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A jam submission

The house always winsView game page

the first game I made in pico-8 and the first game I made for a game jam. Made for mini jam 207.
Submitted by Underground Skyscraper — 3 hours, 26 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Concept#293.0743.286
Presentation#333.0743.286
Overall#392.5062.679
Use of the Limitation#472.0042.143
Enjoyment#491.8712.000

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
1

Software used
pico 8

Use of the limitation
You are the house, everyone knows that the house is the villan of the casino

Cookies eaten
like at least 5

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

could not understand, but cool game. The assets are top. Gameplay was okay, but i don't that much about different card games. Overall very cool game!

Submitted(+1)

Cool concept, balatro vibes.

Maybe a tutorial or some more visual indicators of what is going on would enhance the user experience. As i found myself a little bit lost

Submitted(+1)

This game looks really promising but after a few attempts and pressing every key on my keyboard I couldn't figure out the controls. I kept winning the first round and only getting 1 dollar, buying something from the shop and then would always run out of rolls and lose. I'd love to give it another go if u can tell me how to play it :)

Developer(+1)

yeah my bad, you need to press X to buy things from the store and the amount of money you get increases with the round number. The first few rounds up to round 5 are like complete rng on my part, but its basically a free win after that because you can get the x2 multiplier. I'll probably keep working on this game because I've had a lot of fun making it, but it's not really up to a state where I can say I'm super proud of it yet. Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted

The idea is interesting, but the explanation of the controls is lacking, it is difficult to understand the controls