#deck builder

[madame-helen]

[clumsybearstudio]

The Hungry Horrors free demo is out now on Steam!

It’s our first ever Steam release – and we’re nervous, excited, and very sleep-deprived.

We’d love for you to check it out.

Hungry Horrors is a pixel art roguelite deckbuilder where you feed legendary monsters from British and Irish folklore instead of fighting them. Build your deck with traditional dishes like Yorkshire Pudding, Boxty, and Bara Brith. Each card is a meal, and every monster has their own taste.

Get it right? They let you pass.

Get it wrong? You become the next meal.

If you’re into:

• roguelites with actual strategy

• folklore, fairytales, and mythological creatures

• games like Slay the Spire or Hades

• cooking mechanics that aren’t just minigames

• grim but whimsical pixel art

…then you might just enjoy this.

The demo includes:

• 2 full biomes

• 6 unique monsters and 2 bosses

• over 20 traditional dishes

• deckbuilding, buffs, and branching paths

• and a really grumpy Buggane that hates potatoes

We’ve made everything in Godot, drawn every pixel in Aseprite, and poured our hearts (and stress) into getting this playable on Steam – including Mac, Linux, and Steam Deck.

If you give it a try, let us know what you think! Reviews help us so much with visibility right now, especially as a 2-person team self-funding everything.

Thanks for being part of this weird little cooking horror journey.

[bilgetbd]

I released the alpha version of my new game "Balls, Dice & Stickers" on itch!!

it’s a roguelike deckbuilder where you throw balls at dice and use stickers to trigger wild effects

you can play the web version here: https://bilgetbd.itch.io/balls-dice-stickers

I really appreciate any feedback! thank you!

[godkillerbrigade]

Heal friendships, uncover mysteries, and prepare for impending doom in The Last Days of Friendship Valley! You play as the Patcher, a goat whose job is to settle arguments and keep communities together. Your new home plans on putting your conflict negotiation skills to the test: a deep schism lurks beneath the surface of Friendship Valley, and there are mere days before everything breaks apart. Make friends with the town's inhabitants, evolve your conversational approach, and try to mend the broken heart of Friendship Valley before it destroys the world.

Wishlist now:

Build Your Conversation Deck

The Last Days of Friendship Valley's unique card-based tactical Friendship Encounter system lets you decide EVERYTHING about your Patcher, from your conversational quirks, to your emotional strengths and weaknesses, to the ways you break when the strain becomes too much. Flexible or firm, steadfast or melancholy, patient or explosive; you decide who you become and how you interact with the world. When every character has full emotional interiority, a single wrong word can be the difference between success and disaster. Do you have what it takes to tackle the chaos of interpersonal communication?

Uncover an Ancient Mystery

Not all is sunshine and rainbows in Friendship Valley; a mystery that stretches back to the dawn of time threatens to swallow the town. Uncover soul-powered machines, negotiate with fairies, and delve into deep emotional wounds in order to reach the truth. What does the floating obelisk in the middle of town really do? Why is there an abandoned building covered in magic sigils outside of town? Who is trying to destroy Friendship Valley, and why?

Try to Save the World

You won't be able to do it alone. Fortunately, you have help. The friends you make along the way will be there to support you in big and small ways alike, from a fresh meal to a trek through the wilderness. Each Friendship Encounter you successfully resolve brings you closer to the goats involved: Friendship Valley is a mistrustful place, but with time and effort, it can become a home.

[calvincell]

Critical PSA to Balatro or Mahjong or general Roguelike Deckbuilder Lovers for the amazing looking upcoming game ULTIMAHJONG!

ULTIMAHJONG is in the exact spirit of the likes of Balatro, Bingle Bingle & other casino/gambling-based roguelikes/deckbuilders that have been inundating the indie gaming scene recently and which I’ve personally been happily drowning in! In this case the base game is Mahjong & it’s straight up Riichi Mahjong based thankfully rather than the deluge of puzzle solitaire tile matching games that overwhelm Steam

Currently has playable demo on top of being Wishlistable. The dev predicts a release this year & I’m absolutely purchasing it on day one if for nothing else than to reward a halfway legitimate Mahjong game!

