They say crossing paths with a black cat is bad luck. Poker Mysterio disagrees. In a smoky alley of neon signs and stacked decks, a mischievous black cat pads onto the felt and starts dealing fate with a flick of its tail. Every superstition you’ve heard is here—only this time, the cat’s on your side… mostly.
\nYou’ll build poker hands while the cat toys with probability: a purr to peek at the next draw, a hiss that curses your next score, a pounce that swaps a card at the last second, and a scratch that scars the deck and tilts luck toward the shadows.
\nCross the cat, tempt superstition, and chase the perfect hand. If luck is a lady, Mysterio is her whiskered accomplice.
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\n","games":["DarkLine-Paws"]},{"typ":1,"at":410344363,"re":410335946,"author":"Marco Fernandes","login":"vonloxx","gh":1254357,"text":"But… do you have anything constructive to say about the game? 🤔\nI’m not sure about the relevance of your comment. 🤷♂️
\n"},{"at":410346267,"author":"Rémi Vansteelandt","login":"remvst","gh":3472387,"url":"http://www.remvst.com/","text":"Really polished, music, sound effects and graphics are good. I got a glitch on mobile where two cards were on top of each other, which broke selection a bit.
\nWish it followed the theme a bit more, the power ups feel a bit tacked on and don’t have much to do with a cat beyond their names.
\n","games":["CLAWSTRIKE"]},{"at":410365939,"author":"John Stimac","login":"jcubed111","gh":14258407,"url":"jstimac.com","text":"Really liked the graphics, especially the cat effects. It has a cool poker-table-inspired style. The only graphics qualm I had was that clubs and spades are hard to distinguish.
\nOn the gameplay side, I ran into a bug where two cards occupied the same place, which seemed to be caused by clicking too fast.
\nI do wish the theme had been incorporated more. I get the black cat/luck connection, but maybe something like making the cards cat-themed too would help? Like one of those novelty decks where each suit is a different cat type.
\n","games":["Mewnbeams Adventure"]},{"at":410430480,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Really well made, graphics, sounds all polished and working purfectly!
\n","games":["Yarn Run"]},{"at":410469677,"author":"Andrew Higson-Smith","login":"ElementalSystems","gh":4255763,"url":"www.elementalsystems.co.za","text":"Nice audio work - good game idea - thanks
\n","games":["Wake the Cat"]},{"at":410511411,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Hard to understand what to do but great visuals and audio
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":410527361,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"Poker is really not my thing, but surprisingly I was drawn into this one. The music is pretty, the rules simple enough, and despite being mostly luck, one really does feel in control throughout. Well done!
\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"at":410785061,"author":"Jake Turner","login":"JakeTurner616","gh":88468353,"url":"serverboi.org","twitter":"jek92090056","text":"No idea how to play poker or how to build a poker hand, but this is so high quality! The title screen and game graphics are really nice. I just selected random cards and used the abilities randomly but still had fun because of how well implemented the mechanics are. Maybe a tutorial in-game would keep me playing longer to learn? I’m just not sure how to loose or win, does it go on forever or is there an end goal? Great work, super fun and well made entry that kept me playing for a good while. The sounds are very well implemented too :)
\n","games":["FLYKT"]},{"at":410805594,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"I do like me some poker. I like the concept a lot and I think I figure it out. A tutorial would have been useful. There was some sort of bug when I clicked too fast where two cards got stuck on each other. I feel the graphics and music were top notch. Great job.
\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"at":410924396,"author":"Emre Guneyler","login":"eguneys","gh":3844764,"url":"https://eguneys.github.io/jsgames/","text":"Obviously inspired by the famous card game that launched recently. I liked it for which I like card games and especially poker. Also inspires me to make something similar.
\n","games":["Mor Chess 2","Mor Chess"]},{"at":411212891,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Such an interesting blitz poker mechanic! The music is really atmospheric and pleasant - it’s easy to get absorbed for a long time. The special abilities are a fantastic addition. I also love how the “Clubs” suit is drawn.
\nI think I encountered a bug: when playing quickly, the cards in my hand would overlap, making it impossible to play the second-to-last card.
\nOverall, the aesthetics, graphics, animations, and core idea all fit together perfectly - solid entry. Excellent work! 👏♣️♥️♠️♦️
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"at":411896280,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"I don’t know a lot about poker, so maybe laying out the possible hands in the game description would have been nice. The game looks nice, and it’s an interesting challenge. I enjoyed the music and sound effects.
\nInstead of marking the number of helps as 1 or 0, I would just remove the button. I kept waiting for a chance to earn more helps, but I guess that never really happens. I’ve also encountered the bug where clicking too fast on the cars had unexpected effects.
\nThe game stretches the theme relevance a little thin.
\n","games":["Meow Mountain"]},{"at":411900704,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"This is a fun card game
\nThe graphics are really good as is the music and sound effects
\nIt took several clicks around the screen before the game started playing
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