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A prequel to Grimslingers. Bo's Bluff is an online, mobile, blackjack style card game where players attempt cheat or catch their opponent cheating, all while trying to get the highest score. Witty banter included!
Here's a brief 3 minute video showing off the past weeks progress on Bo's Bluff.
• Scores are now tracked.
• Accusations can be made.
• Rounds implemented
• Deck sized increased to 15 from 10 to allow more variations.
• Character specific dialogues added.
• I want pizza.
A breakdown of how the emote/chat system works in Bo's Bluff, along with an explanation of why it's so important to the game.
Bo's Bluff! A prequel to Grimslingers, where cheating is encouraged.
Rad!
It strikes me that the "tells" might be the hardest part to nail, they have the potential to be a dead give away.
Are turns timed to limit the "I'll just squint and wait for a tell" factor?
Each character has 2 tells, which are visually different. Tells don't always indicate someone has cheated. The first tell indicates it 50% of the time, and the second tell indicates it 90 % of the time. The more you cheat, the more likely your 90% tell will happen, and more often.
The reason we did it this way is so that seeing someone's tell doesn't necessarily mean they cheated (could be a false tell). We're still testing this of course and it will probably need some fine tuning.
Turns are timed, something like...10-15 seconds, if it runs out you "hold".
So, there's a lot to think about in the 15 seconds you're allotted. Do I try and spot a tell? Do I accuse them? Do I draw? Do I hold? Do I cheat?
We just started programming these gameplay mechanics so lots of this is going to get tested and proven (or thrown out) very soon!