Cave of Cards

The game is quite good, but challenging and very addictive :)

I love this kind of game where we have to optimize our exploration, anticipate trade-offs, etc. It has some similarities with DragonSweeper, which I loved too.

A part of the satisfaction comes from the fact that it is cryptic. Every little detail I understood by myself gave me a little satisfaction boost, pushing me further to find the next detail. That’s great, even if you may lose a part of your “gamer audience” (the persons who don’t want to spend enough time to understand everything).

I was confused by the tag line: “you clear dungeons by making poker hands”.

• It made me believe each card had equal values (like with the real cards), then I realized getting 3 spade cards does not give the same number of points than getting 3 heart cards.

• I thought making some poker hands (like a full or a double pair) would give me some special bonus, but that’s not really the case. The player simply has to get as much as possible of a single card type to maximize points.

I found the point indications (“+1”, “+2”, etc.) a little confusing at start. I didn’t realize the first indication tells the points I will have AFTER completing a hand, and that the colored indications tells the points I HAD by the last hand completion. I had to look carefully at my current points and when they evolve, to understand how it works. I would say these indications could be better organized, but I don’t know exactly how.

The exit door ends to be a frustrating element. It is the equivalent of an invincible square that blocks the player for the whole game. I would not have put this door and I would just have added an opened door that magically appears once the whole map is cleared. You certainly read the other comments, many of which asks how to open the door.

What is the 5-hit-point monster supposed to represent? A carnivorous plant? A hydra? A sandworm?

I so love the “level design” of the shop! By using the base game rules, you give the player some specific choices: the player can buy a second “+” only after having bought 2 swords or 2 spades, the player needs to buy at least one “+” before buying jokers, etc.

I was dragged by the feeling of “just one more game to see if I can do better”. My max score is 590 points. Thank you so much!

I beat this, and from what I've seen there this game's inherent concept appears to find out what to do yourself, so I won't do spoiler but what a fun experience this small game can make

I my goodness... I had been avoiding the bombs because I thought they were bad 😅 THE BOMBS ARE YOUR FRIEND!

I want to beat this game so bad, but I suck so bad at it! It's very addicting though, I've been at it now for about 20 minutes and each time I die I say to myself "This time will be better!"

This is a lot of fun, and it's honestly not too challenging to figure out. Very nice work here! 🙌💙

From what I've gathered:
- You spend swords to attack enemies. Attacking with no sword uses a heart
- digging uses a spade. digging with no spade uses a heart.
- Diamonds act as money you can use in the shopping area

- Hearts are your HP. Hit 0 and you die.

Interesting game but REALLY needs a tutorial of some kind

is there a tutorial, i can't understand what is happenin

wo

dude where can i wishlist it

Not that I've played a ton, but I feel like I'm very regularly amazed by the design that Pico-8 devs pull off.
Really cool little game. 👍👍

I really enjoyed this! It took a couple of attempts to understand what was going on, but I really got into it once I figured out what to do.

I am very bad at playing, but one day I will win.

addicted to this game

Я СОЗДАЛ АККАУНТ ,ЧТОБЫ ОСТАВИТЬ ОТЗЫВ, ЭТО ТАК КРУТ

i dont know how this game get popular

It’s hard to understand at first, but really interesting A little masterpiece!

This was my third attempt, struggling to beat it tho.

wow. this is definitely a VERY GOOD retro card game!

Fun Game! :D

amazing game, addictive gameplay, 10/10

мне нравится круто

для англо язычных

I like it cool

Um jogo simples mas muito divertido, gostei demais do game

Love it

Fantastic! I love it. The kinda game experience that inspires me! I love some bite sizes brilliance 

I got 701. Not quite a perfect game, I think 750 is possible.

>First time playing
>"Crap I keep dying all the time, this game hard"
>"Hey what does X do?"
>"Oh."
>Last run: Flawless Victory, 580 points.

Very fun game!

I found a set up to farm a bunch of hearts from the spreading thing, and then cleared the rest of the map using just hearts

It was a hell of a lot of fun learning how the game works! This is my best result.

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