Trade Up! by Pincushion
Trade Up! is a card game where you trade your cards to get any full suit. Take advantage of sets and series to buy low and sell high!
For instructions. Click "How to play?" in game. There's also more detailed instruction with pictures on the itch.io page. Please note there's a mistake in the "How to play?" instructions: The player's trade value must be equal or higher to the house's.
Credits
- Font "Lobster" by Impallari Type https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lobster
Screenshot

| Link | https://pincushionx.itch.io/trade-up |
| Link | https://github.com/pincushionx/ld58-trade-up |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/trade-up |
Ratings
| Overall | 145th | 3.183⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 119th | 3.224⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 105th | 3.276⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 137th | 3.379⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 150th | 3.069⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 131th | 2.897⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 161th | 2.125⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 173th | 2.732⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 36🗨️ |
@nekowei Thanks for the great feedback!
@brandsma I was worried about that (especially as I was writing the "How to play?" overlay). Glad that you got it after all. Appreciate the feedback.
I found it easy to understand once I had read the "How to Play?" text. Nice touch on integrating it into the game!
The UI was very well made and I think that helped make it satisfying and easy to play.
I think there is a typo in the How to play though, since it says that you are cards have to cost less than the houses ;)
Were you inspired by some existing card game, or did you come up with the scoring of the cards and trade up mechanic all by yourself?
This was a lot of fun - I won once (quickly, first time through the deck) on normal, and then went back to play on hard and really enjoyed it! My only problem was it was too hard to tell the suits apart, having them be (at least two :sweat_smile:) different colors would have been nice. Music and sounds effects were good, and everything felt very polished and elegant. Nice job!