HellBinder by PassbyKamenRider
Welcome to Hell, our Master of TCG Card Appraisal.
Players revere you, officials respect you, and even Death himself holds you in high regard.
You've achieved perfection in the art of card authentication — and that's exactly why Death has given you another chance.
If you can start with a small fund, expose every forgery, buy the genuine cards, discard the fakes, and earn the target amount, you'll be allowed to return to the world of the living.
So — are you ready, Master Appraiser?
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PLAY ON WEB!!!
Itch.io link: https://passbykamenrider.itch.io/hell-binder
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Tutorial:
Check the card picture, attributes, class icon, rarity... or better yet, the whole card!🔍
Make sure every detail matches the genuine ones!
Oh, wait—what's that? You don't quite remember what the real ones look like? No problem at all!
You can always use the Hell Terminal💻 beside you to search for the card's appearance.(Death has even thoughtfully provided you with page filters!)
Your task is simple:
Use your sharp eyes of judgment and earn 1500💰💰 before the five days are over!
Card Check
🖱️Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out on the cards! (In case you can't see some of the details clearly.)

🔍Here’s a quick reference for identifying a card’s key parts — and the usual spots where forgeries like to hide.
🔍Look closely at the main picture, class icon, cost number, stats, rarity, and code number.
Main picture: some picture may looks wired, blurred, odd color tones, or... something off in the details.
Class icon: Don't lump priests in with mages—they're different.
Stats: The reason those cards are fake is because they like to adjust the values.
Rarity: Hey! I remember this card didn't have this rarity.
Code Number: You almost had me fooled, if you hadn't printed the wrong code number.
Appraisal Interface

🗃️This is your judgment desk — where each card’s fate (and yours) is decided.
At the top left, you can see the current day counter, client's patient(They will leave if they lose all their patient!!), and your total funds toward the revival goal.
In the center, a wandering soul presents their card for sale. Look it over carefully — any forged element could cost you dearly.
At the bottom, choose whether to Buy the card (spending the listed amount) or Skip it and move on.
💀Remember, every deal inches you closer to life... or straight into the oil.💀
Hell Terminal(Computer)

🎉Welcome to the Hell Terminal😈 — your official archive of every card known to the underworld.
Here, you can review, compare, and verify the details of genuine cards before making your next appraisal.
Use the filters on the right to narrow your search:
The left filter sorts by Class — each faction bears its own emblem, though fakes sometimes get the symbol wrong.
The right filter sorts by Rarity — from common to precious, the higher the shine, and you do remember manufacturers only print cards with their assigned rarities.
Contributors:
@PassbyKamenRider: Programmer
@Ayu: Programmer
@NalajiX: Art/Sound Effect/Music
@DeepD2eam: Designer/Writer
@YihanXuuu: Art
@MichelleF: Art
| Link | https://passbykamenrider.itch.io/hell-binder |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/hellbinder |
Ratings
| Overall | 455th | 3.438⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 575th | 3.042⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 264th | 3.458⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 264th | 3.875⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 186th | 4.125⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 307th | 3.396⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 264th | 3.333⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 497th | 3.375⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 25🗨️ |
The patience meter began counting down before the card was fully on screen which probably doesn't make a difference balance-wise, but feel-wise it felt unfair.
I wish that there were was one of a number of things implemented to make the game a little less punishing. Either the patience decay pauses when in the Hell Terminal or that the Hell Terminal automatically opens to show the currently offered card or that you could select a card in the Hell Terminal to "pin" to the appraisal screen to reference side-by-side. I found that most of my time (patience meter) was spent just scrolling to find the card in the terminal.
Maybe I was missing something, but I couldn't figure out how to restart after losing aside from refreshing the page.
I also kept losing runs because there weren't enough non-fakes offered to meet the goal. Basically had to keep hoping for a run with a non-fake $600 cost to make up the difference.
Also, and this is just the UI designer in me, but the Hell Terminal cards have a larger font size than the appraisal cards.
Great work, very cute game.
Unfortunately, I found the game a bit unbalanced as time moves too quickly.
The purchase price is shown, but I don't think the player is told how much they could make. So I see the risk, but not the reward. It would also be neat if the game would confirm if I correctly spotted a fake.
I really love all the card's art and the fun upbeat music accompanying you throught your appraiser's journey :smile: It's also cool that you've actually gave cards different effects in the description.
I have encountered slight problem, don't know if it was a bug or not: most of the time cards that are given to you for authentication have a very small sprit, that's really hard to look at. But when you open your hell-terminal and close it again - card sprite is big enough to see clearly.
Nonetheless, great game! :smiley:
