I gave it a shot too, and second what Morse Goat said. It was hard to understand the rules or what the end condition are. I was rolling to heal and attack, but couldn't observe any health on either the player character or the opponent. And clicking the cards does make a nice effect, but since the opponent doesn't draw cards, I wasn't sure clicking them did anything other than exploding.
-I went back to play, and it seems the rules are you roll the dice to collect the cards. After you have 5 cards you can end your turn. Then the opponent does the same with the dice rolling and then card collecting, then you fight. I won by simple MtG rules, and then completed the game. Rolling the dice almost seems superficial to drawing the cards and just looks like it slows down gameplay. -
I also kinda like the first person view, but it's not obvious at first that you can move the mouse to the boundaries to move it from the stock view, to get a better idea of the cards you have. You also can spin your head like the Exorcist at least left. I notice you cannot move your head up and down at least! And the glowing eyes is pretty cool.
Other than explaining the rules, other things you can do to improve it, if you're going to go back and do so, is:
- Explain the rules better, and the purpose of the cards as well
- The text at the beginning of the round goes behind the opponent and table if you start moving the camera immediately
- Communicate that the camera can be moved around to get a better view of the card and fireplace
Sincerely great effort, and I'd love to see it with just a bit more polish if you can and want to!