Bug Poker by heat











You've come to a very unpleasant, even creepy place. Who is this creature opposite you, maybe he wants to play with you for coins, try to follow the instructions, most likely your life is at stake.
Game mechanics The game is similar to poker, except that there are no combinations, instead you get a point for every creature in your hand and on the table (not counting your opponent's creatures) that repeats.
To play a game, you must place some coins in the coin slot above your bank.
The goal You win when your opponent runs out of coins. You lose when you run out of coins.
| Link | https://heatch.itch.io/bug-poker |
| Link | https://heatch.itch.io/bug-poker |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/bug-poker |
Ratings
| Overall | 84th | 3.783⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 94th | 3.659⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 85th | 3.739⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 66th | 4.022⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 17th | 4.37⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 22th | 4.087⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 89th | 3.523⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 23th | 4.174⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
Great work, though!

The rules were not clear to players, so I also added screenshots describing the game mechanics to make it easier for players to understand the rules.
I just feel like it needs a little spice. What made buckshot Roulette fun, while also having great risk was the ability to either manipulate the system or know with greater certainty. This game doesn't really have that. It is amazing but is in desperate need of some mechanics to make less of a "blind gambling simulator."
I really liked the game. It has a cool style and reminded me of Inscryption and Buckshot Roulette. The gameplay was interesting too, though I didn’t fully understand how the scoring worked. I tried to bet more when I had a lot of the same bugs. The only thing that bothered me was the music—the Bass Drone sound effect kept going and hurt my ears a bit. I actually felt better when it stopped. But other than that, I really enjoyed the game!
Some constructive feedback:
It's a great variant of a poker style of game, but to make it click it might be useful to think why poker works. Poker works because you can estimate probability of certain combinations in your hand and in the hand of the opponent and probability of opponent having a better/worse combination with you. It might be super helpful to expose how many of which type of bugs are there in the deck and how likely it is that the opponent will have a better combination. E.g. if I know that there are only two types of certain bugs in the deck and I have both, I'll likely to bet more.
But anyways, I had fun, thanks for the entry!