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Enchanted Blackjack by drikdrok

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made by drikdrok for Ludum Dare 58 (COMPO)

Improve your odds in Blackjack and build your collection by buying enchanted playing cards and casting spells!

Card Enchantments * Multiplier: +0.25 hand mult when scored * Gun Finga: Win hand on push * Freebie: Draw another hand for free! * Ephemeral: Gets destroyed at end of round

Spells * DNA: Duplicate a card in your collection * Burn: DESTROY a card in your collection

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Known Issues * Balancing (Economy doesn't scale) * Splitting will sometimes misplace a card * Post-round "win/blakcjack/push/loss" text is inconsistent

Known Shortcomings (48 hours is too short :frowning2:) * No doubling down * No Audio * Window locked in 1920x1080 resolution (This has been fixed post jam!)

Link https://github.com/drikdrok/LD58
Link https://drikdrok.itch.io/enchanted-blackjack
Link https://drikdrok.itch.io/enchanted-blackjack
Link https://drikdrok.itch.io/enchanted-blackjack
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/enchanted-blackjack

Ratings

Overall 128th 3.283⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 78th 3.478⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 139th 3.065⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 189th 2.891⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 169th 2.891⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 145th 2.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 183th 2.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

John Gabriel
Oct 05th · 23:26 UTC
I went into this having no idea how Blackjack is played, so I did a quick bit of Googling, and felt like I got the hang of it before too long - so, if nothing else, it was an educational experience!

I really liked how swish the movement of the cards was - that honestly goes a long way in a game like this. However, the question hovering over it all - for me, at least - was "why, though?". I wasn't really sure what the point of the enchanted cards was, when the core game seemed to work fine without them.
thejackimonster
Oct 05th · 23:44 UTC
Neat implementation of Blackjack. I did a Solitaire on the second day because I wanted to make some card game as well and figured it needed some goal to collect cards. Didn't know the rules until yesterday either. ^^'

I definitely agree that moving the cards around feels smooth!
🎤 drikdrok
Oct 06th · 02:06 UTC
@john-gabriel This is a deck-building game, so it's about creating the best deck possible. "Collecting cards" if you will :)

Without enchanted cards, Blackjack is statistically a losing game. But with enchantments such as 'Multiplier' and 'Freebie' it changes the statistics to make it more likely that you will win. What's optimal? That's the game!

Similarly, you can modify your deck with spells by destroying and duplicating your cards, further changing what you (and the dealer) are more likely to draw! Duplicating enchanted cards is how you really start snowballing (Freebie is the most powerful)
Endurion
Oct 06th · 07:01 UTC
Interesting idea, but also quite some time you need to put in there for a decent deck.
I bought an enhanced card, but the computer got it :)
Also, I was able to drag the flipped cards about.

The card flying is spot on! It just misses the proper swish sounds.
ProtoHere
Oct 07th · 07:13 UTC
I think this is a super neat idea! i really like the concept and having multipliers and free hands on cards is pretty fun. Unfortunately the deck is shared between the dealer and the player which means the dealer benefits as well when you add more 10s and aces. Also i think the game does not scale to fit other resolutions so some things seem cut off on my computer. I hope you expand on this idea in the future cause id love to play a full version!
rhewid
Oct 07th · 13:53 UTC
Really cool spin on the genre. Could see that working out in a full game. Was fun playing around, trying to ban as many cards as possible.
Kenneth Gibson
Oct 07th · 19:26 UTC
gambling with special abilities, nice idea, but I've lost all money despite of good abilities :D
unpronounceable
Oct 07th · 20:00 UTC
Fun little game. Having your health and your money being the same thing is interesting but led to a death spiral when I played. Didn't have enough money to make my deck better and the computer kept winning. May have just been bad luck on my part. The computer got three blackjacks in a row, I kept drawing face cards when hitting on a 12 or 13, and none of the more powerful cards I bought ever showed up.
LDJam user 280624
Oct 07th · 20:29 UTC
I loved the depth of the mechanics and the number of different card effects.
TheoConfidor
Oct 09th · 02:57 UTC
Very cool! I loved Balatro! If you evolved this and made it into a commercial game (especially on mobile), I would buy it instantly!

Super addictive!
dendi_life
Oct 09th · 05:04 UTC
thats really good! i love this idea
Eugenik
Oct 09th · 14:25 UTC
Great game, I enjoyed it :).
🎤 drikdrok
Oct 14th · 03:47 UTC
@theoconfidor Thanks for the kind words. Definitely planning on developing this further for Steam release in the near future :)!
claude127721
Oct 14th · 14:46 UTC
Good game! I tryna get 40000 without any extra card.
Totally a gambler now hahaha!
binroot
Oct 16th · 01:23 UTC
Reminds me of Balatro <3
tanis
Oct 18th · 14:41 UTC
Interesting idea even though I feel the theme is a bit stretched out here :smile: but I do get the "collecting card" behind that so all good :wink:
It's unfortunate that you did not manage to add audio. I believe the graphics would have also loved one more art pass.
Apart from that, the gameplay is solid and it's easy to pick-up as long as you know how blackjack works
Grats!