Card of Darkness Zach Gage Embark on an epic hand-animated adventure from Zach Gage, Pendleton Ward, and Choice Provisions. Cast powerful spells, … TouchArcade Rating: Buy Now Watch Media DetailsEmbark on an epic hand-animated adventure from Zach Gage, Pendleton Ward, and Choice Provisions. Cast powerful spells, slay fantastic monsters, discover ancient secrets, and ultimately save the world — just by picking up the right cards. Card of Darkness is a full-featured adventure designed around an accessible, minimalist, card game core. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ The journey has been long, but finally you're here in the heart of Glinhorn Forest at the edge of darkness. The people asked for a hero and they got you. Good thing you're a hero. Many stacks of cards lie before you filled with monsters, treasures, weapons, potions, and spells. You can only see the top card of each stack — what lies beneath is a mystery. Sometimes the cards you see are fearful monsters, fantastic treasures, or weapons you really really need, and you can take any of them... but there's a catch! You must finish what you start. If you take a card from a stack, you must eventually take all cards under it... and you won't know what dangers (or treasures!) lie beneath the surface until it's too late. Every level in Card of Darkness is a slow reveal of a compelling and ever-changing puzzle, filled to the brim with risk/reward decisions. But thats no problem for you — hero. ------JUST GIVE ME THE NUMBERS - Journey through 8 environments in your quest to recover the Card of Darkness - Defeat 5 ancient and terrifying bosses - Find and equip 64 cards from the Deck of Darkness - Discover over 150 unique monsters, weapons, treasures, potions, and spells - Compete and rank up daily in the Chaos Realm - Beat a Sunday dungeon in the Chaos Realm to access the secret Prestige Chaos Dungeon! ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER Over the past decade I've established a practice of making deep, compelling, and accessible games for people who don't have the time or space in their lives to learn every intricate detail of every videogame. I strive to take the best of modern game design and package it clearly and accessibly so people can enjoy new kinds of games they might otherwise not be interested in. For years I've wanted to tackle roguelikes, a game genre where you battle through randomly generated worlds of monsters and challenges. It is one of the most complicated, inaccessible, — and incredibly fantastic — game genres out there. Card of Darkness is my attempt to take some of my favorite moments from roguelike games, and distill them into a simple but deep card game. It's the streamlined design you'd expect from me, but this time layered with tons of stuff, just so much stuff! Well over a hundred unique monsters, spells, and upgrades. And art! Oh my goodness — the art! Beautiful incredible hand animated art from Pendleton Ward, Nelson Boles, Andrew Onorato and Evan Borja. Plus an incredible soundtrack from Stemage. I honestly can't believe I got to make this videogame with all these amazing people. This certainly wasn’t possible without the support and hard work of everyone at Choice Provisions. We all poured our hearts into this and we hope you love it. I'm so happy to be able to present it to you — Card of Darkness, an epic adventure for everyone. -zach Information Seller:Zach Gage Genre:Adventure Release:Sep 19, 2019 Updated:Oct 07, 2022 Version:1.1.5 Size:1.2 GB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #2 stfj, Sep 18, 2019 Hey everyone! I'm so excited that finally I can start to talk about Card of Darkness. I've been trying to find this game mechanic for 8 years. I hope you enjoy it and that it lives up to whatever you would expect from me weipeng likes this. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #3 ste86uk, Sep 18, 2019 Is there a trick to this? The levels seem randomly generated with how the cards are stacked as I’ve just tried the first level about 5 times and lost each one but come very close a few times. Even when I’m matching the even/odd with weapons I’m still losing. Does chance just come into it also? stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #4 stfj, Sep 18, 2019 there's luck for sure, but I can beat the first level nearly every time, so there is a lot of skill. Be careful about using up your swords, and balance that against opening too many piles. If you start too many piles you're probably dooming yourself for later. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #5 ste86uk, Sep 18, 2019 So am I going wrong by trying to clear every pile on the board? stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #6 stfj, Sep 18, 2019 oh yeah. That would be a huge mistake and you'll almost never win like that. I'll look into adding a tutorial message to make that super clear. Just worry about getting to the stairs alive. ste86uk likes this. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #7 ste86uk, Sep 18, 2019 Last edited: Sep 18, 2019 Yeh after what you said I figured that was it and then beat it definitely much easier than trying to clear them all! I guess that’s what I get for trying to play the odd minutes here and there while working and not concentrating properly. Edit: It made it easier that’s for sure I went straight through both floors of level 2. I guess it’s similar to dungealot where it’s risk vs reward on deciding if you want to uncover more cards for gold or just hit the exit asap. stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #8 stfj, Sep 18, 2019 Last edited: Sep 18, 2019 yep exactly very risk/reward focused I'm glad you're able to get into it now Nonstickron Well-Known Member Sep 24, 2009 312 32 28 Graphic Artist / Pre-Press Central Florida http://www.rgdesignhouse.com #9 Nonstickron, Sep 19, 2019 Was quite enjoying this tonight. I love the glasses on the merchants pumpkin face. A friend of mine found some prescription frames like that the other day and was considering buying them. Strategic marketing? Lol Curious to see how this game opens up once some of the stuff at the merchant is acquired. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 566 157 43 Male Developer #10 AltsKev, Sep 20, 2019 Game doesn't lauch for me. Iphone X ios 13, black screen after the gamecenter login. stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #11 stfj, Sep 20, 2019 sorry about that! It's a bug that exists only in the french localization. I submitted a bugfix this morning that hopefully will be out soon! AltsKev likes this. PBSNellie Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2013 1,381 168 63 Southern CA #12 PBSNellie, Sep 20, 2019 Love this game! Anything by Zach Gage is an instabuy for me. I would buy this standalone from the Arcade if it ever comes out that way. vectorarchitekt likes this. Myrkul Active Member Mar 13, 2018 32 4 8 #13 Myrkul, Sep 20, 2019 Last edited: Sep 20, 2019 Any news about the bugfix? stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #14 stfj, Sep 21, 2019 submitted to apple. hopefully approved soon ste86uk likes this. Royce Well-Known Member Mar 22, 2011 4,240 180 63 #15 Royce, Sep 22, 2019 This game is wonderful and the artwork is amazing. stfj likes this. vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #16 vectorarchitekt, Sep 22, 2019 I just love everything about this game. The artwork, the amazing soundtrack, gameplay. Man, it’s a keeper. Endless dungeon would be cool if there’s an end to this which I am assuming there is. AltsKev likes this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 566 157 43 Male Developer #17 AltsKev, Sep 22, 2019 Oh yeah this game is awesome. I hope for an endless dungeon too at end. For the french bug, go to the iphone setting, find the game and set the language to english. Game ll lauch and you ll be able to set the language to french in the game. Prism1974 New Member Sep 22, 2019 1 0 1 Male #18 Prism1974, Sep 22, 2019 Awesome game! Is there help/rules somewhere that explains all the different monsters and their behaviors? For instance, when poison spreads and when it doesn’t. Or which cards auto-increment/decrement, etc.? Also, how do you get back to the part that lets you choose a different card of darkness? I have collected a few, but can’t figure out how to change them. thanks! Royce Well-Known Member Mar 22, 2011 4,240 180 63 #19 Royce, Sep 22, 2019 If you long press on a monster, it will show you their behavior. When you select a level, your currently equipped cards are displayed above, tap on one of them to open the screen to change them out. stfj likes this. PBSNellie Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2013 1,381 168 63 Southern CA #20 PBSNellie, Sep 22, 2019 It does. stfj likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Hey everyone! I'm so excited that finally I can start to talk about Card of Darkness. I've been trying to find this game mechanic for 8 years. I hope you enjoy it and that it lives up to whatever you would expect from me
Is there a trick to this? The levels seem randomly generated with how the cards are stacked as I’ve just tried the first level about 5 times and lost each one but come very close a few times. Even when I’m matching the even/odd with weapons I’m still losing. Does chance just come into it also?
there's luck for sure, but I can beat the first level nearly every time, so there is a lot of skill. Be careful about using up your swords, and balance that against opening too many piles. If you start too many piles you're probably dooming yourself for later.
oh yeah. That would be a huge mistake and you'll almost never win like that. I'll look into adding a tutorial message to make that super clear. Just worry about getting to the stairs alive.
Yeh after what you said I figured that was it and then beat it definitely much easier than trying to clear them all! I guess that’s what I get for trying to play the odd minutes here and there while working and not concentrating properly. Edit: It made it easier that’s for sure I went straight through both floors of level 2. I guess it’s similar to dungealot where it’s risk vs reward on deciding if you want to uncover more cards for gold or just hit the exit asap.
Was quite enjoying this tonight. I love the glasses on the merchants pumpkin face. A friend of mine found some prescription frames like that the other day and was considering buying them. Strategic marketing? Lol Curious to see how this game opens up once some of the stuff at the merchant is acquired.
sorry about that! It's a bug that exists only in the french localization. I submitted a bugfix this morning that hopefully will be out soon!
Love this game! Anything by Zach Gage is an instabuy for me. I would buy this standalone from the Arcade if it ever comes out that way.
I just love everything about this game. The artwork, the amazing soundtrack, gameplay. Man, it’s a keeper. Endless dungeon would be cool if there’s an end to this which I am assuming there is.
Oh yeah this game is awesome. I hope for an endless dungeon too at end. For the french bug, go to the iphone setting, find the game and set the language to english. Game ll lauch and you ll be able to set the language to french in the game.
Awesome game! Is there help/rules somewhere that explains all the different monsters and their behaviors? For instance, when poison spreads and when it doesn’t. Or which cards auto-increment/decrement, etc.? Also, how do you get back to the part that lets you choose a different card of darkness? I have collected a few, but can’t figure out how to change them. thanks!
If you long press on a monster, it will show you their behavior. When you select a level, your currently equipped cards are displayed above, tap on one of them to open the screen to change them out.