POKER FACE by T4RAN
A poker game where emotions matter more than cards. Watch your opponents’ behavior, catch the signals of their bluffs, and use them to win.
You don’t even have to look at your cards if you understand your opponent, that’s enough to take the game.

This game takes about 5-10 minutes to complete and has a definitive ending.
TOOLS USED
- Unity + Visual Studio
- Surge Tween Library
- Photoshop
- Audacity
- jsfxr
| Link | https://github.com/t4rann/LD59 |
| Link | https://t4ran.itch.io/poker-face |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/poker-face |
Ratings
| Overall | 67th | 3.788⭐ | 68🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 66th | 3.682⭐ | 68🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 168th | 3.28⭐ | 68🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 132th | 3.788⭐ | 68🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 44th | 4.067⭐ | 69🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 104th | 3.485⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 33th | 3.703⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 75th | 3.769⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 16🗳️ | 3🗨️ |
Overall, it was really fun to read their reactions and bet accordingly. Good job! :)
I love the idea behind your game, it really works!
otherwise fun entry for the jam :>
@verbante I’m really glad you didn’t shut it down!
@verttixpertti I also really love poker, and even though I knew I needed to simplify the mechanics, I still wanted to add card drawing but I held myself back, hehe.
I'm not sure if I got lucky, but my hands were so stacked I didn't have to read the signals much. Still a very well polished game for the jam, great work!
### That one sigma dude was also hilarious

In addition, I also really like how the opponents have different personalities and bluff in their own ways, *haha*, that's funny :>
This entry could definitely be a winning one!
Looks like this game was supposed to teach me something, but I’m a terrible learner
I like the variation with two opponents. Would have liked a level with even more players, so it gets harder to see the faces. :)
The graphics are nice and I like the "modest" UI. The gameplay was fluent and the character designs are nice. I really like the expressions of the characters, especially the poker face guy. :D
The game is very polished, also thanks to the fitting sound effects. Great work!
But I personally missed a reminder of poker combinations
Cool characters with emotions. An interesting interpretation of the theme
Nice ending
I have to admit I didn't end up relying as much on the signals as perhaps I was supposed to. I feel like I did learn their faces, but my decisions were more often down to whether my hand was any good or not. If I didn't have anything at all, I'd fold regardless, and even if they seemed to have something good, I'd still call or raise if I thought *I* had something *very* good, and that seemed to do the trick :p
One thing that confused me was that some of the games seemed to end with me having fewer chips than my opponent, but I still got to move on to the next one. Is it more about endurance than points, surviving a certain number of hands?
Good ending! I did start wondering as soon as I saw that iron on the table…
Overall good stuff, I wonder if it can be balanced more in favour of having to rely on the signals. Thanks for making it!