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Mutation Machinations by slay a stone

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made by slay a stone for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

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You are a disease trying to infect every living being in the world.

By playing cards you can add certain effects to an enemy. When you have applied anough effects you can mutate cards to add symptoms that can damage your enemy

You lose the game when the enemy gets healty (regains full hp)

You win the game by inflicting enough damage to reduce their health to zero

Enemies will try to get healthier by playing cards of their own. Additionally, when the enemy manages to remove effects from itself they regain hp as well

08/10/24: Fixed tiny bug that caused mutations to not load in the browser.

Link https://slayastone.itch.io/ld-56-mutation-machinations
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/mutation-machinations

Ratings

Overall 796th 3.286⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 668th 3.25⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 397th 3.482⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 902th 3.089⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 941th 2.536⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 575th 2.981⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 913th 3⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

SvenErik
09. Oct 2024 · 17:43 UTC
Neat card game and a different perspective, usually you fight the disease, good choice to be it~ Some parts were a bit clunky, but overall it's a solid one, loved it. I would love to see it fleshed out!
Corrochano
09. Oct 2024 · 17:49 UTC
Very interesting and unique game! I love how you have to play smart with the mutations, yet the game still remains challenging!
IVEN
09. Oct 2024 · 18:04 UTC
It took me a long time to realize that the cards I play are a resource both my enemies and I use. By the time I figured it out, it was too late. Of course, I still won in the end! It's a really unique card game.
Coldays
09. Oct 2024 · 19:29 UTC
Very fun game! At first, I did not understand that the negative was a cost and the positive was to infect or increase resources. The mutation mechanic was really fun to use to upgrade the cards and was the cherry on top!
juju
09. Oct 2024 · 20:35 UTC
Very interesting take, and very fun!
Embedder72
09. Oct 2024 · 22:22 UTC
I had fun figuring out how things worked. Really dug myself in a hole not understanding how the mutations worked. I'm not sure how I feel about being the cause of the whole world being infected. :)
LDJam user 260720
09. Oct 2024 · 22:34 UTC
this is a very cool concept for a card game! With more developpement and polish it could end up great! nice job!
JojoPalambas
09. Oct 2024 · 22:37 UTC
Nice game! Funny texts and smart mechanics, a bit weird to understand but a very nice experience!
oysterhey
09. Oct 2024 · 22:46 UTC
Interesting idea! Was pretty fun once I got the hang of how things worked. I would've liked to see better balance of the resources, I felt pretty quickly that I didn't have to think much about my choices. Great work!!
TheSmellofOxygen
11. Oct 2024 · 20:15 UTC
Neat concept. I definitely had a couple "Aha" moments which felt good. I think new mutations should definitely overwrite old ones on cards, meaning the shift from building up your infection payload to doing damage can happen more easily in the late game. It wasn't entirely obvious to me at first that I needed to click the rat to target it with cards.

Very cool idea though. I could see a more fleshed-out version of this being quite fun.
AStrayRae
11. Oct 2024 · 20:32 UTC
Really neat mechanic! Changing cards on the fly is fun :smile:
oliver_day
12. Oct 2024 · 00:12 UTC
Fun cards and the back and forth was interesting. Couldn't beat the gam though :(
CoopIzCool
12. Oct 2024 · 04:50 UTC
Super impressive to make a card game over the course of the jam and have it be this fun. I found it annoying I dug myself in a hole and gave a bunch of negative mutations but once I got the game it was fun. Cool stuff!
HangoverGames
13. Oct 2024 · 04:20 UTC
Interesting card game concept! I think that the game miss some more polishing, like card dragging and visual effects
Pimping
13. Oct 2024 · 08:08 UTC
Nice game concept, also great graphics and my mood after the game is so nice, keep going
ProstoCupOfTea
13. Oct 2024 · 09:26 UTC
Nice game! Had a fun time strategising a bit and choosing stuff
good mechanic, laughed when rat started working from home :)
overall a really nice idea!
Urfoex
14. Oct 2024 · 17:31 UTC
Could use a little better explanation on how to play.
I clicked a card and "end turn" and was confused while nothing seemed to happen. Took me a bit to figure out to click the rat 😅
But else: solid entry 👍
Renier
17. Oct 2024 · 00:29 UTC
Fun game also would've liked a better explanation on how to play but was well done!
Ang Parodi
19. Oct 2024 · 17:57 UTC
That's an original idea, good job
ChuChuGeralt
20. Oct 2024 · 22:12 UTC
I feel bad now.

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After restarting the game twice - because I did´t understand the rules - it was pretty fun!
I really did like the mutation aspect of it, you could make some really powerful cards.
Overall a really nice game!
Arqcenick
24. Oct 2024 · 19:29 UTC
One of the games I played to completion. The underlying mechanics were easy to understand and I enjoyed the game. Well done!
Papaver
25. Oct 2024 · 23:47 UTC
Nice game! I was a little bit confused at the start, but I managed to figure it out and finished the game. The second time I played it, it was already much easier to understand and win.
There was one hover over explanation, and I think it would have been nice to have some more of them, as well as even more graphical clues which cards are playable/selectable. Funny names of cards and nice graphics.

Well done!