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We had so much fun with your game!!!

I went into this a little concerned I might not have as much fun as someone who actually knows how to play Blackjack would, but your game did a fantastic job at giving all the details the player needs to beat the dealer! Very well done!

While not everything is readily apparent, losing in this game wasn't significantly punishing. My first loss had me expecting a full restart, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found myself replaying the same rounds I lost. This really encouraged me to keep playing and helped to keep this game from feeling like a slog to playthrough!

I felt the "Just Survive" portions were a bit random, but they really enhanced the "creepy" vibe this game managed to form throughout our playthrough... even if they felt pretty easy to survive so long as I was comfortable spinning constantly until I saw a pair of eyes staring back at me! Hahaha

There was a lot of randomness to this that still kept that "luck" base to the game while giving the player plenty of tools to tilt the odds in their favor!

If I were to try and think of any improvements, I would consider adding more information as the rounds progress like informing the player that the bell gives chips, chips are spent to play cards, and maybe some sort of text that displays if you hover over some cards.

We didn't include this in our video, but I drew a card with an "X" over it that had been subtracting whatever amount the "X" was over. For example, a 7 with an "X" over it would subtract 7 from my score, so long as my score was greater than 7. However one "X" card actually added 10 to my score which was kind of confusing.

At another point, I played a card to force the dealer to draw a card, but I ended up clicking the deck as well to draw my card for the turn which resulted in a card standing straight up and going halfway into the table. I just ended up skipping until the round resulted in either a win or a loss to get the table back to looking normal! Hahaha

One of my favorite moments was playing a card to remove a random card from my hand... which had turned out to be my only face down card. So the dealer was very aware of everything I had out on the table! It was such a funny situation to be in!

Overall, this was a very fun game! Even if you'd rather the player figure everything out as they play without too much text to tell them what everything does, you did a very good job at making your game comfortable to experiment in. I felt pretty great whenever I figured things out as I played!

Thank you so much for not only making this game, but for suggesting we try it out as well! This was such a cool experience!