Fight

to receive new recipes

Forage

to gather basic resources

Craft

more powerful cards!

Equip & Consume

cards to survive!

Move

until you reach the end!

How to Play

Everything in this game is a card and it is played by dragging cards onto other cards.
The Controls are as follows:

Use LMB to drag a single card around.
Use RMB to drag around a card and all cards stacked underneath it.
A tooltip with explanations will appear if you hover over a card.
You can move the camera either by holding MMB and dragging with your mouse or by using WASD or arrow keys.
Scroll with your mouse to zoom in and out
ESC to immediately quit the game! There is no menu! (Windows version only)

Your goal is to move through 24 locations (purple cards) and to defeat the final boss at the end.
Your progress and journey are shown in the bar at the top of the screen.

The game is difficult, so don't expect to win first try!
I recommend reading the basic tips below and if things are unclear or too difficult then have a look at the advanced tips.

Basic Tips

Pay attention to the UI that appears when you drag and hold a card over another card. It describes the type of interaction that will happen when you drop the card!
Two of the most basic card interactions are Equip and Consume. Equipping a card requires a free inventory slot. Consuming a card does not require an inventory slot, but the effects of the consumed cards are only temporary

Advanced Tips

New recipes to craft more powerful cards are only received after winning an encounter! Always choosing the Forage option is not the way!
Crafting a campfire gives you a big advantage! But don't forget to put a "Cookable" card onto the campfire before you move. Cooking a card will almost always upgrade that card!
Pay attention to the locations you are moving to. Each location has its own set of resources and enemies that can be encountered there! tldr: Don't go looking for fish in the jungle.
Most enemies have inventory space and can be equipped just like the player! (You do not lose those cards when the enemy dies)
You can equip and unequip items at any time! Consider your options - different equipment might do better against certain enemies!
Speed is very impactful, as the faster character gets to attack twice in a fight! An enemy being faster than you is often bad news, so try to avoid that!
Defense is very impactful against enemies with low attack. And venomous enemies will only poison you if they can pierce your defense!

Feedback is appreciated!

If you have any thoughts on the game feel free to let me know in the comments!

Credits

The game design, programming and lovely placeholder card art was made by me (oHoodie). Everything else is listed below

Music	https://chrislsound.itch.io/fantasy-towns-music-pack https://hyst3rya.itch.io/mist-forest
Sound Effects	https://squishisprite.itch.io/ocean-sfx https://freesound.org/people/Latawoo/sounds/543692/ https://freesound.org/people/F.M.Audio/sounds/570533/ https://freesound.org/people/CamoMano/sounds/431019/ https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/452221/ https://freesound.org/people/Consul92/sounds/171306/ https://freesound.org/people/worthahep88/sounds/319223/ https://freesound.org/people/F.M.Audio/sounds/547580/ https://freesound.org/people/F.M.Audio/sounds/547579/ https://freesound.org/people/timmy_h123/sounds/160412/ https://freesound.org/people/alegemaate/sounds/364691/ https://freesound.org/people/alegemaate/sounds/364704/ https://freesound.org/people/110110010/sounds/66396/ https://freesound.org/people/TomaszBuga/sounds/728838/ https://freesound.org/people/Kreastricon62/sounds/327894/ https://freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/204029/ https://freesound.org/people/CTCollab/sounds/223630/ https://freesound.org/people/EdgardEdition/sounds/114179/ https://freesound.org/people/Puniho/sounds/221791/ https://freesound.org/people/BenjaminNelan/sounds/410364/ https://freesound.org/people/orginaljun/sounds/149102/ https://freesound.org/people/j1987/sounds/106392/ https://freesound.org/people/HenKonen/sounds/682095/ https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/751341/ https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/751342/ https://freesound.org/people/Vinrax/sounds/160980/ https://freesound.org/people/roboroo/sounds/436791/ https://freesound.org/people/MattRuthSound/sounds/561923/ https://freesound.org/people/acebrian/sounds/380471/ https://freesound.org/people/F.M.Audio/sounds/695378/ https://freesound.org/people/F.M.Audio/sounds/695379/ https://freesound.org/people/junggle/sounds/274065/ https://freesound.org/people/CZghost/sounds/613680/ https://freesound.org/people/fstagi/sounds/405570/ https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/442817/ https://freesound.org/people/corentin_faucher/sounds/321604/ https://freesound.org/people/steaq/sounds/263786/ https://freesound.org/people/Wakerone/sounds/398486/ https://freesound.org/people/JPy3t98AuffaqQC7JZYvN0TIioDFgL/sounds/702790/ https://freesound.org/people/ani_music/sounds/244978/ https://freesound.org/people/egomassive/sounds/536759/ https://freesound.org/people/Shakedown_M/sounds/685204/ https://freesound.org/people/GameDevC/sounds/422836/
Location Background Images	AI Generated with Chat GPT

More information

Published	3 days ago
Status	Prototype
Platforms	HTML5
Rating	Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 total ratings)
Author	oHoodie
Genre	Card Game, Survival
Made with	Unity
Tags	Board Game, Crafting, Deck Building, island, Roguelike, stacklands, stranded

Download

v0.14_Windows.zip 48 MB

Comments

Humane Tiger2 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

Nice idea and execution Hoodie! I just finished my first attempt. Here is my feedback - won't be the last one - really like what you are doing here.

The fight animation - as simple as it is - is just awesome
The drag&drop mechanic is intuitive and easy to learn (I played a lot of Card Survival Tropical Island, so this might play a role here)
"Everything is a card" is a powerful goal and limitation, there is so much creative potential to this

Bugs (maybe?)

After the effect of a +X inventory slots item was wearing off, my player dropped all the gear (which was expected), but after that I couldn't attach my spear and scale shield any more (there was no hover action coming up), they also weren't usable in recipes from that point on (maybe no more slots left? if so, can you show a hover info like "no free slots"?)
Timing for this was really bad, I lost my 2nd boss fight without weapon and armor :-(

Some ideas

Hovering a recipe card could subtle highlight all potential cards serving as needed items, makes it a little easier to find&pick the right candidates (and helps learning how to craft in the beginning)
Splitting items into two (like bark into some kind of wood and fiber) and combing items (two fiber into rope) might add variety, if this is needed

Looking forward to round 2 :-D

oHoodie2 days ago

Hey Tiger, thank you so much for your feedback!

Sorry you lost your first run to that bug, it's probably a collider that is disabled when it shouldn't :/ (recipes don't have limited slots, the card should have definitely been usable...)

Highlighting all possible ingredients is a great idea, I will do that :)

And funny that you mention Card Survival: Tropical Island - it is definitely one of the games that inspired this one. Stacklands as well (obviously).
But I always wished that there would be more "build variety" in those games, making each run feel different because you never get the same options.
So I probably won't add the ability to craft anything you don't have the recipe for.
There is a recipe for rope too, but you can only craft it if you randomly get and pick that recipe ;)

Thanks for playing, I'm very happy you like the game! :)

xyncht3 days ago

I can't read the text because it is so small

oHoodie3 days ago

Thanks for your feedback! You can scroll with the mouse to zoom in. Currently even the tooltips are small unless you are zoomed in enough.

LoFi Boi3 days ago(+1)

This is game is:

1: Interesting as hell, 2: Addicting and 3: Extremelly creative

I'm over here strategizing my survival looking at my cards and organzing them as if i'm Yu Gi Oh duelling Mother Nature herself!

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