{"author_link":"\/users\/antbrl","author_name":"antbrl","author_uid":1236385,"comments":[{"id":1127355,"author_name":"pavlov36","author_uid":"pavlov36","epoch":1744084023,"text":"Nice to play) Like the interesting implementation of jam theme","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127629,"author_name":"mollusk","author_uid":"mollusk","epoch":1744087510,"text":"Awesome title screen!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127632,"author_name":"binroot","author_uid":"binroot","epoch":1744087553,"text":"That is a loooooong wiggly arm! I would play a game centered around that arm, alone!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1142918,"author_name":"qui","author_uid":"qui","epoch":1744294580,"text":"The idea and the animations are funny. I liked how you must remember where you stored your cards in the sleeve. Oh yea, you can also poke his eye ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1144603,"author_name":"Wakobu","author_uid":"wakobu","epoch":1744333839,"text":"@qui Thank you for playing! We kinda struggled with the 2D\/3D interactions, so the gameplay and cheating options are sadly very limited compared to what we initially scoped.\n\nCongrats for finding the poking interaction, you are definitely a good observer :laughing: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1147394,"author_name":"ScoobySnacks","author_uid":"scoobysnacks","epoch":1744452033,"text":"i love the sleeve hand lol.\nThe web version is crushing unfortunately. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149185,"author_name":"Re-Markable","author_uid":"re-markable","epoch":1744530231,"text":"Yesss another long stretchy arm game!!! Love this interpretation of the theme! At one point I wasnt really sure how the distraction was going to help me anymore, since there were no more cards for me to draw. Could maybe be cool if you could steal their cards, or maybe swap them around?\n\nAwesome concept though!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155483,"author_name":"darefus","author_uid":"darefus","epoch":1745205174,"text":"such a cool uzse of the theme, and cheaitingn as a mechanic was v fun,, liuke it a lot~","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155505,"author_name":"nathmate","author_uid":"nathmate","epoch":1745207578,"text":"Would be nice if the card game rules were explained in-game, or there was a reference there. Really good art and a creative take on the theme.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1156016,"author_name":"LDJam user 0","author_uid":"0","epoch":1745315690,"text":"I liked the game but it was perhaps too simple. The main gimmick with sleeve drawing just didn't work, or I couldn't manage to take out a single card. It was hard for me to understand that I had to press the speech text to proceed, and I didn't realize the meaning of the \"0\" card until the very end. Still defeated the blue alien though, enjoyed it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1156077,"author_name":"kack3y","author_uid":"kack3y","epoch":1745325422,"text":"How much fun you had developing this arm ? :D\n\nI like the arts and gameplay, I loosed several turn to struggle with the score system but anyway at the end it was pretty simple. I was never caught cheating by the aliens despite cheating in front of them, is the mechanic not implemented ? I didin't understand what is the added value of hiding card in my sleeves ? I feel like it allows for more card drawn, isn't it ?\n\nFinal question: If the human succeeds, are the humans some kind of interstellar high IQ or are just the aliens dumb ^^' ?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/antbrl.itch.io\/deep-sleeve","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"97867","g_author":"1236385","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"450398","g_title":"Deep Sleeve","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"701","g_commentcount":"11","g_site2_node_id":"413525","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"413525","n_urlkey":"450398","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/deep-sleeve","n_slug":"deep-sleeve","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"236385","n_created":"1744065965","n_modified":"1776718649","n_version":"1307767","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":236385,"body":"> _Welcome, carbon-based lifeform! Ready to be evaluated?_\n\nIn \"__Deep Sleeve__\", you play as someone who has just been abducted by a pair of aliens and taken to __deep__ space.\nTheir objective? Evaluate your species' intelligence, through you.\nTheir method? A card game.\nThere's no way you can win. Not unless you cheat. Luckily, the aliens are easily distracted, and your sleeves are __deep__...\n\n![image.png](\/\/\/raw\/22e\/06\/z\/6b188.png)\n\n## Rules\n\nThe goal of the game is to **survive a round**. A game lasts until someone loses all their \"**HP**\", which are the little tokens on the table before you. You begin with 20 tokens.\n\nRounds are a fight between two cards. Players play one after another, selecting a card amongst those in their hand. You win a round by playing a **lower** card than what your opponent plays. 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