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Seven Dwarves Brawl

By pfeyffer

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD45Ever
Overall2973.293538.147.1
Fun3053.113539.045.5
Innovation1853.483368.071.6
Theme2103.503460.752.0
Graphics1493.613557.361.1
Humor3002.293015.822.4
Mood4342.57327.013.1

Comments

alan123 2019-10-06 22:53 ♥ 1

Really liked the card game idea for this theme and it looks really slick.

mortalfosca 2019-10-06 23:10 ♥ 1

Im really impressed by the visuals, they look neat. game idea is also interesting even though i don`t like card games that much. good job

kazatan 2019-10-06 23:20 ♥ 2

Nice little card game. I like the card drawing and flipping animations 😄

tacokhun 2019-10-07 00:05 ♥ 1

Beatiful, need to indicate how many cards left in the deck

chaosinism 2019-10-07 00:28 ♥ 1

The card animation is smooth. I tried to make card games before as well and never achieved this effect as good as yours :)

xacur 2019-10-07 00:41 ♥ 0

It's a good card game, it plays fast and smoothly. I didn't understand the rules, though.

owen-shriver 2019-10-07 01:37 ♥ 1

Not usually a fan of push-your-luck games but this one's got a few interesting twists; I especially like the ability to fold for an extra card with a dwarf out. Animations and art are great. I'm with Tacokhun that it would be nice to see how many cards are left in the deck.

dk5000p 2019-10-07 01:48 ♥ 1

I agree with everyone about showing the number of cards left in the deck. It also seemed that folding constantly was a pretty good strategy. Some sounds or music would have added another element. I did have fun flipping cards, though.

neverix 2019-10-07 05:25 ♥ 0

Very smooth animations, I didn't like the colors though. Some sound effects or music could have made the game more enjoyable.

maggardjosh 2019-10-07 06:41 ♥ 1

Interesting card game. Didn't understand the rules at first, but picked it up after losing a few rounds. Good work!

zwodahs 2019-10-07 08:37 ♥ 1

interesting game. Can I have this on mobile please ?

pfeyffer 2019-10-07 09:36 ♥ 0

@zwodahs The game is actually meant to be played on mobile devices :-) It has some issues when rotating the device while cards are being dealt. But other than that it should work.

theseusinabottle 2019-10-07 22:29 ♥ 1

Intersting mechanic and a nice looking game.

arithipathic 2019-10-08 17:05 ♥ 2

Fun game! I was confused at first, but got the hang of it. Unique rules for a card game. Did you make them up? I like all the animations and card design - very clean looking game.

pfeyffer 2019-10-09 21:49 ♥ 0

@arithipathic Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the game :-) Developing a working rule set was indeed the hardest part. I did not calculate any statistics, so the rules might not be that good. I just printed out a bunch of paper cards and tried different ideas and combinations, actually with a group of about four players in mind. The dwarf cards were added about three hours before the submission deadline. That happened for two reasons: Without the dwarves the deck is only 28 cards and it plays a little too quickly. And I wanted to give players more choice.

fractal 2019-10-10 20:50 ♥ 1

Quite easy (once you understand the rules) but fun game, and the graphics are really nice!

pedro-rosa 2019-10-10 21:31 ♥ 1

It's a cool game with an interesting mechanic. Good job.

simon-rahnasto 2019-10-10 21:35 ♥ 2

I love cardgames and it's cool that you could play irl with a couple of decks of card. The graphics are very nice and coherent, specially for a compo entry. Really nice interpretation of the theme 👍

jimbly 2019-10-15 03:50 ♥ 1

Pretty neat! Really like the visuals, nice and clean, runs well, starts quickly =). I feel I didn't have many interesting choices when playing - usually ended up winning because the dealer kept getting unlucky, or losing because I drew two dwarves in my first two cards when clicking "fold+draw" ^_^.

candlesan 2019-10-18 04:30 ♥ 2

Really nice card animation. Great job prototyping and coding this up. I love the approach of trying to make a new but unique card game. Very innovative.

negator2vc 2019-10-19 11:41 ♥ 1

Really nice and simple card game (a very good thing especially for a jam game where complex rules can really distract the player)! Fun gameplay and very nice card animations! A excellent polished entry for LD!

almost 2019-10-26 01:42 ♥ 1

The rules confused me at first. I think the difference in the player and the dealer could be explained more. I am also confused by the definition of a pair, if both players have the same card does that count? Who gets the points? What happens to cards in hand when a pair is drawn?

But the interface is pretty good and I managed to win on my second play by folding for 0 or 1 when possible and drawing otherwise.