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Mutation Machinations

By slay-a-stone and GBT13

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7963.2830
Fun6683.2530
Innovation3973.4830
Theme9023.0830
Graphics9412.5330
Humor5752.9829
Mood9133.0028

Comments

svenerik 2024-10-09 17:43

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 2024-10-09 17:49

Very interesting and unique game! I love how you have to play smart with the mutations, yet the game still remains challenging!

iven 2024-10-09 18:04

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 2024-10-09 19:29

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 2024-10-09 20:35

Very interesting take, and very fun!

embedder72 2024-10-09 22:22

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. :)

lastuck 2024-10-09 22:34

this is a very cool concept for a card game! With more developpement and polish it could end up great! nice job!

jojopalambas 2024-10-09 22:37

Nice game! Funny texts and smart mechanics, a bit weird to understand but a very nice experience!

oysterhey 2024-10-09 22:46

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 2024-10-11 20:15

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 2024-10-11 20:32

Really neat mechanic! Changing cards on the fly is fun :smile:

oliver-day 2024-10-12 00:12

Fun cards and the back and forth was interesting. Couldn't beat the gam though :(

coopizcool 2024-10-12 04:50

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 2024-10-13 04:20

Interesting card game concept! I think that the game miss some more polishing, like card dragging and visual effects

pimping 2024-10-13 08:08

Nice game concept, also great graphics and my mood after the game is so nice, keep going

prostocupoftea 2024-10-13 09:26

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 2024-10-14 17:31

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 2024-10-17 00:29

Fun game also would've liked a better explanation on how to play but was well done!

ang-parodi 2024-10-19 17:57

That's an original idea, good job

chuchugeralt 2024-10-20 22:12

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 2024-10-24 19:29

One of the games I played to completion. The underlying mechanics were easy to understand and I enjoyed the game. Well done!

papaver 2024-10-25 23:47

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!