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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #33 | 3.765 | 3.765 |
| Overall | #48 | 3.853 | 3.853 |
| Innovation | #115 | 3.265 | 3.265 |
| Graphics | #147 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
| Theme interpretation | #196 | 3.059 | 3.059 |
| Audio | #198 | 2.912 | 2.912 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/harlig/torchlighter
Game description
Torchlighter is a real-time deckbuilder in which you create a strong deck to extinguish the darkness.
Theme interpretation
Secret cards heavily influence your combats, allowing you to get a leg up on the darkness!
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Comments
Nice concept, well polished. I like the artwork and the way you guided me into the game. Well done.
Awesome! Really enjoyed the game, highly engaging. Graphics, mechanics are intuitive. The idea and realization of the game impressed. My favorite game of this jam, Thank you!
Amazing and fun game. The idea is great, graphics look great.
A very fun card game, i loved the idea, simple yet engaging
Really really creative and unique! I love the concept for this. Not sure I've ever played a real time card game like this, very cool!
The concept had me sold right away—this is a really fun game. The idea of gameplay centered around lighting torches is fantastic, and the variety of maps is rich enough to keep experimenting with different strategies and tricks engaging. I thoroughly enjoyed it—great work!
Fun real-time deckbuilder. The gameplay is engaging, and strategy keeps me hooked. I like graphics and art. I really liked the creative design of the creatures. It’s a great game!
Ambience is really earned and the gameplay is pretty polished. Maybe the secret cards mechanic is a little missed and could be a little risky, but it could make it more frustrating than intended.
Good job!
On my screen it kept glitching. I also couldn't play any of my cards. If those were fixed, I would probrobly love it!
Dang sorry that happened, you’re the first person I’ve heard this from! Would you please share what browser and browser version you tried playing on?
Expected to see a few deck builders this year because of Balatro. This one is pretty good, especially for the time you had. I wonder if maybe the deck thinning mechanic isn't too strong? I like to play light decks in this kind of game and this makes it really easy and rewards it immensely. If that's part of your intent I apologize. Fun game man!
Great deckbuilder! Very polished graphics and gameplay. Well done!
Fun game: I really liked the graphics and how the secrets theme was added. I finished with a deck of mostly mid-cost rangers. I thought it was very creative!
Critiques: I think thinning your deck and getting $50 at the end of a round is very strong! It could've used a hard mode, as well, maybe.
Fun game. Really liked the creative creature shape design you used. Gave each of different types of unit some character. Lighting effect looked great, as did the actual cards themselves.
For improvements, I'd suggest adding some way to counter clumps of ranged enemies. I found that if one side could get 3 ranged enemies up and running, it was game over for the other side. Maybe add an AOE creature/ability to counter this.
Overall, great submission. Well done!
I love this game. It is way too addictive and really fun to play. The visuals are minimalistic but it goes well with the gameplay. The sounds are also nicely supporting the whole vibe. The implementation of the theme in the form of secret cards is also very clever. Good job!
A nice game with very interesting mechanics. Artistic side I would have played much more with the shapes also in the environment because the effect of the shadows that the torches project is very beautiful. Nice work!
cool mechanics! i feel like the overall pace (animation, card interaction) could be a little faster. However i enjoyed the real-time strategy part of it. side note: cool shadow play when the creature was cast by shadows!
I had fun. Nice use of minimalistic art to get the job done. There was a minor issue that the ui to start the game didn't work after going through the tutorial, but reloading the page and skipping the tutorial got past that. I wish there were more interesting audio, but overall this was a little great deck-builder/tug-of-war game. Nice work!
such a great entry, really well thought and I enjoyed the combat as well. the art is super nice and the music gives the whole game great vibe. congrats!
Really enjoyed this! Tutorial was a little long and text-heavy, but the game play is really fun and the aesthetic is great!
Thank you! I playtested with some folks who hadn't played deckbuilders so I tried to err on the side of over-explaining with the option to skip the tutorial, but I totally agree about the amount of text. Thanks again for the feedback and kind words!
This is awesome! I love it. Simple art, looping music that fits in with the look and feel and very addictive gameplay. It started being easy but once I was waiting for my Torchlighter cards to turn up, that's when the pressure started to pile on. Would love an expansion deck where you have risk/reward types, e.g. gaining a card instantly but spawning two enemies. Great work!