https://apps.apple.com/app/cardsurvival-tropical-island/id1665898334 CardSurvival: Tropical Island WinterSpring Games Limited Card Survival: Tropical Island is a card-based survival experience from the creators of Card Quest. Experience what lif… $15.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsCard Survival: Tropical Island is a card-based survival experience from the creators of Card Quest. Experience what life would be like if you were stranded on a desert island, all in a card format. Explore, craft tools and manage your needs in order to survive in this hostile environment. Key Features: - Simple but deep system: all interactions are done by using cards or combining them together. - Tons of Content: Go from a starving castaway in rags to a prosperous island farmer. - Realistic Simulation: Tracking everything from body weight to calluses on hands and feet and even your stool consistency. - Character Creation: Choose a premade character or create you own by choosing perks determining your physical and mental traits, skills and starting conditions. Explore a Desert Island: - Explore a large island with more than 16 different environments, including beaches, jungles, grasslands, mangroves and even cave systems. - Learn to coexist with the many different animals of the islands, be they predator and prey and even learn to domesticate and breed them. - Learn of the different culinary and medicinal uses of the diverse flora of the island and discover the secrets of how to grow it. Keep yourself busy with lots of activities: - Work wood, stone, copper, fiber, leather and clay to craft yourself lots of different tools, weapons, clothes and containers. - Build yourself a home and other structures out of wood and mud, including animal enclosures, crop plots and water reservoirs. - Roast, smoke, dry and salt different meats, make your own bread, oil, cheese, sugar, alcohol and cook lots of different recipes. Complex health system - Suffer from foot and hand sores, back pain, sunburns and even bug bites. Craft protective clothing and use multiple medicinal plants to treat these ailments. - Sprains, fractures, abrasions, bleeding lacerations and animal bites are some of the many ways in which you can get hurt. Wash and treat your wounds to stave off infection and promote healing. - Get fever, diarrhoea, nausea, headaches and rashes from the bacteria and parasites you can catch on the island. Feed yourself well and keep your morale high to help strengthen your immune system. - Experience a complex psychological system that features boredom, isolation, anxiety, depression and spiritual or psychotic experiences. Make imaginary or animal friends, entertain yourself with fun and creative activities and achieve interesting mental states. Join the community and give us feedback at: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1694420/discussions/ https://discord.gg/dURZTmeEaN Information Seller:WinterSpring Games Limited Genre:Card, Simulation Release:Jan 19, 2023 Updated:Aug 31, 2024 Version:1.05.29 Size:341.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Talbs Well-Known Member May 1, 2011 2,616 377 83 #2 Talbs, Jan 20, 2023 Woah. These devs made Card Quest which is an incredibly great game broadly in the deck building roguelite genre. Also 97% overwhelmingly positive from nearly 1000 steam reviews. but look at dat price doh! Not sure what to do about this one except maybe much more research… vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #3 vectorarchitekt, Jan 20, 2023 I just bought this on Steam but I haven’t played it yet. Really glad to see it on mobile. iOS needs more non CCG battle card games! vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #4 vectorarchitekt, Jan 20, 2023 I have to ask…why do people balk at paying normal game prices on mobile? You get the same game, and you can even play with a controller if you want to. This is why developers don’t bother with iOS anymore unless it’s some f2p BS with micro transactions and paywalls. people will spend $7-$30 on steam or switch but not on here, no way jkluk23 likes this. Talbs Well-Known Member May 1, 2011 2,616 377 83 #5 Talbs, Jan 20, 2023 Last edited: Jan 20, 2023 You didn’t ask, you had a go. It’s common knowledge that games are priced lower on mobile, it’s not whether I like it that way or not, it’s just common knowledge. My comment wasn’t really even to do with it being on mobile necessarily. Mobile is my main gaming platform and I will pay whatever prices. Heck I pay for a dev certificate, $100 annually just to sideload just a couple of apps. FTL sideloaded to my iPhone anyone? Yep I pay $100 annually just to have that. (And have bought the game for iPad anyway of course). But I mean, look at those graphics for starters. I know that’s not something to go solely by, but at this price, and as is what I said, I think this requires some fair amount of research in order to take the dive. I think at this price, it’s fair game to make a comment about the price and to also make conversation that I’ll be doing my research before diving in. Did you buy it on steam without doing any research? aconfusedkender likes this. