Heck Deck (tuxdb.com)

Somewhere between a bullet hell and a card game…

Throughout 5 different stages, Heck Deck will challenge your precision and dexterity during the bullet hell phases and your strategy when using your cards. Each card you pick up will cost you at least one life point, so you will have to be careful about which ones you pick on your way.
The abstract and minimalist world of Heck Deck is created with a cute hand-drawn art style. Each level of the game has its own universe, its own music, its own set of enemies, and of course, its own boss.

Heck Deck main features:

5 different levels with their own music
A cute hand-drawn art style
One unique setting for each level
Dozens of attacks and spells for the player
Over 30 enemies and bosses
A card purchase system via the shop

The strategy created by the use of cards mixed with the dexterity required during the bullet hell phases makes Heck Deck truly unique! Are you up to the challenge? Wishlist now!

Heck Deck v1.4.0 patch notes

Fixed crash when loading first practice zone
Fixed deathless sticker+achievement not unlocking from previous version's existing save file win

[ 2022-10-04 21:00:14 CET ] [Original Post]

Heck Deck Spells and Specters Update Out Now!

Additions

Added 4 new characters
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Deckard
Tau & Phi
Randal
???

Added 10 new cards in a new category

Foiler
Warp Ring
Bag of Holding
Wisp
Portable Fountain
Sell Hand
Mirror
Pop
Chaos
Convert

Added Card Compendium

The compendium is a collection of all the cards in the game. As you pick up and play them, each compendium entry gains more information such as the card's name and a description of its ability.
The compendium also lists all the characters

Added notification icon to new cards

Helps with filling out the compendium

Added full-speed mode

Can be unlocked and enabled for each character. In this mode, everything moves at full speed regardless of your movement.

Added Redos

Every time you beat a stage, you gain one "redo" for the run. When you die, you can choose to spend a "redo" to respawn back at the start of the level you died on with all the cards and health you had. Certain unlocks and achievements are disabled for the run after doing this.

Added Stickers

Stickers reflect achievements. You can move them around on the title screen.

Added Restock button to the shop

Added multitouch support for mobile

Allows you to hold a finger on the board to move, use another finger to play a card, and return to moving without needing to release the first finger. Makes full-speed mode a lot more friendly

Added visual dots to the cooldown ring

Added yellow outline to cards that will remove a pip upon pickup

Added card shake effect when trying to play a card that can't be played

Added aim guide for Orb card

Added dash trail for most of the attacks

Added flash effect for timefreeze border

Added failsafe behavior to force the next enemy to spawn if enough time has passed

Added rumbling sound during final boss appearance

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Changes

Changed "checkpoints" to "practice mode"
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You can choose to play a particular level. Beating that level ends the run.
Practice levels are now unlocked upon *reaching* the level rather than beating the level in the full game

Changed Quick Bomb to Free Bomb

Reduced the cost from 1 to 0 hearts
Increased the cooldown from 0 to 1

Changed Timefreeze cost from 2 to 1

Changed Foil card shader a bit

Looks a lot nicer, should be faster too

Changed enemy layout of the first level a bit

Should be a bit shorter and easier now

Changed Exit to Menu button to trigger without needing to release the button

Changed well card toss to trigger on press instead of release

Changed lethal red card border to be cleaner and better aligned

Changed color of purple entities (shopkeeper, final boss, etc.) to have better contrast

Changed enemy pop animation color

Reduced casinos music volume a bit

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Fixes

Fixed music loops breaking under certain conditions (such as switching app processes)
Fixed shop jar incorrectly filling with hearts/pips from the previous shop transactions
Fixed jar health pickups not saving after reloading
Fixed table transition from being affected by gamespeed
Fixed incorrect text rendering on linux
Fixed certain title buttons from being unclickable if selected with keyboard/controller
Fixed controller directional movement causing button presses in certain contexts
Fixed newly added controls defaulting to null
Fixed final boss enemy spawn not dying on win in some circumstances
Fixed volume of card spawning sound effect from bats attack

[ 2022-10-04 10:21:50 CET ] [Original Post]

heck deck v1.0.3b patch notes

Fixed crash when cancelling the teleport card with keyboard/controller
Fixed "moving background" option set to off preventing the stage from sliding down to reveal the final boss
Fixed "moving background" option preventing parallaxing backgrounds during transitions
Fixed being able to die after winning
Fixed sever attack changing the layer of the targeted enemy
Fixed mouse enemy spitting out the non-foil version of a card after taking a foil card
Fixed card staying visible at bottom of screen if not moving when mouse enemy grabs it
Fixed softlock caused by killing final boss with revive
Fixed cards being playable when reviving
Fixed stacked cards spawned from leaf enemy
Fixed reduced turn radius not resetting after shrinking ends
Fixed poker chip stack spawning poker chips in the same direction (for real this time)
Adjusted bee boss enemy spawn rate (slows down the more there are on screen)
Adjusted bee boss hitbox
Adjusted leaf enemy hitbox
Adjusted cloud enemy card spawn rate

