Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Ludens Fortuna
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 11 | 4.22 | 26 | |
| Fun | 27 | 4.12 | 26 | |
| Innovation | 42 | 4.08 | 26 | |
| Theme | 110 | 4.06 | 26 | |
| Graphics | 215 | 3.60 | 26 | |
| Humor | 347 | 2.38 | 19 | |
| Mood | 101 | 3.69 | 23 |
Fascinating game, really really impressive to build not just a full card game engine but also an interesting novel card game on top of it. AND it's all really polished.
Underrated gem of a LD game, I'm incredibly impressed by all accounts.
@3mpty Thank you a lot! It was tough to came up with rules and implement all tarot cards into the game (and then polish visuals and bugs) but such feedback pays for all efforts :)
This is a really cool and tricky game. Probably my fave so far.
@zarkonnen Thanks! Very glad that you liked the game.
Can't have enough card games in a jam! I liked how this one opens up a spatial dimension (which is an opportunity many card games miss). Maybe could use a few more ways to influence things, you can get a bit of a bad streak with one-directional cards. But all in all a really great entry! :)
Nice work!
@ludokultur Thanks Fabian! It's great to get feedback from the experienced card game designer.
@moritz14 Thank you!
Card games are always right up my alley, and this one is especially impressive. I don't know if I've quite internalized the rules, I can barely get above arcana level 7~8 without accidentaly miscounting the squares and game overing myself (High score so far 4521, share your highscores people). Might have to practice a bit. It feels very fair and engaging though, and I like the visuals in the background and the designs on the cards.
Truly amazing game! love the card aesthetic and the game mechanics, I absolutely refused to quit the game before winning ahah
Very good mood too, but if I have to find a flaw it would be the lack of a background music, which would have improved immersion even more. Overall amazing though.
After the first quick failure I grasped how the game works and was hooked until I finished it. Very cool game, I like it a lot. Has a nice mood to it.
Really interesting idea, simplistic but enticing.
@dormbrand Thanks for your feedback! Actually the game is pretty easy once you discover few tricks. I wanted to add projection of stability move before using card but did not have time for that and many other things. My highscore is 29331 but to reach that you need to use bug with the last move :) Average score on finishing the game is about 20-25k.
@edoardo-talamini Thanks for playing and completing the game! I'm happy to know that someone can beat it :)
Thanks @heho!
@octahedronsoftware Thanks for not giving up and finishing the game! PS: I like octahedrons (have the mobile account with such name and using octahedron in avatar a lot)!
It's honestly amazing you invented this whole game inside 48 hours! I got really engrossed in this the same way 2048 grabbed me - you just keep wanting to play one last round to get a bit closer to winning... Best I did was just 2 cards left in the deck, but I'll probably come back and play some more later!
I came back to this game and played some more. Feels so good to get rid of Death using Devil and finishing by playing The World as the last card. There is something quite satisfying about this game that I enjoy.
I really liked this game. Very interesting use of the theme, beautiful art style.
@blobby101 Thanks for your playing! Thanks for comparing with 2048 – some unconscious vibes from there really was on my mind. You are welcome to complete the game, it's actually not so difficult :D
@octahedronsoftware Such a glorious ending. I like when cards are combined into harmonious sequences. Death should belong to Devil 😈
Thank you @amolker!
Oh, that was a great game! Once you learn how to play (which didn't take too much) it's so addictive! Loved it!
After a few attempts, my highest score was 5886 and I only ever got down to about 50 cards. At this point I felt like my only strategy is to use as many cards as I can each round because leveling up Arcana is deadly. I was ready to give up because I felt like my strategy was correct but I still kept losing. Reading your comment:
> the game is pretty easy once you discover few tricks
I was trying to find more ideas, but didn't come up with anything. Luckily, I tried a few more times and finished the game with 21,215 at Arcana XXI. There is quite a bit of luck in this game, I just had a few really bad runs. You really got me counting numbers, thinking about card usage order, and strategizing. The cards felt a bit like the game "Reigns" which was really good. I felt like there were many cases where it was simple math of how many reds vs blacks I put down and it didn't even matter what I did. But all the special cards like "discard random" and "shuffle remaining" really brought depth to the gameplay that got me scratching my head. Awesome work on the card game design there. Thank you for the game.
@m1nus Thanks for playing!
@ubershmekel Thanks for your extended feedback! I noticed that not many players finds that you can keep unstable status until end of round. That's mean that you can spend all cards into one unstable side and after that use last card to stabilize situation. But of course sometimes unfortunate hand appears when it almost impossible to keep playing if you not saved some card.
This was a really fun game to play, but I feel like it may be a bit too easy. Also, I feel like it would be nice to have some numbers at the top for convenience to see what kind of instability you can survive. Overall, though, this was a really cool and innovative game and it feels like something I would play in a physical form if it was available.
@dennis-magnusson Thanks Dennis! I wanted to implement some kind of prediction for player not to count stability movement but haven't enough time. Actually you can play it in physical form already – the game uses standard tarot cards deck :)
This is super cool! I never played a card game like this, feels like you invented a new Solitaire. :D The rules work really well and it's very addictive and fun to figure out how many (and which) cards to play before ending the turn. It's also definitely not too easy for me, didn't manage to win it yet. Have nothing negative to say about it, awesome entry! :)
Very cool, slightly addictive game! I suggest you publish it on mobile and make bank :P My highscore is 15571 at Arcana Level 18 :)
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You have created quite the addictive experience! It took some real strategy to make sure I could survive every round!
Some of the cards were real curve balls, and I was always surprised with every new round!
You have a real winner on your hands!
Amazing Job!
@future-labs-unlimited Thanks a lot! I definitely kept Solitaire in mind (worked on the classic one in the past). I'm sure, once you find out some rules it much easier to complete my game. Bad for me that I didn't explain it well.
@jeinzi Haha, thanks! If only mobile success was so simple, without spending thousands of dollars for audience... BTW Arcana Level 18 is pretty high and you almost finished the game :)
@ideaspersecond Great thanks to you for the screenshot! It also very interesting how you finished the game with 2 cards left :D I didn't know that there is such bug (let pretend that everything fine). And I really wanted to create some surprising situation with major arcana. Thanks a lot for you feedback!
CONGRATULATIONS for the #11!!!!!! :green_heart:
@m1nus wow, thanks! This is a little unexpected for me 😅
I made a post to help games that were in danger and your game was on that list. Be proud, you made a very nice game! You can develop it more and put it on playstore and such, it has potential!
@deniskazantsev I agree that I believe you should demonstrate or explain in-game that you can still play available cards even if hitting one end, it definitely enhances playability and replay value. Very fun game!!
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