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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #275 | 4.444 | 4.444 |
| Narrative | #626 | 3.685 | 3.685 |
| Creativity | #798 | 4.093 | 4.093 |
| Enjoyment | #885 | 3.806 | 3.806 |
| Audio | #1003 | 3.574 | 3.574 |
Ranked from 108 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Playing cards makes the candle melt. Earn enough Glory before the flame goes out
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
The assets were all made by my team members
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
avo, Churro, Ritz, and Gomesda
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Great aesthetic and music, it really conveyed the desperation of trying to entertain a medieval court.
big big fan of this game!! the artwork is so well done, the jester theme is so fun, and even though i'm not great at deck builders i was glued to this one!!
Unbelievable to have made this on such a time crunch. Every single element is so polished, what a love letter to deckbuilders and silly little guys
Lovely artwork and premise, although the background moving animation is a bit jittery. However game play felt unbalanced, the rng felt unfair.
Thank you for playing!
We ran out of time but we had more cards planned. Even though the game has the word Gamble in the title, I agree with you that it could be less RNG and we could have added more control cards. Remember you can press Redraw if you don't like your hand! However, that will cost you 1 Time.
Thank you for playing and sharing valuable feedback 😄
An addictive little deckbuilder, and a fun artstyle too! Ran into a game breaking bug that prevented cards from being played though :(
thank you for your honest feedback!
Do you remember if the flame on the candle was burning? Because if it wasn't, it means you were out of time but you can still play cards that cost 0 time. And then press End Routine to finalize it! That's something we could've explained better but ran out of time.
And thank you for playing 🥰
I believe it was quite early into a routine.
The cards would play with no effect, but wouldn't disappear afterwards.
But I still had a great time with the runs that didn't bug out.
I see, then that is a bug yes, sorry to hear that! But the good thing is that it's a rare one. Something we might want to look into later. Thanks for highlighting it.
And thank you for playing!
The jester's animations are amazing, and overall the game just looks great. I found it pretty hard, I failed on the 3rd level/round but it was still fun to try a few times and it seems like there were quite a lot of cards you guys made so really great work!
Broo i loved ur style and how the cards are actually actions that u make the jester do is very creative and cool, too bad im really terrible at balatro's type of game
that must be one of the most stunning art pages i've seen all jam. great visuals but i couldnt get that jester to more glory. bit sad but thats more on my end than on your unique mechanics! great work! we will remember your kind words on our rating. we also wish you the best of wishes!
I started to understand it after losing a few games, but basically, there are cards that go after other cards, cards that should only be used at the beginning and end like Wave. If you have bad cards on your hand that don't combo with anything, then redraw, but that costs you time. The candle that symbolizes your time has 10HP so you need to think about reaching the required Glory score and mind the time left. But I understand not every kind of game clicks with everyone so no worries!
Thank you for your kind words as well, and I'm honored that you played our game! :D
Love all of the different cards and mechanics, they all work really well together! Art is amazing, and music too. I could play this for hours!
Great artwork and music! I love the overall atmosphere of the game and the gameplay is fun as well! Great work :)
I'm happy you liked it!!
Wait I just saw your game on twitter and added it to my list what to play next! I'll play it tomorrow because it's late now, and thank you for playing ours <3
Fantastic! The art and sound design were great! Felt super polished and was a fun game concept.
All of you did an amazing job!
Holy! The Music! The Art! and finally The Gameplay! All on point! Really loved this one. Very addictive.
absolutely LOVED this game. so much fun! my favourite submission ive played :)
although, rng absolutely ruins a lot of my runs before they even get off the ground, would like to see some better control over what cards you get given every hand in a post-jam version!
Polished game with great artwork! Unfortunately I'm not big on card games so I didn't enjoy it that much but that's just a me thing, good work ^^
Such great visuals really enjoyable card game!
This might be my favorite of the games I've played from this jam! It's addictive, unique and polished, with great visuals and music/audio!!
The visuals are really beautiful, and I loved the music! Well done !
Nice job on the art. I think some of the cards are a bit heavy on just being probability throws that but it was a fun experience. Also I think I at one point tried to do two backflips in a row after a set up joke and the second may have not scored.
Very fun concept, the arts in game and in the game page are fantastic :)
I really liked the artwork and the game mechanic. A great game overall!