Your Friendly Neighbourhood Card Store Keeper by Frogravity

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made by Frogravity for Ludum Dare 58 (COMPO)

Return to Revenge of the Squirrels Remastered, the newest set of Hamsters: The Gathering, is finally out! SS1.png Unfortunately, as a broke shopkeeper, there is only one way for you to complete it: stealing all the cards from your players. SS2.png

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Ratings

Overall 121th 3.333⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 114th 3.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 84th 3.447⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 70th 3.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 45th 4⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 52th 3.618⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 16th 3.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 74th 3.529⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 9🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

PilotTK
Oct 06th · 09:17 UTC
First off I absolutely adore the look of this game, half of the fun was really just reading all of the cards as I collected them! I thought the game play as great as well and loved that the seats were color coded. I also loved that it was not an instant loss condition to be caught, made it feel more fair.
Rinevard
Oct 06th · 09:28 UTC
While I totally get the time limit of the compo, it was a little disappointing that I couldn't seem to find a way to use these beautifully drawn cards—though it's entirely possible I just missed it! I was really looking forward to it.
cagibi
Oct 06th · 10:55 UTC
Very cute game with a lot of ideas on the cards, the lack of a game-over allowed me to play as a very honest store keeper for a while (before stealing as many cards as possible naturally).
LDJam user 280624
Oct 07th · 20:02 UTC
Hilarious game! On one hand, the entry is super cute and cozy, on the other - the gameplay is totally illegal. I love it!
huihang
Oct 10th · 14:08 UTC
A very cute game.
Schu
Oct 10th · 14:09 UTC
Wow I really love the theme of this one! Super charming. Honestly I just liked seating customers and the idea of managing a card shop
CaptainDreamcast
Oct 11th · 12:26 UTC
Lmao, I was already giggling when reading the description. Hilarious game through and through. From the cards (Yi'xyzquz, mysterious ninja and Dante were my favorites, lmao), the descriptions on the win screen to the whole setup, absolutely great. I managed to get all the cards, none of the players had "Sudden Adoption" until vict- until donor #295, so I collected quite a lot of foils as well. My final strat was to only focus on two tables (before that my strategy was detectionmaxxing, currently sitting at 25), it was super fun to try and get as many cards as possible, hehe. The art and sound effects are very cute, and work super well with the game. I already mentioned they're hilarious, but I also love how all the card designs for Return To Revenge of the Squirrels Remastered look, I think they look great! Awesome game!
woona
Oct 14th · 13:22 UTC
Love the game! It's a bit of a shame that it's not possible to play the card game or upgrade your shop. On the other hand, the wallet stealing game is very enjoyable and I love the art and sounds.

In my card game shop, players were seated one at a table and they were waiting for an opponent for eternity. Why? Because it made stealing their wallet with all the cards easier. So my card game store has a great reputation in the neighborhood: I never got caught, nobody played a card game here and everyone lost their wallet. 😁 I don't even care about your cards, I'm here for the money.
zimny11
Oct 23rd · 22:01 UTC
Making all those awesome cards must have taken ages! Kind of wish there was some punishment for getting caught, but it was still fun. Sadly I managed to get only 39 out of 40 and not from the lack of trying. The last card was just not showing up :( Great job with the game!
Myst
Oct 23rd · 22:17 UTC
This one is delightful, the art style is cute, and I loved reading all the descriptions for the cards that I stole. The stat counters combined with the lack of a lives system also made it easy to make the game as easy or as difficult as I wanted it to be. I wish there was a way to refresh your stats without closing the game, but that's just a minor thing. Overall, this game is great, and I had a fun time playing it