{"id":2432,"edition":13,"categories":3,"features":1,"size":5107,"name":"Meow or Never","authors":[{"name":"Markus Fisch","url":"http://www.markusfisch.de","login":"markusfisch","gh":485246}],"description":"

A quick card game for up to four players. Designed for your phone when you want to quickly play a round with friends, but no one has a deck of cards with them.

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  1. Play a card equal to or higher than the last card.
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  3. If you can’t, pick a lower one to swap.
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  5. You may play the Black Cat anytime.
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  7. The game ends when the last Black Cat has been played or when there are no more cards left to draw.
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  9. Highest hand total wins.
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Interesting graphics, animations and gameplay. Nor sure why this tiny game needs such a long preload time?

\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":411171074,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"

Great animation of the cards and simple but interesting game. Maybe I missed it but I was not able to play against the computer and I had to play both players.

\n","games":["Wash the cat"]},{"at":411260218,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

Interesting concept for a game, better suited to mobile as the desktop experience isn’t easy to play

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The graphics are good as are the animations

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I struggled to work out what to do I’m afraid, just got constant red flashes no matter what I clicked on until I clicked the last one that it wanted me to click?

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I’m not a fan of games which force fullscreen mode

\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"typ":2,"at":411269115,"author":"Jupiter Hadley","login":"Jupiter-hadley","gh":97069389,"url":"www.jupiterhadley.com","twitter":"Jupiter_Hadley","text":"

I think this is such a simple idea, but very effective! I love the moment on the cards and the sound effect - it makes everything feel very polished and well made. I do find the spit upwards screen challenging on desktop too.

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⚡ The screen flashes are extremely strong, and forcing fullscreen is a bit harsh. I also didn’t really understand the victory condition at the end — how do you know who wins? On desktop, the text is quite small; using vw or a responsive unit could improve readability.

\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"at":411453001,"author":"one grumpy dude","login":"megagrump","gh":31128870,"text":"

Not a lot fun for a single player. Could have at least some kind of simple simulated opponent; there’s plenty of space in this 5K game.

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The “black” cat is white.

\n","games":["They took my cat"]},{"at":411652407,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"

Nice presentation, and appealingly simple rules. I really wish you’d added a computer opponent.

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Also, a small thing, but forcing fullscreen without being prompted to is kind of rude. That ought to be initiated by the user.

\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"at":411895260,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

Multiplayer black jack, but it’s black cat. It’s rare to see a local multiplayer game around here! The game is pretty cool and polished.

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It would have been nice to be able to play against the PC. An AI for this game would probably be easy to implement, even if it just plays a random valid card.\nThe sounds sound a little harsh for a card game. I think you should align the cards to the smaller side of the screen. Also, there’s no place saying who is the “top” and who is “bottom” player.

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