Pay Or Die

rogaven 2025-10-19 09:58

Congratulations on finishing the game. A little bit from myself: (_I'll warn you in advance, I haven't played similar games before, so the mechanics aren't very obvious to me, but maybe that is why my feedback might be useful_) I’d like the cards to react somehow when clicked with the mouse so it’s clear they can be dragged. When I clicked “End Turn,” something happened, but I couldn’t tell what exactly - except that my health decreased by the number shown on the button. I didn’t really understand what to do initially, but toward the end, I realized that the bottom bar shows how much money you can get for a card and that you need to throw cards at the heart to attack. But I still don’t understand why I need to burn cards instead of throwing them at the enemy, and why after some time I can’t throw them anymore. Also, I saw the enemy throw a card at himself, but I couldn’t do the same with mine "Heart".

baturinsky 2025-10-19 11:20

So, how do I play? I have figure that I should dragcards to enemy or "burn" but can't figure what it does, exactly.

sangheli 2025-10-20 03:26

@baturinsky I added a description of how to play the game to the game page :)

diralf 2025-10-20 10:34

Card games aren't my strong side, but the visual style is interesting and atmospheric, and the UI is neatly put together. By the way, the web build got stuck on the Unity loading screen, but the win build works fine. Overall, great job!

mibi88 2025-10-20 13:43

Nice little game with an interesting aesthetic and concept, but it is a bit too unbalanced game.

Well done!

gagapete 2025-10-20 15:05

Okay, so I use every weapon to hurt the enemy, every food item to heal myself and everything else to sell to death itself. I guess you'd have to use the end turn option strategically and burn card is useless?

I really like the art style and the mood the game generates the the clock ticking but it's too hard for me.

artemco 2025-10-20 21:54

I reached only a stage 2, i was not an card game lover, but this game is really cool, i like it, good job

fireslash 2025-10-21 03:48

Love the visual style!

Not entirely sure what the strategy here is though. The cards can mostly be sussed out either by hovering over whether they can be used as attacks, and a bit of trial and error. Once that's done it seems like you just attack, heal, and sell until you win. But the AI also seems to be fairly accurate so sometimes I'd lose even with what I believe to be "correct" play.

I suspect I'm missing something? The rules imply there's some discovery involved so I maybe missed something.

Love the concept, nice work!

5h08 2025-10-21 11:45

Love the visuals and the premise. Awesome atmosphere. Though at this point I can't seem to figure out how to approach the gameplay strategically. On each turn, the enemy always plays their card and it's 100% according to their intended purpose(attack, heal) which leaves me with no choice but to also play all my cards. This way I don't think the "burn card" and "skip turn" options are any useful, because why waste my points if the enemy's going to play either way? On the 2nd level, I was told that I have 5 attempts, so on the first I tried using my first attempt to generate as much money as possible without thinking too much about dealing damage to the enemy since I know I'm not gonna do it first round. However, after dying, my progress is reset back to the first level again, which I'm not sure if a bug or not but certainly felt weird. Overall, this game's a nice atmospheric post-apocalypse experience, and I'd love to see the deck and strategy expanded if there are any further developments planned for the game.

sangheli 2025-10-21 11:50

@5h08 I made a mistake and implemented the retry system incorrectly, which is why the player loses all progress after the first death — it’s really frustrating for everyone. :(

I’m glad you enjoyed the game’s atmosphere!