Card Down

GMTK game jam 2026 entry - Card Down

In this game you play cards in Descending Order, and you have a limited amount of cards in your deck.

How to Play 

GOAL: Score enough points to win (500 points)  (I FORGOT A LOSS SCREEN!!!)

PLAY: cards in descending order from left to right. Any card that contributes to a chain gets added to the base score. Cards that ascend in value get taken away from the base score. The base score gets multiplied for your longest chain of the same suit, and longest descending chain. 

Controls - Just the mouse +  R to go back to main menu

The right deck is where you draw cards. M1 to draw face up, M2 to draw face down. If you draw from the deck you have to play/discard the card. 

The red area is your Hand. M1 to take the selected card. Discarding it draws a new card into your hand.

The green area is where you play cards. Play cards in descending order from left to right. 

Jokers copy the card to the right of them but with +1, unless they are the right most card, in which case they copy the card to the left but with -1. Copying always keeps the same suit.

(didn't have time for face down mechanics/bonuses, so drawing face down just trolls you) (I also didn't have time to do any scoring animations, which makes it really hard to tell how you scored)

About 12 hours of planning (mostly trying to pick a concept) and around 30 hours of actual work. Didn't have enough time to do everything I wanted (damn bugs....) but I am very happy with what I did. Might make a non jam version later on.

There is no sfx/music. I didn't have time. 

All assets otherwise specified are handmade.
Font used https://managore.itch.io/m6x11