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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #426 | 3.325 | 3.325 |
| Visuals | #495 | 3.740 | 3.740 |
| Gameplay | #506 | 3.299 | 3.299 |
| Overall | #598 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Enjoyment | #660 | 3.325 | 3.325 |
| Theme | #720 | 3.234 | 3.234 |
| Innovation | #958 | 2.714 | 2.714 |
Ranked from 77 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
You risk by playing a roguelike BlackJack inspired card game against Pythia in Delphi with several upgrade powers!
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Art, Animations, Code, and Game Design by me :D
Sounds from FreeSound
How many people worked on the game?1
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blackjack with a twist, not bad but when game relies heavily on luck i prefer adding a permanent upgrade, its quite annoying when you have to lost everything once you lost. imagine your she has 20, and you has 18, but potential card are 2-6, will you accept your lose or Decide to Stand and a small chance that your tier 20 may gone?
anyway, art is good, i love it, could use some more juices, sound effect are nice, well if you want to develop this to a full game, in my opinion, it will need balance that it shouldn't relies heavily on Luck. Good Luck!
Thank you for your time and in depth feedback! You ae totally right but there was no more time for all that additions. More to come for sure
Very well executed blackjack. Pleasant music, sound effects and visuals.
P.S. Changing the cursor to pointer when hovering the upgrade name would increase the clarity:)
Thanks! The cursos tip is not bad I will keep that in mind
i quite like people who made games that involve cards specially 21. i did something similar myself the game on it’s own, as a blackjack was pretty good with rouguelike elements it was really innovative. but the use of the theme could be much better, there wasn’t much of risk to what you were doing since the punishment wasn’t significant. but definitely keep working on the game and by adding more features you could turn it into a commercial release.
Thank you very much for the comment! If the development continues there will also be a story of why you are on Delphi playing with Pythia. More Boons and God powers will also come soon
Nicely done! Making the scry show a potential range was a great decision, it kept it impactful while not being too broken. The boons were great as well. I really enjoyed this one!
Thank you! Very cool that you liked the Scry mechanic
Very polished, simple blackjack game but with the boons it got new breath. Good game!
Indeed adding boons changed the whole game! Thank you
Great work. Very polished on all front. Love the combo of card game with scry and “upgrades”.
Thanks it means a lot!
I like card games! Blackjack is not my favorite one, but still. Games feel nice, I like what upgrades I can get, and it was interesting to play.
Thank you! The upgrades will soon be visually improved with matching tarot cards of Gods!
More game will come!
Liked the roguelite element added to blackjack! The vibes and art (even font choice!) came together really well too!
Glad you apprreciate the font hehe. Thank you
Cool game! I like the Greek theme, but as someone who doesn’t usually play blackjack, I couldn’t play it very well. A tutorial would be really helpful for players who don’t know the rules. Good job for game jam !
Thank you so much! For now I updated the description on the game page with a basic tutorial. Next step would be to have one ingame.
Really nice game I like the theme the music is also nice the gameplay has a hook too The only thing I would change are the buttons maybe make the background of the buttons in shape of an (arrow for stand) and a (magnifying glass for scry) hit could stay a square because a card is a square too I was very frustrated when I wanted to do something else and pressed the wrong button… but otherwise very impressive its really pretty, simple and nice to play
Thanks for the feedback! You are right the buttons were a last minute implementation and cuoldnt reallt figure out a way to make them pop or stand out. I guess having them next to each other and the Scry on the other side would help
Nice submission! The mix between roguelike and blackjack works really well, and the greek theme is well made and coherent with all visual elements. Nice work! :)
Much appreciated glad you liked it!
Chill game with nice visuals and sound effects. I enjoyed the game!
Thanks a lot!
Really interesting spin on BlackJack :) However I wish that the dealer got some upper hands as well, like he forces you to switch hands or draw another card(rarely) I liked the scry mechanic as it doesn’t really reveal the next card but just tells you if it’s high or low, the graphics fit very nicely with the whole theme, and overall a great game that just needs some more variety into the options a bit earlier :)
Thank you for the feedback! I am planning to implement more mechanics ti make the gameplay more interesting and increase the options for the player!
Awesome game and very good experience. Great work!
Thanks a lot!
As a regular online casino player i really love this twist on the classic black jack game! Keep it up!
Thank you it means a lot!
Interesting take on blackjack. Would be interesting to see how splits could change the game.
Splits are definitely coming to also increase the roguelike mechanics
Cool take on Blackjack. The gameplay works well, but maybe a distinctive way of showing the different powers could help. Nevertheless, the polish is awesome! The art, animations, and sound design really work well in creating the atmosphere. Great work!
Thanks aa lot! You are right currently the powers really appeal to veteran blackjack players but more will be added
Love the gameplay of this a ton! The art is wonderful and card noises are the most satisfying sfx ever!I am not very good at blackjack but this was a ton of fun still!
Thank you so much! The art is hand drawm and a video will be up soon!
really cool idea, I like the visuals and the concept. I just lose way to often because I suck at blackjack :D
I think to make this really work the concept should get away from the strict "21" rule and just use the "do I pick a card or do I leave it". This would allow for power ups that decreases the chance of picking to much.
Maybe something like the closer you get to 50 the more points you get. And power ups could be you can choose one card that subtracts instead of add to the sum
You could even create Balatro like jokers that move this artificial line.
But this is more for a full game, really great work for a 7 day project :)
Really appreaciate the time you tokk for the amazing feedback! All your ideas are awesome and will be considered for the further development! Reaching a higher value than 21 was my first thought but I had no time to actually implement the mechanic since visually it would also need changes to the table and free space I have due to the increasing number of cards!
Thanks a lot!