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A jam submission

CHARKView game page

A chess roguelike with card modifiers. Short runs, deep builds, clean visuals
Submitted by protzz (@protzz_) — 10 hours, 58 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#873.8633.863
Audio#1563.6983.698
Enjoyment#2993.6983.698
Overall#3003.5523.552
Visuals#3643.9173.917
Innovation#3893.3513.351
Theme#11222.7852.785

Ranked from 205 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?
The King plays chess to earn his coin—and indulge in new sweets

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
I didn’t use any asset packs or third-party resources—everything was made from scratch. I drew inspiration from the design of Balatro and Gambonanza

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Submitted(+1)

Extremely solid Balatro-like, I liked that you had to puzzle out the best pieces to take. I imagine there's a lot you can add to this, for example deck manipulation (? some way to control the moves you draw).

Submitted

Wow as a solo indie game developer I admire you, this is really cool game

Submitted

Awesome game with great visuals, only feedback is that there should be reward for clearing the board. Great job!

Submitted

Great game, took me a while to work out what I was meant to be doing but then I found the tutorial in the description which was really well laid out. Well done, one of my favourite games of the jam so far

Submitted

Absolute banger! The inspiration is clearly visible and its very fun spin to it. The visuals are fitting. The music is amazing!

The gameplay is fantastic! It took me a couple of turns to see what was happening because it goes very fast, but after a couple of turn you get used to it. My chess is pretty rusty, but with the simple implementation i felt comfortable pretty soon. The addicting loop and the short rounds feel great and i told myself the whole time "only one more round"

Great game! Good job!

Submitted

I like the ideia, but suck at chess. Even so, had fun

Submitted

The core loop is solid and it's obvious why a lot of people is playing it, so well done!
Sadly the theme seems forced, at the point that the sweets as "jokers" are a bit nosense...

If you want to update this after the jam I suggest to find a visual identity because otherwise the game will always seem a copycat, it doesn't matter if the gameplay has its uniqueness.
(In addition to the Balatro aesthetic I also recognize the cover art from The King is Watching eheh)

Anyway you surely have not common skills for having done this in a week so be proud of you!
And... if you try mine, let me know what you think!

Submitted(+1)

Visuals are clean, gameplay is smooth and intuitive, everything just meshes together and works really well, great job

Developer(+1)

Thank you!

Submitted

Не ощютил дух балатро, но поиграть приятно

Developer

так это и не балатро)

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoyed playing your game thank you

Developer

nono, THANK YOU

Submitted(+1)

Nice! Balatro + Chess, great idea and execution! :)

Submitted

What an amazing game! and it was made by one person? that is really impressive

Developer

yes, hahah, thank you so much

Submitted

The art is really good, and the music is amazing! Congratulations on making the game yourself!

The game is quite interesting, but I found it difficult to understand how it works. Many times, I'd make a move and not understand why I'd win or lose.

Another piece of feedback would be to include the option to disable the letters' movement. This, combined with the rounded design of the main screen, gave me a headache after only a short time playing.

Submitted(+1)

Very addictive game! the black pieces seen a little too hard to see sometimes, and it made quite difficult to play with that, but other than that, had a really good time!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing game, gave me balatro vibes

Submitted(+1)

Really awsome game, I kinda sucked at it, but I still had alot of fun. ^-^ 

Submitted

Really impressed how you were able to make something so polished! Great job had a blast playing it.

Submitted

Woah dude how did you manage to craft all of that in a week, this is really impressive. Also this recipe is sooo addictive everytime, it almost made me like chess haha ! Congrats on the entry !

Submitted(+1)

The balatro type score system really suits the game! If it was developed on and made a full fledged game, I can see this in my steam library already :D. Great work!

Submitted

Excellent quality game - really polished and has style

Developer

Happy to hear it

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