It was quite the challenge trying to think on the fly. My favorite part of the game was the HUGE amount of polish. Everything was animated with smooth easings, pleasant SFX abundant, and a sweet color palette.
Simple idea with neat twists and flawless execution. Great work on this!
Really clever game with great visuals! Only bug I got was, after a round ends, the other ais played their cards despite the game being over. It caused the game to get softlocked after, but it aint a big deal! Good job!
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