[ 2022-01-28 08:01:56 CET ] [Original Post]

heck deck v1.0.2 patch notes

Added 1-7 key control for duplicate card
Added 1-3 key control for draw card
Fixed Steam achievements for linux
Fixed invisible foil cards on certain AMD cards
Fixed stats not resetting on restart
Fixed crash in factory from killing gears on spawn
Fixed some bosses being 1-hit killable for the first frame
Fixed interaction with top card/number key controls in double press mode
Fixed volume of card spawns from ladybug
Fixed issue preventing foil cards from being selectable during cooldown
Fixed laser hit marker not disappearing when the damage buffer timer ends
Fixed hat special attack spawning spider at top of screen
Fixed hat laser attacks hitbox persisting when killed
Fixed options menu being unopenable after winning
Fixed rare crash with inspect mode
Fixed pip count on sever and revive cards
Changed players minimum turning radius when shrunk
Changed timer to move down when boss healthbar appears

[ 2022-01-16 04:51:49 CET ] [Original Post]

heck deck v1.0.0 patch notes

Adjusted Bee boss health to 8
Adjusted Slot Machine boss health to 9
Adjusted hitboxes on the Cherries, Cloud, and Lightning enemies
Changed transition activation to happen only after moving
Fixed crash with foil card in fountain
Fixed continue button active after beating a run
Fixed old fullheal card appearing sometimes
Fixed inspect not togglable with keyboard/controller
Fixed crash with inspect on keyboard/controller
Fixed duplicate card not copying foil flag
Fixed crash when playing card a mouse is grabbing

[ 2022-01-12 21:20:46 CET ] [Original Post]

Heck Deck is OUT today on PC, Mac and Linux!

The day has come...

Heck Deck is now available with a 15% discount for one week!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1606210/Heck_Deck/

Do not forget that you can also play Heck Deck on the [u]Apple Store[/u] and [u]Google Play Store[/u] .

We hope that you have fun playing Heck Deck!

- torcado

[ 2022-01-11 15:51:19 CET ] [Original Post]

Play Heck Deck next WEEK!

In only 7 days, Heck Deck will be available on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux!

The game will launch with a 15% discount for the first week.

Until then, don't forget to add the game to your wishlist to be notified when it is released:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1606210/Heck_Deck/

- torcado

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[ 2022-01-04 10:06:21 CET ] [Original Post]

Heck Deck LAUNCH on the 11th of January 2022! [PC & MOBILE]

You will soon be able to discover the world of Heck Deck in its entirety because...

We officially announce that the game will be released on January 11th 2022 on Steam and Mobile!

You will also benefit from a 15% discount on the price for one week at the release of the game, from January 11th to 18th, 2022.

Until then, you can always add the game to your wishlist here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1606210/Heck_Deck/

- torcado
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[ 2021-11-10 13:19:10 CET ] [Original Post]

A word from torcado, creator of Heck Deck!

I'm torcado, I have been developing games solo for over 8 years by now, most of which have been made for game jams such as Ludum Dare.

Heck Deck is one of those games, originally made in under 48 hours for the Ludum Dare game jam with the theme "combine two incompatible genres." Heck Deck scored 1st place in Innovation, 3rd in Fun and Theme, and 5th Overall in that competition, out of over 3000 submissions.

Since then, I decided to bring the idea further and turn it into a fully packed and polished game, and after 3 years it's finally wrapping up! I really enjoy creating unique experiences through games, and I hope Heck Deck achieves that with players.
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[ 2021-11-02 10:23:58 CET ] [Original Post]

Welcome to Heck Deck!

We are very proud to present Heck Deck, a 2D bullet hell card game where all the bullets are cards and time only progresses as you move. Come discover epic enemies and boss fights, dozens of cards with unique spells, in 5 different stages.

Heck Deck is participating in the Steam Next Fest which runs from October 1st to 7th. On this occasion, a demo of Heck Deck will be available to playtest, give it a try!

You can add the game to your [u]wishlist [/u]by clicking right here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1606210/Heck_Deck/

- torcado
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