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #6 metalcasket, Jan 20, 2023 There's a lot to it. iOS itself is notorious for breaking games. It's not as prevalent today as it was back in the day, but you're taking a gamble each time you buy something. Developers themselves aren't all angels too. Square Enix charge PREMIUM premium on iOS, but how many of their games are DOA? Is The Last Revenant even on sale anymore? (legit question) Didn't it just come out like last year and was immediately broken? Remember when I paid something like $80 for Guitar Hero Live and it was discounted heavily within weeks? Yeah, where is the game now anyways? I love iOS as a platform, but it's a shitshow. While I wouldn't fully recommend avoiding the platform, I do recommend people entertain their gaming hobbies on iOS while buying games they truly love on other platforms. adin, Alex DeLargest, Ijipop and 1 other person like this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 319 125 43 #7 Ghostdog1, Jan 20, 2023 Every argument by metalcasket makes sense and is a result because of his experience. And I can only add to his points that there is one more reason to make mobile games cheaper, because the main audience are kids that don‘t have much money. The older you grow the bigger setups you will mostly use for gaming. But as a kid you will have in most cases just a phone. But i also understand the position to give devs more money so we get better games on ios. I for my part love ios gaming because i travel a lot. Also i only play on ipads and use them in most cases as a monitor combined with an xbox controller. I never play on iphones. So i payed the full price for this survival card game and will try it out in a few seconds. adin and metalcasket like this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,971 722 113 England #8 psj3809, Jan 20, 2023 It’s a tricky one. I think we started getting so much freemium crap as kids simply wouldn’t pay $2 for a game or would beg for promo codes or wait for a one dollar sale. maybe they don’t buy their own phones but you have someone with a $1200 phone who then won’t buy a $2 game ? A few years back you had so many quality premium games every week. It was insane. Now you just get a dribble ! I only play games on my iPhone as I travel a lot and I’m away a lot. Love how much content I’ve got in my phone (specially now as I bought a 512 GB phone) just wish we had more premium priced games aconfusedkender and JCho133 like this. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #9 metalcasket, Jan 20, 2023 Cheers bud. I always have to take a step back and think "Do you really want to post this?" when it comes to controversial opinions, so being validated means the world. Your post is also an incredibly good point and one that I don't think a lot of us here on TA think about, since it's primarily an iOS game forum. The reach of mobile gaming on cheaper Android phones and tablets is insane. PBSNellie Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2013 1,381 168 63 Southern CA #10 PBSNellie, Jan 20, 2023 My issue is that I bought Card Quest, eventually got a new Ipad, and when I went to install it discovered that CQ was gone and had been reincarnated and I'd have to pay for it AGAIN. No Bueno. adin, macplash and Ijipop like this. anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,128 704 113 #11 anthony78, Jan 20, 2023 Yeah, just noticed this this morning. Went to redownload Card Quest and it’s no longer in my purchases. I then saw the relist. It’s one thing to relist a game but to pull the old version from downloads is not cool at all. I won’t be supporting this dev. W8rd3 Well-Known Member Aug 21, 2017 123 49 28 Human paper weight In a human dwelling #12 W8rd3, Jan 20, 2023 I think there’s a lot of depth and fun to be had here, price questions aside. I owned it on steam and was happy to see it here on mobile. I really hope quality Pc titles keep getting ported to mobile. As for the price I look at it this way: id gladly take well done premium titles and pay once per title as opposed to the anime art adorned flavor of the month title, complete with an unending star wars opening credits like list of IAP. Talbs likes this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 319 125 43 #13 Ghostdog1, Jan 20, 2023 Card Survival is a very good and really deep survival game. It looks like a simple card game but it‘s so much more. I didn’t expect it to be so realistic. Don‘t assume to survive for a long time in your first games, because the learning curve is based on failing so you know what to do better in your next try. Even though it‘s a card game, it is more survival than 99% of survival games on the app store. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 566 157 43 Male Developer #14 AltsKev, Jan 20, 2023 wow look very interesting Ijipop Well-Known Member Jul 25, 2012 557 268 63 #15 Ijipop, Jan 21, 2023 Last edited: Jan 21, 2023 I’ll probably take the plunge… I don’t really know all the backstory but I think this is the company who took over Card Quest because original devs could not, did not, have not taken care of their game. So it’s not the original Card Quest dev. So it’s probably safer to buy this one… On Steam it’s currently on sale for 23$ instead of 29. So 15 ain’t that bad if the port is done right. And about that gamers won’t spend bla bla bloo… I mean. Android and Ios games only, made 6.7 billion last year. I guess some people might buy games and not only stupid F2P iap. I’ve spent literally thousands of dollars on games since my Iphone 3. Lots of regrets but also lots of joy, surprise and most of all FUN. My biggest complain is actually what MetalCasket said. You don’t own those games. You rent them. And one day you’ll have to give them back to the IOS Abyss of doom. Example : I bought Heroes of Might and magic 6 on Steam in 2011. I lived without a Pc for 10 years after that. Bought one last year. Logged on Steam, grabbed back my beloved HOMM6. IOS does not guarantee that kind of services. Of all the games I payed for only a few still remain playable and or available. Sooooooooooo Yeah, I would not pay « Full price » on mobile as long as I won’t be the owner of those games. I’m oldschool so if I can’t own them physically let me at least own them virtually. I know it’s more complicated than that. But hey, it’s just my 2 cents. I think it will keep evolving. I’ll live to see where it goes. As for this game. I can’t wait to hear your toughts on this one. Collin, adin, Alex DeLargest and 3 others like this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 566 157 43 Male Developer #16 AltsKev, Jan 21, 2023 Someone know if this game has some roguelike element ? Event / random location for example ? Talbs Well-Known Member May 1, 2011 2,616 377 83 #17 Talbs, Jan 21, 2023 Interested to know as well. Piggybacking off this would also like to know whether the game has “runs” which are winnable like a typical roguelite, in say 40 minutes to 1 hour. If so, how long is a typical win? Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 267 258 63 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #18 Rocco SE, Jan 21, 2023 Winter Spring Games are the original Card Quest devs. That game just had a different iOS publisher before. Now they‘re hosting it themselves. Ijipop likes this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 319 125 43 #19 Ghostdog1, Jan 21, 2023 It‘s a survival game. You play as long as you can survive. I‘m on day 31 and have only researched about 1% of researchable goals after 4 hours playtime. And you can die anytime. It‘s really hardcore. You have so many status bars it‘s really unbelievable. For example you can get ill from at least 20 diseases (mostly not at the same time)or injure every part of your body. For every injury or illness you can craft medicine or tools to help yourself once you have the right resources. Appetite and food has categories and if you only eat vegetables or fruit or fish or…(there are 15 more food categories) you also get sick. There is so much to craft and unlock it‘s really a very deep system for a survival game. And you don’t stay on the beach. There are so many places to unlock with different stuff to harvest and loot. And you can decide where to build your shelter. And shelters alone can be made so differently. And there is sooooo much more. What i described is only 0.1% of the possibilities in the game. Once you find out how to survive with cooking food and saving water the real game starts. I‘m really impressed. Never played something like this. Contender for GOTW next week. Ijipop and Talbs like this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 566 157 43 Male Developer #20 AltsKev, Jan 21, 2023 Thank for your feedback, what about replayability ? i assume you start to do the same at every new game ? (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
Woah. These devs made Card Quest which is an incredibly great game broadly in the deck building roguelite genre. Also 97% overwhelmingly positive from nearly 1000 steam reviews. but look at dat price doh! Not sure what to do about this one except maybe much more research…
I just bought this on Steam but I haven’t played it yet. Really glad to see it on mobile. iOS needs more non CCG battle card games!
I have to ask…why do people balk at paying normal game prices on mobile? You get the same game, and you can even play with a controller if you want to. This is why developers don’t bother with iOS anymore unless it’s some f2p BS with micro transactions and paywalls. people will spend $7-$30 on steam or switch but not on here, no way
You didn’t ask, you had a go. It’s common knowledge that games are priced lower on mobile, it’s not whether I like it that way or not, it’s just common knowledge. My comment wasn’t really even to do with it being on mobile necessarily. Mobile is my main gaming platform and I will pay whatever prices. Heck I pay for a dev certificate, $100 annually just to sideload just a couple of apps. FTL sideloaded to my iPhone anyone? Yep I pay $100 annually just to have that. (And have bought the game for iPad anyway of course). But I mean, look at those graphics for starters. I know that’s not something to go solely by, but at this price, and as is what I said, I think this requires some fair amount of research in order to take the dive. I think at this price, it’s fair game to make a comment about the price and to also make conversation that I’ll be doing my research before diving in. Did you buy it on steam without doing any research?
There's a lot to it. iOS itself is notorious for breaking games. It's not as prevalent today as it was back in the day, but you're taking a gamble each time you buy something. Developers themselves aren't all angels too. Square Enix charge PREMIUM premium on iOS, but how many of their games are DOA? Is The Last Revenant even on sale anymore? (legit question) Didn't it just come out like last year and was immediately broken? Remember when I paid something like $80 for Guitar Hero Live and it was discounted heavily within weeks? Yeah, where is the game now anyways? I love iOS as a platform, but it's a shitshow. While I wouldn't fully recommend avoiding the platform, I do recommend people entertain their gaming hobbies on iOS while buying games they truly love on other platforms.
Every argument by metalcasket makes sense and is a result because of his experience. And I can only add to his points that there is one more reason to make mobile games cheaper, because the main audience are kids that don‘t have much money. The older you grow the bigger setups you will mostly use for gaming. But as a kid you will have in most cases just a phone. But i also understand the position to give devs more money so we get better games on ios. I for my part love ios gaming because i travel a lot. Also i only play on ipads and use them in most cases as a monitor combined with an xbox controller. I never play on iphones. So i payed the full price for this survival card game and will try it out in a few seconds.
