Kudos, 2025!

As the year comes to an end, I wanted to share a final look at where Delicards is, whats been cooking behind the scenes, and where the game is headed next.

Delicards started as a small idea: what if cooking itself was a card game?\nOver 2025, that idea has slowly turned into a playable, strategic, cozy experienceand Im excited to say the foundation is now in place.

Throughout 2025, the focus has been on building solid core systems rather than rushing content.

Right now, Delicards features:

• A functional cooking loop powered entirely by cards

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• Recipe, ingredient, and seed cards with clear synergies

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• A deck that evolves as you cook, not just as you draw

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• A smoother, more readable cooking flow during each turn

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The game already plays like a kitchennot just a deck.

Seeds, Planning & Long-Term Strategy

One of the biggest additions this year was the seed system.

Seeds introduce long-term planning:

• Plant now, harvest and cook at later turns

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• Build toward specific recipes

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• Reward patience and foresight

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This mechanic is shaping Delicards into something slower, calmer, and more thoughtfulvery much in the spirit of cozy games.

Deckbuilding That Feels Like a Kitchen

By the end of 2025, the deck has taken on a clearer identity:

• Some cards prep

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• Some cook

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• Some enable future turns

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Youre not just drawing cardsyoure organizing a kitchen.

This structure will support future additions like:

• Kitchen upgrades

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• Chefs & specialties

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• Regional recipe themes

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The Road to Release Summer 2026

With the core systems now stable, the plan is to move Delicards toward its first full release in Summer 2026.

The coming months will focus on:

• Expanding the card pool with meaningful variety

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• Improving balance and combo depth

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• Polishing UI, animations, and feedback

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• Adding progression and light meta systems

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• Playtesting and iteration based on feedback

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No crunch, no rushingjust steady, careful cooking.

Thank You & Whats Next

If youve wishlisted, followed, or simply checked inthank you.\nEvery bit of interest helps keep this project moving.

Early 2026 updates will be more focused and more frequent, as Delicards moves from foundation to flavor.

Until then: happy holidays, warm kitchens, and good food.

Delivoo - The Delicious Card Game
Development & Release Plan

I am super excited to have launched this page, along with the Discord channel. Releasing this game has been a dream of mine since early on, as I love Trading Card Games (especially to collect rare and legendary cards) and, ofcourse, cooking!

The plan is to have an Early Access Release sometime in December 2023, following a full release in March 2024.

This is a solo project in which I have invested a lot of passion and love for making games and I want each part of the game to reflect this, that's why I don't want to rush the release, but polish it as best as I can.

The supported platforms are PC, Mac (Intel and M1/Arm) and SteamOS with consoles being planned for later next year.

Get Involved
International Contributions

Since the game focuses on cooking, there is a high variety of recipes and ingredients from all around the world.

Wherever you might be located, you know some local dishes that waters your mouth and brings in that [u]UMAMI[/u] experience.

I want to incorporate as much of international cuisine as possible and don't want to miss out any of the golden "granny" recipes you know, so please join the Discord server and post it under card-ideas channel. Your effort will be rewarded with your name being stated as the card author.

Also, I'm planning to post frequent updates on the progress of the game on the server, so feel free to join and participate in polls, closed betas and play-tests early on (together with contests in which you might win a Steam key).

The 20 updates 'till launch strategy
The way I see it

I'm planning to publish 20 of these Steam updates before the full game release (excluding this one). Each of them will mark a major milestone in the game design and development process I'm working through.

Thank you for reading all this - hope you wishlist the game, join the Discord community, tell your friends about it and, most of all, look forward to the launch as much as I do!