A Bad Hand is Dealt | deckbuilder in development

Hey gang,

Working on a little deckbuilder called “A Bad Hand is Dealt”. There is a demo over at itch: A Bad Hand is Dealt by jlapier .

What works so far:

  • basic gameplay, in which four cards out of your Hero deck face off against the Dungeon deck
  • pretty solid “undo” system in the gameplay
  • an inn, where you can spend the gold won in a dungeon
  • save system (including some minor “unlocks”)
  • the demo lets you recruit up to 4 heroes and play through 5 dungeons

Here’s the gameplay:

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(I have more screenshots but as a new user I can’t post more than one.)

Still to do:

  • sound effects! and music!
  • more heroes and dungeons in progress
  • option to choose starting heroes (the demo always starts with the same two heroes)
  • a map screen (right now it’s just a list of dungeons)
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linking to itch.io should be allowed now.

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