It’s a tricky one. I think we started getting so much freemium crap as kids simply wouldn’t pay $2 for a game or would beg for promo codes or wait for a one dollar sale. maybe they don’t buy their own phones but you have someone with a $1200 phone who then won’t buy a $2 game ? A few years back you had so many quality premium games every week. It was insane. Now you just get a dribble ! I only play games on my iPhone as I travel a lot and I’m away a lot. Love how much content I’ve got in my phone (specially now as I bought a 512 GB phone) just wish we had more premium priced games
Cheers bud. I always have to take a step back and think "Do you really want to post this?" when it comes to controversial opinions, so being validated means the world. Your post is also an incredibly good point and one that I don't think a lot of us here on TA think about, since it's primarily an iOS game forum. The reach of mobile gaming on cheaper Android phones and tablets is insane.
My issue is that I bought Card Quest, eventually got a new Ipad, and when I went to install it discovered that CQ was gone and had been reincarnated and I'd have to pay for it AGAIN. No Bueno.
Yeah, just noticed this this morning. Went to redownload Card Quest and it’s no longer in my purchases. I then saw the relist. It’s one thing to relist a game but to pull the old version from downloads is not cool at all. I won’t be supporting this dev.
I think there’s a lot of depth and fun to be had here, price questions aside. I owned it on steam and was happy to see it here on mobile. I really hope quality Pc titles keep getting ported to mobile. As for the price I look at it this way: id gladly take well done premium titles and pay once per title as opposed to the anime art adorned flavor of the month title, complete with an unending star wars opening credits like list of IAP.
Card Survival is a very good and really deep survival game. It looks like a simple card game but it‘s so much more. I didn’t expect it to be so realistic. Don‘t assume to survive for a long time in your first games, because the learning curve is based on failing so you know what to do better in your next try. Even though it‘s a card game, it is more survival than 99% of survival games on the app store.
I’ll probably take the plunge… I don’t really know all the backstory but I think this is the company who took over Card Quest because original devs could not, did not, have not taken care of their game. So it’s not the original Card Quest dev. So it’s probably safer to buy this one… On Steam it’s currently on sale for 23$ instead of 29. So 15 ain’t that bad if the port is done right. And about that gamers won’t spend bla bla bloo… I mean. Android and Ios games only, made 6.7 billion last year. I guess some people might buy games and not only stupid F2P iap. I’ve spent literally thousands of dollars on games since my Iphone 3. Lots of regrets but also lots of joy, surprise and most of all FUN. My biggest complain is actually what MetalCasket said. You don’t own those games. You rent them. And one day you’ll have to give them back to the IOS Abyss of doom. Example : I bought Heroes of Might and magic 6 on Steam in 2011. I lived without a Pc for 10 years after that. Bought one last year. Logged on Steam, grabbed back my beloved HOMM6. IOS does not guarantee that kind of services. Of all the games I payed for only a few still remain playable and or available. Sooooooooooo Yeah, I would not pay « Full price » on mobile as long as I won’t be the owner of those games. I’m oldschool so if I can’t own them physically let me at least own them virtually. I know it’s more complicated than that. But hey, it’s just my 2 cents. I think it will keep evolving. I’ll live to see where it goes. As for this game. I can’t wait to hear your toughts on this one.
Interested to know as well. Piggybacking off this would also like to know whether the game has “runs” which are winnable like a typical roguelite, in say 40 minutes to 1 hour. If so, how long is a typical win?
Winter Spring Games are the original Card Quest devs. That game just had a different iOS publisher before. Now they‘re hosting it themselves.
It‘s a survival game. You play as long as you can survive. I‘m on day 31 and have only researched about 1% of researchable goals after 4 hours playtime. And you can die anytime. It‘s really hardcore. You have so many status bars it‘s really unbelievable. For example you can get ill from at least 20 diseases (mostly not at the same time)or injure every part of your body. For every injury or illness you can craft medicine or tools to help yourself once you have the right resources. Appetite and food has categories and if you only eat vegetables or fruit or fish or…(there are 15 more food categories) you also get sick. There is so much to craft and unlock it‘s really a very deep system for a survival game. And you don’t stay on the beach. There are so many places to unlock with different stuff to harvest and loot. And you can decide where to build your shelter. And shelters alone can be made so differently. And there is sooooo much more. What i described is only 0.1% of the possibilities in the game. Once you find out how to survive with cooking food and saving water the real game starts. I‘m really impressed. Never played something like this. Contender for GOTW next week.
Thank for your feedback, what about replayability ? i assume you start to do the same at every new game ?
