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A jam submission

Deadly Heart GambitView game page

Perhaps you have a chance to scale up your limited lifespan? (GMTK Game Jam 2024)
Submitted by Blink (@blinkhydrate) — 8 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#2034.0894.089
Enjoyment#2863.9203.920
Style#3254.2804.280
Creativity#3924.0674.067

Ranked from 75 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?
Alice-Sama: Time slots will be randomly assigned with different time scales. Play the higher card to win the time slot. Perhaps you have a chance to scale up your limited lifespan? 💜⚖️

Development Time

96 hours

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Submitted(+1)

Very cool game! Big fan of simple rules that are easy to pick up but still allow for thought and strategy. And the ramp of introducing new elements I think was well done.

The music and the room make me think the PC, after learning they only had 1 year to live, went to the club to distract themself and then this demon bunny girl coerced them into a back closet to gamble for their life.

As far as the overall atmosphere of the game, the narrative seemed to be going for a somewhat ominous tone, but the music as is seemed to undercut that a bit. 

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Very clean & simple mechanics. Easy to learn and strategize for. It generally felt like it was done being interesting before too many rounds went by, but thus goes the constraints of game jam dev.

The visuals were really good too!

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

cool card game!

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

I was having chills when she was saying that she would not jumpscare me. Great and really clever game! 

Submitted(+1)

The randomness was fun and I felt like the game length was a perfect amount of time! I liked how Alice-sama chipped in every now and then also. Just Alice...... just alice....

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Second comment

As per what Alice says at the end in base64:
"VGhlIGFkdmFudGFnZSBvZiBoYXZpbmcgc3
BpcMloIGV5ZXMgaXMgdGhhdCB5b3Ugd29u
J3QgYmUgYWZyYWlkIG9mIGFuZ2VscyB3aX
RoIGxvdHMgb2YgZXllcyBhbnltb3JlLg"

"The advantage of having spipÉh [?] eyes is that you won't be afraid of angels with lots of eyes anymore."
What does it mean??

Oh and again, well done! Fun game.

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Why did the game end? Alice is forever
Okay joking aside this was amazing. Having the actual gameplay be the card game whilst having Alice deliver the story inscryption style is a great idea. The slowly ticking clock on your lifespan also adds to the pressure (even though after testing, I'm pretty sure it's impossible to die since Alice is a generous observer). I have nothing to suggest, just give me more Alice. Aside from that, if you have the time, I'd also appreciate if you took a look at my game <3

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Poor Alice just wants some company and maybe a few human organs; I'll be sure to bring some trinkets and books for her next time.

Silly gameplay suggestions, if ya care:
- The total amount of time is a bit too condensed, visually, which makes it a bit hard to read it at a glance - If there were some distance between the numbers and/or a lil label, would be nice.
- Removing or adding a field (like day, hour) between rounds when she adds extra rules could spice things up - or two fields affect the result of another
- This is more thematic, but the times where she most speaks about hearts, would be interesting to see the following round to only have the card suit's be heart
- Or, more practical, the heart suit cards could have more value then other cards
- The time going even during the dialog is very nice for thematic tension, but if the idea were to pressure more the player with it, then making a time skip between rounds would add even more pressure. The dialog takes seconds, losing the round has it's own timely consequence, but then a time skip? That's some interesting difficulty scaling (ba dum tzz)

GG

Developer

Thank you for suggestions, they are very helpful.

I don’t understand the second part. what is “two fields affect the result of another”?

Submitted(+1)

Currently the fields end being [seconds vs seconds] or [hours vs minutes] with each betting one card from their side; A functional variation could be two spots for the same value (like minutes) against 1 of her spot;
Would look something like [minutes minutes vs hours] or even [days vs seconds weeks]

I imagine it would take more work to adjust something like that, but it's an idea. Hope to have explained myself better

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Creepy woman but a nice and forgivable game!
Life span increased!

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Incredible entry :) 

I only wish I had spirit eyes so I could see when Alice has put an Ace in the week slot 

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Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Cool concept! Even tho it gets a bit hard to play when the ??? come in

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

i think it could be a good game to be further polished! A curious thought, what if i wait for the time to end and dun play a card, will i still die?

Developer

No, Alice-Sama won’t let you die if you just play another card! (I didn’t implement this condition due to time constraints.)

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

this satisfies the gambler weeb inside me

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

An actual "Idle Death Gamble". I love it :)

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

I feel like I agree with the other commenters, there is a little too much randomness and little depth in the mechanic, simply putting them in the order of "week", "day", etc. with the highest card in the highest slot.

But the atmosphere definitely made up for it! Cool game!

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thank you for your feedback! ^^
Please let me know if you have ideas for the mechanics or rules with more depth.
I want to make a better gameplay! Thank you!

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Congrats!

Submitted(+1)

Really like the style, talking and theme, the game is a bit too random , needs a bit of skill rather than just putting the highest card on the highest time slot and wishing for luck

Developer

Thank you for your feedback! ^^

I think it's very random too. Please let me know if you have ideas for the mechanics or rules with more depth.

I want to make a better gameplay! Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

probably some way to give the player some knowledge , i.e. a facial expression means a certain card, or specific tells could be interesting

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Really interesting and creative take on the theme. Awesome work.

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Its amazing how much you can achieve with just playing cards and dialogue. The character progression and narrative technique is superb. Have to say this is my favorite game of the whole jam so far and love the way scale is portrayed here.

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

AliceForever!

In all seriousness, I couldn't stop playing. Great gameplay, cute demon girl, and interesting lore dialogue to break things up. This could easily be a commercial game imo.

Developer

AliceForever!

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

Submitted(+1)

Sweet, you did it!

Submitted(+1)

I really liked it!

I think the weaker part of a lot of these sorts of Inscryption-likes is the writing, but I found yours to be pretty engaging and I wasn't just skipping past dialogue lol. The actual card game I found to be pretty fun even once I found a strategy I liked. Maybe having more varied twists on the card game introducing new elements would be cool, but already it's pretty impressive how complete of a package you've been able to make during the jam. Great work!

Developer

Thank you for playing my game!

I am trying to collect ideas on improving core mechanic and rules of the game.

Please let me know if you have ideas. ^^

Developer

The game is now released on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3202110/Deadly_Heart_Gambit/

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