Saucycarpdog
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Price: $1.99
Developer: TinyTouchTales
Platforms: iOS, Android TBA
Description:
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ylapoYTM7G8
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Card Thief |OT| Stealth-based Solitaire Card Crawler
- Thread starter Saucycarpdog
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Price: $1.99
Developer: TinyTouchTales
Platforms: iOS, Android TBA
Description:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ylapoYTM7G8
Gifs and Pics (Thanks More_Badass):
PurpleMoustache
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This sounds like it was made for me.
I'm coming home...
I'm coming home...
More_Badass
Member
Same devs that made the excellent Card Crawl
This is a really clever hybrid of stealth and card game
This is a really clever hybrid of stealth and card game
Saucycarpdog
Member
IMO, its gameplay is deeper than Card crawl and has a little more strategy to it.
More_Badass
Member
The game is absolutely fantastic. It's a single player board/card game and works so perfectly with touch controls. The little animations the cards do, as well, is a great little touch. The amount of detail and thought put into the design of the game is just absurd. It is a beautiful game, with a great Brother's Grimm sense of humor and depravity to the whole thing that is just so refreshingly unique. I would absolutely pay for a physical version of this.
One thing I am confused about is the treasure chests. I just finished two rounds, once with a chest with a value of 3, and once with a chest with a value of 2. Both times, the chest lost one point of value at the reward screen. Seems odd.
Also, for those weary after playing Card Crawl: this is a much more exciting and fun game. I love Card Crawl, but also found it too simplistic. Card Thief has more depth to it, and feels more rewarding. Watching your Thief slide around the board, slamming into and taking out the guards, is such a satisfying feeling.
One thing I am confused about is the treasure chests. I just finished two rounds, once with a chest with a value of 3, and once with a chest with a value of 2. Both times, the chest lost one point of value at the reward screen. Seems odd.
Also, for those weary after playing Card Crawl: this is a much more exciting and fun game. I love Card Crawl, but also found it too simplistic. Card Thief has more depth to it, and feels more rewarding. Watching your Thief slide around the board, slamming into and taking out the guards, is such a satisfying feeling.
SomethingInTheSea
Member
Just gave it a try, it's fun, definitely a Thief vibe coming from it too!
Saucycarpdog
Member
I thought that clearing as many cards off the board as you can was a good strategy but it gets reall difficult trying to do that when traps and two-headed guards start entering the board. 
firenskill2000
Member
Maybe I missed something in the tutorial but what happens when your sneak points go negative? I can still play so is there a penalty for going negative?
FlutterPuffs
Member
I tensed up after seeing the thread title.
This game will be the death of me if its even half as good as it sounds.
This game will be the death of me if its even half as good as it sounds.
More_Badass
Member
One doesnt preclude the other. Check out Hoplite, Morphblade, Imbroglio, 868-Hack, etc
You leave yourself vulnerable to being captured and you cannot kill anyone. Once you go negative, if you try to backstab or attack anyone, you will just swap spaces with them with no treasure bonus. As well, if you are negative and a blank space opens beside you, you will have a chance of an illuminated card appearing beside you - capturing you instantly. This is hardly an issue in the first castle, but once you get to the second one, you will learn quickly to monitor your stealth points with a keen eye.
firenskill2000
Member
Got it. Thanks!
More_Badass
Member
Once you start understanding the ruleset, this really opens up. For example, backstabbing guards (approaching them from the opposite direction of where they're looking) costs you no stealth points. But it can be tricky to backstab guards on the outermost areas of the grid. However snuffing out torches causes the guard to shift over to investigate, so with smart movement while clearing out the grid, you can maneuver guards to backstab effectively
And got to praise the aesthetic and overall presentation. The game is just gorgeous. The hideout theme of the main menu. Your tool cards being held in a gauntlet. The artwork of the cards. The little animations and sound effects of guards and traps.
And got to praise the aesthetic and overall presentation. The game is just gorgeous. The hideout theme of the main menu. Your tool cards being held in a gauntlet. The artwork of the cards. The little animations and sound effects of guards and traps.
Saucycarpdog
Member
That difficulty spike after opening castle owlclaw.......😭
NekoFever
Member
Is there a way to view achievements in this game? I got one and I'm curious what I did to unlock it, but since iOS 10 dropped the dedicated Game Center app the only way to view them is through the game itself.
It's an excellent game, though. I'm constantly finding new depth to it.
It's an excellent game, though. I'm constantly finding new depth to it.
This is one of the best designed games I've ever played. Really fantastic amounts of depth for a relatively simple concept, and wonderful visual feedback about what will happen during your turn. I love the Thief inspiration and it cribbing its gadgetry with various arrow types, etc. Up there with Invisible Inc. in terms of satisfying risk-reward mechanics. I can't believe it's only $2, I feel like I stole from the devs tbh.
Saucycarpdog
Member
I've been checking the play store every morning, and the one day I don't, it drops. Why is it F2p? Was the iOS version f2p?
MyNameIsRye
Member
Ya, why is this version F2P?
It's 2$ to unlock all the features
More_Badass
Member
Card Thief is getting an update with new thieves, a contract merchant, and other stuff
Are they finally fixing the treasure chest stuff with the extra junk? I remember reading they were coming up with some implementation, made me stop playing for a bit.