bamb by fasterthanlime

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made by fasterthanlime for LD 43 (JAM)

bamb is a card game where you sacrifice cards to eliminate enemy cards.

Whoever has the most points on the board by the end of the game wins!

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Features

  • An original, 3-minute soundtrack
  • A gentle and comprehensive tutorial
  • Print-friendly rules?? DIY bamb!
  • A frustrating MCTS AI

Note: the AI is given 2 seconds to think - depending on the speed of your computer, it might be more or less smart :)

Tested on Chrome 70, but doesn't use any browser-specific feature.

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Ratings

Overall 28th 4.188⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 92th 3.896⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 14th 4.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 289th 3.813⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 389th 3.761⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 85th 3.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 478th 2.941⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 423th 3.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Casey Macneil
04. Dec 2018 · 03:05 UTC
Interesting take on the theme, could see this being a mobile game for sure.
Ryan Fredlund
04. Dec 2018 · 03:11 UTC
I really enjoy the simplicity of this game, and its playability. I've caught myself playing it multiple times now trying to figure out the strategy. Well done!
Meenners
04. Dec 2018 · 03:18 UTC
hmm.... i hate you! freaking addicting. I played about 10 games and still want more. If it wasnt for my wife walking in to say good night I wouldn't have stopped... Great job!!!!
AmethystProductions
04. Dec 2018 · 04:52 UTC
Simplistic yet very addicting, would love to see this turn into a multiplayer game.
martincohen
04. Dec 2018 · 15:45 UTC
Love the idea and execution, man! I would enable the audio by default, or make it more visible. Also love the feel of the song, feels a bit magiciany (if that's a word), and it's a nice to play the game to. Now if you excuse me, I'm going back to this addiction! <3
rk3Omega
04. Dec 2018 · 18:51 UTC
Amazing well designed game with tons of potential, one of the better thought out ones I've played for this jam. I would tutorialize the fact that the arrow keys can swap cards. I thought they had to be pushed to empty tiles, which when I seen the computer do it just before I stopped playing, I felt a little cheated. And I completely missed that the audio was muted until I went to rate the audio, which the music is really catchy but feels out of place for the game.
captainweeaboo
04. Dec 2018 · 19:38 UTC
Wow, that's some really cool TCG, very simple but has deep mechanics of trading. Enjoyed it a lot. Also AI is well made. Great job.
NicMagnier
04. Dec 2018 · 20:27 UTC
Damn this is slick.And it seems there is some pretty interesting strategy.
And I'm really bad at it or let's say the AI is really good.
dunin
05. Dec 2018 · 14:15 UTC
Simple but complex, really cool concept!

And great AI, took me 5 tries to do a draw and 10 tries to win...
exelotl
05. Dec 2018 · 23:19 UTC
Holy crap, this is really well designed!! Accessible, easy to pick up yet deep and hard to master. I really want to grab a pack of cards and try it with my family when I next see them. Also the music is a bop <3
Bros.
11. Dec 2018 · 16:54 UTC
This one feels like a complete game.
How did you guys managed to create something so nice in this short time :O?
Absolutely impressive.

The flat design is pretty appealing and the music simply fits.
Moving the cards is extremely responsive.
The AI is pretty strong.
Selecting a difficulty would be an idea for a next version or something.
Thob
12. Dec 2018 · 19:21 UTC
Super neat game here !
I really love the gamejam entry that are so much polished like yours !
There is everything in my opinion : graphics, devlopment, game design, music, sound. The game is simple but strategic, addictive, there is good feedbacks (graphic and sound) in game.

The (really) little things I would change are :
- Make a brighter background than this dark grey color
- Use another font that fits better the flat design you used
- Make a better end screen with your score and your opponent score.

And you can put it on the stores (you can already).
Bravo !
AdultLink
18. Dec 2018 · 21:25 UTC
Pretty cool little game. It fits the theme quite decently and it's fun to play, got me hooked for quite a while. AI is definitely frustrating, but still manage to win a couple times :D

Great work!
cdunham
25. Dec 2018 · 06:51 UTC
Fun but I can't beat that damned AI! It'd be nice if there were a smart and dumb version of the computer so that its more accessible to the players that aren't good at this type of game. Even making it so a friend can play locally would add a lot, I feel. Still great though, so good job :thumbsup:
Neon
27. Dec 2018 · 18:50 UTC
It really does feel like a whole game, instead of a prototype like many LD games. Very polished, and the graphics, music and sfx just fit really well together. The card game itself is pretty interesting, can't say I got very good, my best being a tie against the AI :smile: