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How does the game fit the theme?
In "Poker Mafia", paranoia is the core mechanic. Traditional poker is about reading tells, but in this backroom game, nobody plays fair and trusting anyone gets you killed:
You Can't Trust The Players:
Every mobster at the table has an agenda. They aren't just betting chips, they are actively monitoring your hands and palming cards from their sleeves when you look away.
You Can't Trust The Deck:
The deck has been secretly tampered with. It contains suspicious wildcards (Black Jokers) that morph into winning hands and cursed "Hot Potato" dead cards (Red Jokers) that ruin your rank.
You Can't Trust Honesty:
Playing by the book is a death sentence. To stay ahead of the $50 Ante, you MUST cheat by swapping cards from your sleeve. But if anyone's eye gaze catches you mid-swap, the Boss puts a bullet in your head on the spot.
You Can't Trust The Room:
When the power cuts out during the Blackout Event, all bets are off as everyone scrambles in the pitch dark to steal from the deck.
Survival isn't about having the best hand, it's about knowing who is watching, who is cheating, and trusting absolutely no one.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
3D Models & Environment:
Royalty-free revolver models, accessories.
2D Art:
(The awesome looking) Standard 52-card playing card texture deck.
Audio & Music:
Royalty-free ambient noir jazz background music.
Fonts:
JQKAs Wild SDF.
How many people worked on the game?1
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Comments
Really really quality game, the cheating mechanics felt great!
I love poker so this was fantastic all 4s and 5s for me. Also awesome for a game like this in a game jam to have a difficulty modes.
Really nice first person card game.
Liked it!
This is the first time I’ve seen GIFs integrated into an itch.io page so well!
Now, about the game ^^ At first, I didn’t understand why the lights went out. Luckily, I noticed the cards being passed under the table pretty quickly. I definitely didn’t expect that clicking on the characters could get me shot. I just wanted to see their reactions 😂
All in all: I’m really glad I played it. I realized just how little I know about playing cards, and I had to use the guide a couple of times 😅
To be fair I'm very rusty at poker so it's mostly a skill issue, but it felt a little unorganized and hard to fully understand. I did go over the explanations on the page briefly, but it would be a lot better to have the concepts explained in game.
The ambience is a big positive here, really liked the whole vibe.
Overall pretty good, just needs some more clarity.
Really cool concpet of cheating but it's so hard to udnerstand anything. I'm not sure if the yare watching me or if they cheat. It just happens random at this point. I really loved the idea but gameplay needs improvement.
swapping the card from under the table while trying not to get caught watching is such a good nervy feeling. sfx and visuals both land well for a one week solo build. genuinely great
INSANE. Amazing graphics and the game feel is out of this world, well done! Even more impressive the fact you did it all by yourself!
Thanks so much, nothing compares to yours!
A WebGl version is now Available!
Wow the game felt VERY good. I loved the visuals and audio too, but unfortunately I'm not good at poker lol. Overall great game!
You’re not suppose to be! Cheat away hahah. Thanks!
Dude, this game is SICK.
The atmosphere, the music, the visuals, everything just comes together super nicely and gives the game a very strong sense of personality.
The gameplay is also really fun, the waiting for the heartbeat to stop so you can swap cards, watching the others players to try and expose them, mashing in the stealing minigame, it all flows together really well and gives the gameplay loop a super satisfying feel.
Really enjoyed the whole experience, makes me wanna keep playing!
Wow thanks a ton!
Really fun gameplay, love the atmosphere aswell, great job doing all of that in one week alone :O
A poker game for trust no one is smaart.
Try to have a web version :)
Well done !!
Thanks! Yea i tried WebGl. But solutions just brought more errors haha.