Summoning Solitaire by eudaimyst
Summoning Solitaire
-Defend the castle against waves of suits
-Drag cards onto the field to summon them to battle
-Less cards in your hand means the unit summons with more HP as indicated by bonus%
-All units (player and enemy) deal extra damage as follows for strastegy:
Hearts > Spades, Diamonds > Clubs, Spades > Diamonds, Clubs > Hearts
Queen deals AOE damage, and King provides an AOE damage reduction buff, Ace is a strong unit and Jack is better than ranked cards but not as good as Ace
Note: The game is buggy with dragging and dropping cards some times (i did it in a silly way due to time), apologies if this affects your gameplay.
| Link | https://github.com/eudaimyst/LD55-Summoning |
| Link | https://eudaimyst.itch.io/summoning-solitaire |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summoning-solitaire |
Ratings
| Given | 0🗳️ | 2🗨️ |
It's a shame the view was so zoomed out, the sprites looked interesting but I couldn't really make them out.
The gameplay seems lacking in meaningful decisions for the player to make. I just spammed out the entire deck as quickly as I could, since more units on the field will kill enemies more efficiently.
I figure, if spamming all the units doesn't end in a win condition, but close to, then that would mean with strategic playing one should be able to win.
The placement of kings and queens and countering suit waves definitely helps get further, but ultimately RNG whether you get the cards or not.
I agree more balancing should have been done to the unit and enemy strength and suit bonuses so more strategic play is necessary.
Didn't get win screen, but I'm not great at these kind of games. I'm also pretty tired and couldn't remember which suits were better against the other suits..
Would have loved some sound.. maybe some music or even just "swords clashing" to fill the space.
Also - the cards kind of got in the way of the field. That said I did like that there wasn't some cordoned off "UI" area decreasing the play space so I don't know.. everything felt like a good size..