Speaking of the dev, they themselves ran through a few rounds of the early game to show it off:

Don’t know how many this post will reach but I’m happy to do my part to raise the population of Mahjong Enthusiasts out here on top of supporting innovative indie devs & their projects!

EDIT:

My luck finding out about these types of personally niche games seems to remain at an all time high because I’m obliged to update this post with a 2nd Roguelike Mahjong Deckbuilder on the horizon: AOTENJO

Similar to ULTIMAHJONG in intent but with its own distinct style & also has a free demo on Steam to try out.

One of AOTENJO’s major features is the inclusion of multiple regional mahjong variants to enrich the variety of the play experience!

Unlike in the case of ULTIMAHJONG, AOTENJO’s developer XO Cat’s YT channel (under the moniker NonToxicEel), lacks a similar in-depth breakdown of the game’s demo but does have a few videos attempting speedruns of the demo and are still a recommended watch to get the game flow & feel they’re aiming for:

Once again, I happily embrace the Mahjong renaissance we seem to be getting in our post-Mahjong Soul & Balatro indie gaming landscape!

AND UPDATE EDIT!!

Genuinely never expected this post to do so many numbers here on Tumblr but I’m truly glad to see it. Especially since AOTENJO has launched into Early Access as AOTENJO: Infinite Hands!

It’s got a 12% discount from its $9.99 price for these first 2 weeks of its Early Access launch on Steam! Already bought it myself in a hurry & have money set aside for when ULTIMAHJONG decides to finally join us.

[maeve-is-annoying-about-books]

My cold-sweat fear is that someone well-versed in TCG will see me playing a roguelike deckbuilder, snap their fingers, point at me, and say;

"Yugioh player."

[videogamepolls]

Requested by anon

[rya-rants]

I cooked so fucking hard in this Slay the Spire run.

I decided that I wanted to try and do a status card build as the Ironclad so I was taking all the reckless charge's and power through's I could find and then on the first shop I found medkit for sale. It was like the stars aligned for me in this very moment and everything fell into place like clockwork. I got an apotheosis in the next shop and was able to get a bottled lightning to guarantee it on first turn. Then I got a dark embrace so I was able to basically turn the power through's into cheap block cards that also let me draw 2. After that I was able to find a bunch of bloodletting's and offering's and I got 2 ruptures at the very end before the heart fight. On turn 4 of the heart I was basically able to drain all my health till I got 999 block and 200 strength so I folded the damn heart into pieces.

This run felt so fucking good, I don't think I'll ever be able to cook to this extent again.

[dordomo-gamedev]

Tapeworm jar

[allegedly-human]

[zennertumbles]

(Indie Game related personal announcement)

Discord link available at Papercactusgames.com and @PaperCactusGame on twix!

[aphrocheesiac]

Been playing new vegas since probably 2012, and not once have I ever understood or played caravan. Turns out it's pretty fun! Thanks Mr Sawyer!

[clumsybearstudio]

Check out the brand-new trailer for Hungry Horrors

Our indie roguelite deckbuilder, developed in Godot and featuring hand-pixelled artwork created in @aseprite , brings mythical monsters from British and Irish folklore to life. Instead of fighting them, you’ll need to feed them dishes they love—otherwise, you’re in trouble! This latest update showcases new cards, revamped UI, new monsters, and the addition of an in-game compendium.

We’re also hard at work on our first demo for Steam, so be sure to wishlist Hungry Horrors to support our development! 👇

[lysander171-blog]

Hades, Slay the Spire, and Monster Train all getting sequels in 2025 is the best thing to happen to video games since 2020

[godkillerbrigade]

The Steam page for THE LAST DAYS OF FRIENDSHIP VALLEY has new screenshots 👀

THE LAST DAYS OF FRIENDSHIP VALLEY is a deckbuilding combatless RPG about conflict negotiation, goats, and impending doom. Make your own goat character, navigate arguments with cards, uncover an ancient mystery, and try to save the world.

Check it out now!!