
Bad Beat

What's better than card games and listening to music? Both! This game is a combination of playing some sick hand while making sure your cards match the ones present in order to get sick combos and impress your friends. Try not to get too caught up in the music though, you still need to hit the notes at the right time to rack up a high combo!
Genres: Card Games + Rhythm game (Guitar hero)

Comments18


fidrik24 Apr 2018, 23:03
Really unique Idea, I think it would be better if the new cards spawned a bit faster. But it was a nice takeon the guitar hero style game, added a strategy element to it. I liked it. Great music and art too.
Would appreciate if you gave mine a go! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/left-for-bait
Would appreciate if you gave mine a go! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/left-for-bait

JLV24 Apr 2018, 23:07
Great idea, now that's a mix of genres I hadn't seen coming ! The gameplay was fun, although I wish a global score meter was next to the combo meter. A little screen shake for each note played would also have added some juice, but all in all, nice work !
Limbonic25 Apr 2018, 18:42
Would be pretty fun on a mobile, good job!

Marcenat25 Apr 2018, 20:12
Fun game, but I don't really see the card game part, sure there are cards but you are just clicking on them, so they more like buttons... or I miss something ?

Drell25 Apr 2018, 20:53
@marcenat I might not conveyed it too well haha Yes they are buttons, but they represent cards and you get a "random" one from the deck once you "play" it. Plus the the shuffle hand if you feel like you have too many of one type in your hand. I had to dumb down the card part of it to make it work (sometimes you would get a really bad hand which wasn't fun!) so it's the simplest form of a card game which is why it may not have conveyed :)
Durgan26 Apr 2018, 03:06
Love the music and the art style. Very fun game, agreed with another poster and mobile would be great for a game like this.
theamazingb26 Apr 2018, 03:06
Nice job. At first i thought I had to drag the proper card into the proper lane but one I figured it out it ws a little more fun. Would have loved for that opening metal riff to continue!! Check ours out when you get the chance https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/infinite-typer
pickledbrain26 Apr 2018, 21:58
Couple suggestions. Strikes should be displayed only when the player misses. Having "strikes" available like a resource doesn't make intuitive sense for a punishment mechanic. Also when a shape is coming up and the only matching card is currently being created, it's often too slow forcing a near miss. These are small things that could easily be fixed.
Other than that. Good music and graphics. Overall it's fun. Nice work
Other than that. Good music and graphics. Overall it's fun. Nice work

Atelier Duchu26 Apr 2018, 21:59
fun game, but keyboard control would make it more engaging and less frustrating.. but maybe that was the idea..?
Bradalli26 Apr 2018, 22:07
What great fun! I felt myself getting addicted! I had to have several goes to try and get a perfect run :D only complaint I have is that I'd prefer if the cards were assigned to keys, but that might just be my preference.
MegRabbit26 Apr 2018, 23:31
Nice job, we DID make the same game! My suggestions for yours are the same as what we'd like to do to improve ours - better feedback, better timing, etc... I had fun getting booed at tho... that's a nice touch. :)

agar3s27 Apr 2018, 03:12
Nice game! I like these songs

Toulou27 Apr 2018, 05:52
I like the concept ! It feel weird ton control a Rythm game with your mouse, and the randomness of the cards make it quite hard to play. It make for a fun game, maybe a bit repetitive after a while. Oh and I like the presentation a lot, the artworks are cool !

Autumnotopia27 Apr 2018, 06:17
Oh, this can be a bit tricky. The concept is pretty neat though, and the idea of a deck based music game is fun.

Sabeurre27 Apr 2018, 07:46
Nice game, I was at first a bit doubtful with the mixing, but it's really great. Nicely done, with nice graphics. The only details is that sometimes, notes are going to fast, and you can't know where the next card you'll need will be spawned. But it's really well thought !

Blinkenlights27 Apr 2018, 17:04
Interesting concept, however my three points of critique would be the images being stretched on HTML, the shapes being a different style to the background etc. and the cards having a replenish animation (not a bad idea, but slows down the gameplay). The other imagery is very nice though!
Raphiell28 Apr 2018, 02:21
Very good concept, I could see this being developed way further! Great idea.
Gameplay-wise, the only addition I would make is a control scheme of keys 1-5 or something similar to select your cards.
Well done!
Gameplay-wise, the only addition I would make is a control scheme of keys 1-5 or something similar to select your cards.
Well done!



Likes
- Pumping tunes
- Addictive gameplay
Dislikes
- Needs keyboard support - QWERTY for the cards would have been fine
- 3 lanes and 5 cards led to quite a confusing start - thought I had to match symbol to card in that lane