Scoundrels Den

Scoundrel's Den is a roguelike card game. Players use a deck of cards to battle enemies, managing resources and health. This version features a modern design inspired by the game Balatro.

This was a one-day game dev challenge made in Godot 4.4 C#. Further development is unlikely to continue.

Goal

Your goal is to run out of cards—once your deck is empty, you win!
You start with 20 health points; if your health reaches 0, you lose.

How to Play

For a visual guide, check out the amazing tutorial by Riffle Shuffle & Roll

1. Drawing Cards

   • The game starts with 4 drawn cards.
   • To draw more, you must play cards until you have only 1 left.
   • Then, new cards are drawn automatically.

2. Running from the Dungeon

   • At the start of a round, you can click the deck to RUN.
   • This moves the current 4 cards to the bottom of the deck and draws 4 new ones, you cannot RUN if a card is used during a round.
     
   • You cannot RUN twice in a row!

Card Types & Usage

1. Hearts (♥) – Healing

   • Drag onto your health orb to restore health equal to the card's number.
   • Can only be used once per round—using another Hearts card in the same round destroys it without healing.

2. Clubs (♣) & Spades (♠) – Damage

   • Drag onto the hand icon to deal damage equal to the card's number.

3. Diamonds (♦) – Weapons

   • Drag onto the weapon icon to equip as a weapon.
   • Damage cards (♣ & ♠) can then be played on top of it if their number is equal to or lower than the Diamond card rendering no damage.
   • The first Damage card placed on a Diamond can be higher, but its value will be reduced by the Diamond's number (damage - weapon).
   • Future Damage cards must still follow the equal or lower rule.

Credits:
-Scoundrel by  Zack Gage and Kurt Bieg.
-Original design by MrElipteach (code refactored and improved into C#)
-Background music Sketchbook 2024-11-07