I really love a good autobattler. Final Fantasy 12 is my favorite game for a reason. I really like this!

Unfortunately my game broke and I got stuck in an empty level unable to do anything. 

I adore the card UI although its a bit off the screen and I can't read the descriptions.

Great game overall, I'd love to see where this goes if you choose to expand upon it!

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Seems we both attempted to do card UIs that we've never done before and payed the price in terms of how much our vision was realized. Solidarity.

I do like the idea you're going for tho! Seems like it could be a really cool auto-battler! I knocked an enemy outside the map on the final level and couldn't beat it RIP.

I know you're aware of the issues but I'm just stating them so I can present my ideas on how to help with them:

One of the biggest problems currently is the lack of agency the player has on the actual gameplay. That is, I felt like I was just watching things happen. The one obvious one is to have more cards and ways to build out the deck. Another possible idea is to have an "active ability" that either initiates a special attack, gives a buff for a duration, or enhances played cards. My other idea is to replace the automatic card selection with making manual selections that go into a queue. Once in the queue, they will activate in the order that they were put into it. They cannot be reordered or removed once in the queue, so it takes planning to execute the cards you want in the order you want. I can't remember if potions activated immediately or during combat, but would be better to have them activate immediately I think.

Another issue is the UI tends to get in the way (especially for things below the character). The idea I have for this is to make the card area be "sectioned off." Either the bottom or side of the screen (both?). Meanwhile, have the game area its own contained viewing area to where the card UI does not overlap it and then center the character in that area.

Various smaller ideas: attack speed attribute (affects how quickly cards are used during combat). draw speed attribute (how quickly the bar fills to draw card). Draw card on enemy kill (independent of the draw speed bar) .

That's all I can think of at the moment. Looking forward to if you continue working on this idea!

Overall I think it's a very fun and unique idea on a roguelike and auto battler! I think figuring out how the game works and maintaing my little knight was a little overwhelming at first (even after reading the tutorial,) and like many others would appreciate some more visual feedback on moving around the cards. It was a little frustrating that I couldn't neccesarily dictate the timing of my cards so (for example) if an enemy was about to approach and I had a block up, I'd still have to wait for the cooldown and end up getting hit regardless. I'm excited to see if you choose to expand on this game, would love to come back to a more polished version!

Oh and aesthetically very nice :D Very well done!

the art style was cool, the ui felt a bit overwhelming at first. The game felt engaging until I realized I could beat levels with doing nothing, the main disadvantage was just waiting the  2 seconds or so after the deck was gone and a new deck was made. if you upped the difficulty and made there more stuff to do or think about this game could feel very engaging

very interesting idea, i think the difficulty could be tuned a bit as currently i didn't really have to do almost anything for the lil guy to clear a level. definitely a really interesting concept that i can see expanded on in many interesting ways

I had a lot of fun playing this game. I was really getting into rearranging my cards and seeing my little knight go and fight lol! I can totally see there being even more cards and different types of attacks. Great work!

This game has a surprising amount of depth for an auto-battler with only three card types. At first, I was a little frustrated by the lack of player control, but after a couple tries, I started to really enjoy the strategy of ordering cards in a way that kept me safe while I reshuffled.

Also, the UI is really nice! There's a lot of small details that do a lot to improve clarity - the active card being visually emphasized, the brief red border on taking damage, and the Deck + Discard displays. The only thing that lacks a bit of clarity, to me, is the movement of the cards. The cards teleporting to the next position is a little disorienting; I think a simple animation of the card sliding to its next spot would be a lot clearer, and also look cool!

Had a lot of fun with this, great job!

When gamedevs try to do something novel with a card battler, there's always the risk that they mix mechanics improperly or overwhelming the player with information. Not you though. This game was very comprehensive.

You wrote that you didn't achieve your original vision but from what I was able to pick up, almost everyone in this game jam went through something similar and therefore they'll judge your game fairly considering the time constraints and the unfamiliarity with certain aspects of gamedev.

Thus, considering the time constraints and your unfamiliarity with certain aspects of gamedev: Good job on this game! I certainly  liked it.

One nitpick though: I wish the block did more, like actually preventing damage after you attack, or a brief stun. Rarely was I able to line enemies up for a cleave but most of the time it just did a little knockback and a second later we were back to status quo.

It is a fun auto-battler with just enough strategy to keep you engaged.

This was really cool and I liked the automatic player movement, I think it was a unique and great choice, as it enabled me to focus on the cards. I think I would've liked to see more visual feedback since sometimes I couldn't tell if I was clicking something or if what I clicked was in effect, but I thought the game was super cool and honestly those are minor issues. great job!

It was quite an entertaining game, only at times the UI felt a little too big, but maybe that is because I never played much deck builder games. The art and sound are great, great job, I enjoyed playing it!

I liked the game idea! While  i noticed that if you restart, after some levels the game just softlocks, and that happened two times in a roll at the very same spot, so i think it isn't bad luck. After all, the game is still very fun and the art is impressive too!

I might not be the target audience, but I found it still really creative, never played something similar before! it was also pretty and clean, I had a good time! 

That was a very fun game! I've always been a big fan of card games and dungeon crawlers and this one combines both of them! The art and sound effects are also very well done!

The only thing is sometimes I found it hard to order the cards as they were moving because everything would shift but that might just be a skill issue on my part haha!

Very good submission. I do have to say you give me a couple of different types of characters and I could do this for a long time. I've been hoping for an auto player for a bit. Good Job

Very clean and polished submission!

Love the music, was directly vibing to it.

Would like to see it evolve having more cards !

Fun: very interesting, I love strategy games, and this game did it well. Trying to arrange the cards depending on the situation was really good 

Presentation: I really like the art style and the sound design. The cards looked good. Did you make them?

Creativity: great idea, arranging the cards for the battle, very well made, just wish there were more cards, like maybe some abilities or something, still very good game, I enjoyed it

The a nice idle game with a great concept ! With some more varity on cards and maybe some deck building between the levels, i could play this for hour !

Really cool idea, I love the concept. I know you said you kind of ran out of time on this and that's okay. I think it was fun to assess sort of each group of enemies and try to line up the skills that would be the most useful for each encounter. I'm sure there's a way to extend that concept and make it really good - like I wish there was some sort of consistent combo I could do where I could attack and then block the enemy's attack - sometimes it would happen, but mostly I'd just end up getting hit anyway so most of the strategy was when to use heals. Different strategies work better on different enemies, etc. Thinking about it, that's probably out of scope for a game jam, but I can see the hints of a really cool game in there! So, nicely done, and it's so impressive that you were able to make a working and finished game in the time even with the constraints you had.

The mix of genres is amazing, such a creative game. I always loved the idea of an action RPG roguelike deckbuilder. I am also working on my own take on this genre! 

The way you simplify combat is really great, diminishing the complexity of the card game by just dragging cards is a genious idea, and eases a lot the understanding of the mechanic.