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Stacks:Testing (this page) does not have an Android version yet. It has Linux and Windows versions only.

Stacks:Village/Stacks:Space/Stacks:Jungle android versions should be compatible with recent Android versions (12-15, maybe?)

Can you please take a screenshot and send it to me at StacksEngine@gmail.com? Is there an indicator of the number of cards at the bottom-right corner of the stack?

That’s an impressive number of Scrolls of Resurrection :)

I definitely recommend to give Stacks:Space and Stacks:Jungle a try. Stacks:Space was my first game - kinda like Stacklands but with aliens, lasers and bots, while Stacks:Jungle is an attempt to make a 100% peaceful exploration-based Stacklands-like game in a spirit of the “Jungle Cruise”.

Note that Stacks:Space was made six months after the release of Stacklands, so it is technically the oldest Stacklands-like game, released LONG before Witchhand, Card Age, or Paper Kingdom :)

Space and Jungle were on sale for $5 at Steam and Itch until Dec’2024. Did not sell nearly as well as Stacklands or Witchhand for obvious reasons (earned less than my monthly salary in total), but I don’t really worry about sales. I really liked the new genre and I will definitely make more Stacklands-like games (eventually).

cat + magic shroom

seashell + person = friendly Kraken

iron bar + 3x fried fish

If you are on mobile, you have likely toggled the card pickup mode. There is a round button that toggles between “pick up one card”, “pickup whole stack”, and “pickup cards that participate in craft”. Click it until it shows just one card.

I kinda assumed that people already played Stacklands. Core mechanic is very basic, like “stack cards together = get a crafting recipe going” and “sell excess cards, buy new card packs”. Click on the green leaf to unstack one card from the multi-card.

You get it randomly from the “A FEAST OR A FAST” booster pack.

This game has a built-in support for mods. Now, mods are JSON files that patch game core data with new cards, recipes, etc. See the files at the link above - these are plain text files that contain the recipe you requested. Click on the “manage mods” link at the main menu, then click “load mod” and upload the JSON file. Then click “activate” and “go back to menu”. That’s it, your game will now have cat breeding recipes :)

You can make a small mod to allow cat breeding. Adding a new recipe for the existing cards is trivial. Here are mods for cat breeding: first one for “cat + cat”, and second one for “cat + milk”:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mfc8dufvpALFjVRp7QVJ2KKm6BUIq09d?usp=drive_link

Load these using the “manage mods” button in the main menu, activate, and enjoy :)

Cats can be found via the Old Village exploration card, no breeding.

Dog = wolf + bone, or wolf + raw meat. The tricky part is to pause the game before the wolf gets killed by your army.

Well, it seems to work well for all the other people who have tried it, so I can’t debug it. Thanks.

What is your browser, btw? Google Chrome is highly recommended, and Firefox is also a good choice. I have not tested the game with other browsers, so can’t predict their compatibility.

Do a quick test: start a new game, exit the full-screen mode to see browser menus, and click the “export to file” button. Then click “show downloads” or just navigate to “chrome://downloads/” (on Chrome). If there are no files, I will be really surprised.

Browser version or desktop version? The browser version will save files silently - check the “Downloads” menu of your browser, there should be files like “stacks-<timestamp>.save.txt”. The desktop version will offer the “save file” dialog.

If you doing a very long run, then it is recommended to do the “export to file” for backup purposes, periodically. Save the resulting JSON file to some safe storage (google drive, dropbox, etc).

It happens less often with the offline version of the game because it saves data faster.

In both versions, it is recommended to keep the game on for a couple of seconds (at the menu screen) after the “save and quit” button is pressed. Also, please don’t close the game right at the beginning of a new day when autosave happens.

Should be fixed in the improved version of the engine I am working on now.

I have not updated the game for a while… The green screen means that saved game has not loaded correctly for some reason (“corrupted save”). This sometimes happens late in the game - sorry for that.

Cream: Milk + Milk + Settler

Cheese: Milk + Milk + Milk + Settler

Make sure you don’t stack too much milk or you will only get Cheese.

What is your phone model, screen resolution, and android version?

You also need a Golden Crown. Stack together: Castle + Crown + Amulet.

Firefox will work too. For some, it even works better than Chrome… If you encounter the freeze, please let me know how you did that. I thought that I eliminated all known bugs :)

You can always play the web version on PC in full-screen mode.

Regarding the PC: which version of Windows do you have? This game supports Win 10/11 only. It will crash at the start on anything older than Win 10.

The Castle idea is in the “advanced thinking” booster, or it could be researched via the Library card.

Click on the “area map”, then click on the “Portal” location to get a travel card.

Yep, there is a custom cursor. Which browser do you use? It should work fine in Chrome or Firefox (the newer the better).

Alternatively, your cursor may disappear if you have a gamepad plugged in. If this is the case, you will see a red dot instead.

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate!

Right now I am working on a major update for Stacks:Space, that will improve mid- and late-game phases. There will be a map of locations, like in Stacks:Jungle, spaceships and space battles (dedicated spaceship-only maps), bionic implants for astronauts/cyborgs, hardware upgrades for bots, factions you can side with (androids/empire/pirates), and more quests! Not dying included - dangerous boosters and locations will have proper labels/color marks.

Can’t promise the exact date yet, as I am working solo and my day job is quite exhausting, but it should be ready sometime in early 2024. I hope you will enjoy it :)

It includes Android + Mac versions. If you have bought the itch.io version, you will receive a Steam key too - via email.

No, not really. Stacklands has different game mechanics and a lot more content. Note that all such games will be very similar visually because it is essentially a fantasy Solitaire with crafting :)

See this image for example. Does it look like Stacklands? It very much does :)

Just keep beating him. There is a fixed 10% chance of true death, and you should get it done in 7-15 tries depending on RNG and your luck :)

Please note: this game is not Stacklands! Stacklands is here: https://sokpop.itch.io/stacklands

It has been two years since Stacklands release. Stacklands is a genre now :)

• Stacklands
• Stacks:Space!
• Card Age
• WitchHand

Hopefully, developers will make more games like that.

Your license is not really a license… Based on your description, you should state that you release assets under the CC-BY-ND 4.0:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

I wonder how many differences in game mechanics people can spot :)

IN+AG = work speed ST = melee damage AG = ranged attacks EN = HP

Well, that part of a Dial has something to do with the INFER-0 and biomass ;)

(if you already used that biomass, bring some from your reserves, and see if it can be combined into something)

Hmm... Looks like a broken upload. I've uploaded a new version of APK which should also support the newest devices - please try now? (please uninstall the old app!)

Oops, somehow because of the link to Stacklands the cover image was automatically fetched from Stacklands. The link is now removed, and the cover image is now showing up as expected.

Finally, Stacks:Space got brand new art, music, and exciting new features!

Stacks:Space is an asteroid mine base builder card game with rogue-lite elements. It is created with Stacks:Engine, a card game framework, heavily inspired by beautiful Stacklands. Buy booster packs to get new cards, discover craft recipes by stacking cards together, create structures, manufacture drones and droids, defend your base from enemies, visit distant planets, and more!

Check out Stacks:Space at https://stacksengine.itch.io/stacks-space
Includes free demo for Windows and Android!

(Stacks:Space has not been posted here previously, so v1.0.4 counts as the first major release, I hope)