Bloodslinger by ryusui
Out in the Wyld West, where dragons roam the plains, there's a new breed of cowboy. Wielding wands instead of guns, they imbue poker chips with the power of their very souls and wager them on life-or-death duels. Outlaws by trade, and gamblers by nature, these living legends are called...Bloodslingers.
Choose your play from the three cards you're dealt: beat your opponent's Defense with your Attack and his Attack with your Defense, or play a high card to Luck if you're confident in your aim. How many rival Bloodslingers can you take down before you're cashed out?
Gamepad and keyboard supported. Arrow keys/D-Pad/analog stick to move, Z/A to select.


UPDATE: Fixed player/enemy death flags not resetting properly.
| Windows | http://watercrown.info/games/Bloodslinger-Windows-LD44.zip |
| Other (platform) | http://watercrown.info/games/Bloodslinger-LD44.love |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/bloodslinger |
Ratings
| Given | 27🗳️ | 31🗨️ |
I wonder what are the probablities behind, is strong/strong/weak better or worse than weak/strong/strong, I wonder :thinking:
Anyway, that's enough to keep me playing :p
The game would really benefit from some music I think.
The little animation they do when they fire is awesome, and I love it.
I think there's a typo in your description: "his Defense with your Attack and his Defense with your Attack". I think you got one of those reversed. It could also be helpful to describe that aces are high.
I'm not sure if luck is working properly. I tied with an opponent when my luck card was greater than his, but he beat me when his luck was greater than mine.
Sometimes the RNG wasn't in my favour at all. I had several rounds where all of the opponent's cards were greater than mine; I don't think it was possible to win.
Aleph is right though; this could be expanded upon. Good job.
There's always the option to redraw: if you don't like your hand, you can spend your chips to discard it and draw three new cards. Each mulligan is more expensive than the last, and you can do it up to three times (mainly because I didn't want to handle the hypothetical case where you manage to draw through the entire deck XD)
Great job!