[DEV] I constructed a tactical cellular recreation primarily based on the bodily card recreation "Scoundrel". Because of early suggestions, I utterly overhauled the visuals and I would love your sincere ideas!

Hey everybody,

I’m a solo dev, and I need to share a cellular recreation I've been engaged on referred to as Dungeon Scoundrel.

First, I need to give full credit score the place it's due: the core guidelines are primarily based on the sensible bodily card recreation "Scoundrel" designed by Zach Gage and Kurt Bieg. I fell in love with their idea and needed to deliver it to cellular with a darkish fantasy ambiance, an improve financial system, and new methods to play.

Whereas the shuffle of the deck means luck performs a giant function in what you face, there aren’t any cube rolls in fight. Surviving the hand you might be dealt is all about math, planning, and useful resource administration. In every room, you face 4 playing cards drawn from a typical 52-card deck, and you could work together with precisely three of them to proceed to the subsequent ground.

Right here is how the deck works:

♠️♣️ Spades and Golf equipment (Monsters): These deal harm equal to their face worth (Jacks are 11, Kings are 13). For those who battle them barehanded, your well being takes a direct hit. ♦️ Diamonds (Weapons): You equip these to battle again and soak up harm. However there’s a particular catch referred to as the Chain Rule: As soon as you employ a weapon to slay a monster, it degrades. You possibly can then solely use it towards monsters which might be weaker or equal to the final one you killed. You must plan your assaults fastidiously, in any other case you might be pressured to battle barehanded. ♥️ Hearts (Well being Potions): These restore your well being, however you might be restricted to consuming just one potion per room. Any further potions you draw are discarded, so timing your heals actually issues. 🏃 Fleeing: If a room seems to be unattainable, you’ll be able to skip it by placing all 4 playing cards on the backside of the dungeon deck. Nevertheless, you can not skip two rooms in a row.

My Additions to the Recreation (The Additional Guidelines): To develop on the bodily card recreation, I added a number of digital-only layers:

The Bone Financial system: As you clear flooring, you accumulate Bones. You possibly can spend these within the Black Market between runs to equip a beginning weapon or a passive well being regeneration buff. Endurance Mode: When you grasp the usual 52-card deck, you’ll be able to take a look at your luck in an countless dungeon the place the purpose is a pure excessive rating. Customized Match Settings: You possibly can tweak your beginning HP, max HP, set deadlines, or activate a "Problem Mode" modifier to multiply your rating if you wish to make the run much more punishing. World Leaderboards: See how your math and survival expertise stack up towards different gamers world wide.

The sport is free to play and works fully offline. For those who get pleasure from tactical card video games or roguelikes, be at liberty to present it a attempt. I’d love to listen to your ideas on the mechanics and what I can enhance subsequent!

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