A downloadable game for Windows and Linux

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Decklike is a minimalist and card-based traditional roguelike where the player's attack pool of cards also serves as their health. Every pip used against you or an enemy will subtract a random whole card.

The pip is the damage; the suit is the range, ordered as: 
Hearts (1), ♠ Spades (2), ♣ Clubs (3), and ♦ Diamonds (4). 
Use the ? key at any point to review the controls (which are also fully rebindable!).

  • Numpad or arrow keys to move!
  • `f` to play a card, then type its name (e.g. '2h' for 2 of hearts), which will remove it from your pool.
  • `j` to play a jester (), and move everything in the discard pile back to your hand.
  • `l` to look around, examining the cards of your foes.
  • `5` to wait out a turn.
  • `,` to wait until something sees you.
  • `<` to climb stairs.
  • `ESC` to open menu.

Check out the README included within for a more detailed guide, and be wary of dragons!


Decklike can be played optionally either in (some) terminals, or as a regular application if launched outside a terminal. Windows systems should automatically open the game as a regular application (terminal emulator). If the default window overflows, rejoice in overflowing power (or resize the window, as you can do that).

We're also open-source! https://gitlab.com/Absthistle/decklike
If the code's too much, you can always toy with the entities.txt file on your own!

Updated 9 hours ago
Published 10 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorReverie Requiem
Tagsansi, java, Minimalist, No AI, Open Source, Roguelike, terminal, traditional-roguelike, Turn-based, utf8
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly, Configurable controls
LinksSource code, Community
ContentNo generative AI was used

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decklike-linux-x64.tar.gz 59 MB
decklike-windows-x64.zip 56 MB
decklike-master.zip (Source Code) 2 MB

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