The Stand - Boss Blind

[quiet lance]

The Stand

No aces

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[fallow yacht]

That's just evil

[fallow yacht]

How did you make these pics

did you make an image template?

[tawny marlin]

"No aces" as in no ace, or "No aces" as in all Aces are debuffed?

[quiet lance]

Figma and Pixilart

[fallow yacht]

just NO

[fallow yacht]

Also is the font the actual game one

[tawny marlin]

or "No aces" as in if you play an ace, the hand is discarded

[quiet lance]

No aces

[quiet lance]

Yes

[fallow yacht]

but scaled up :)

[quiet lance]

They have it in their calatlogue

[tawny marlin]

So you cant draw aces?

[fallow yacht]

you can

[quiet lance]

It's like The physic

[fallow yacht]

you can't play them

Not Allowed!

[quiet lance]

"Must play 5 cards"

[tawny marlin]

so this

[quiet lance]

Like that

[quartz token]

"Can't play Aces" then

[quiet lance]

But this "No aces"

[quartz token]

yeah, phrase it "Can't play Aces" so it's in the same vein as "Must play 5 cards"

[quiet lance]

This is my other idea I "borrow" from another guy

[tawny marlin]

if someone told me you're the guy who made the art for the game, i would believe them

[quiet lance]

No dude I'm not that talent

[fallow yacht]

You should pixelate the Select button borders because they look unnaturally high-res
but great job

[urban swan]

I feel it should say "all aces are debuffed" instead of "no aces"

[quiet lance]

No, it means no aces

That's it's meaning

It's like when you try to play 4 cards in the physic "Must play 5 cards"

[urban swan]

Ah yes the physic

[quiet lance]

I'm thailand, k?

[quick vessel]

You’re whole country?

(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

As for the Boss Blind, I like it, but it feels too niche compared to, say, no Face cards

I also don’t see why make them unplayable instead of debuffing them. Most Bosses in the Demo debuff—I reckon Psychic allows you to play 5 cards, they just aren’t scored

[quiet lance]

Peoples say that

[quick vessel]

Maybe that’s a bit of a inconsistent mechanic in the Demo

[quiet lance]

I though it would be fun to have another boss that's just ain't let you play a hand

Not allowed!

[quick vessel]

I think that’s fine but it should be consistent with other Bosses IMO

You shouldn’t have a Boss that debuffs Flushes and another that doesn’t let you play Straights, for example

[quick vessel]

I think you could make it No Odds

(Naturally that leads to No Evens.)

[quiet lance]

No Odds?

[quick vessel]

Although I’d prefer debuffing Odds

[quiet lance]

That would be almost half the normal deck debuffed

[quick vessel]

I think existing Blinds are similarly challenging

[quiet lance]

;-;

[quick vessel]

I had an Ante 1 Smeared Joker against the Head

[quick vessel]

But debuffing Odds is less challenging since you can still score Straights

[lime prism]

What
How

You'd need four fingers and KQJ10

did you mean Flushes?

[quick vessel]

No?

A card being debuffed and a card being unplayable are different

You can score decently while having two debuffed cards

[quiet lance]

I think more "unplayable" bosses are more unique

[quick vessel]

I think having consistent design and presenting an interesting challenge is more important than being unique

Disallowing a specific rank is very minor unless you’re building your entire run around that rank

[quiet lance]

But ain't other boss blinds like debuffing suits also weak and "very minor unless you're building your entire run around that suit"?

[quick vessel]

No

13 cards is more than 4 cards

[quiet lance]

I still don't see a problem on this boss

It still can be a pain tho?

[quick vessel]

Very rarely

Again it only impacts 4 cards out of usually 52

That’s almost nothing

[quiet lance]

Okay sure

Scrap this idea then

[quick vessel]

If you want to make cards unplayable (or, like Psychic, playable without scoring), I’d look elsewhere

Maybe no repeat cards or something

[quiet lance]

Bro that's too hard

You can only play like a 2 straight 1 high card

[quick vessel]

I’m trying to find a condition where not being allowed to play cards would be interesting

That doesn’t already exist

[quiet lance]

But that's too hard

Would be a x1 base situation

[quick vessel]

Maybe no cards with a better quality/enchancement?

Although I reckon it’d be more interesting if they were debuffed

[lime prism]

Okay yea, I misread

[native garden]

And a final boss still. It's just too evil. Even then, it's still either too easy or too hard depends on your run.

[quick vessel]

There’s a Boss already for no repeated hands IIRC

I think not repeating specific Suit/Rank pairs is of similar difficulty

[native garden]

Even within the same hand not just afterwards. Do you still think it's the same difficulty?

[quick vessel]

I thought it would apply after the hand

Since you’re already in the middle of the hand, you already played the card

It can’t change the past

[native garden]

It will say "not allowed" and hopefully won't add the cards in that hand to the played cards list.

[quick vessel]

They’re added, but the hand has already been played, so preventing the player from playing it couldn’t do anything

[native garden]

It can be added only if the played hand is allowed according to the corrent list and has no cards of the same rank, which would result in not allowed.

[quick vessel]

No, cards of the same rank would be allowed

Because they have already been played