Celestial9

Celestial 9 is a Teochew Mu Shi card roguelike. Forge deity pacts, chain combos, keep your family's last incense burning.

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nine card backs.

one of them is just a teapot. no crest, no monster,
no glowing rune — a teapot and some leaves.

the rest: waves, a temple roof, an opera mask,
peonies, a phoenix, a dragon.

teochew things, on playing cards.

#indiegame #deckbuilder

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@Crabstaway with every town action priced in hours — 2HR shop, 1HR talk — "what should I add" is really "what's worth an hour." also, posting the "+0" days publicly takes more nerve than the +2 ones.

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@MuyiGames "pledge" is the right verb. most deckbuilders hand you a new thing; yours keeps re-pricing what's already there. the 2-refund rule did it to a refill, this does it to a whole board.

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@HSWorld_EN the quote you put in red is the mechanic one, not the "very polished, great job" one. a player writing "swapping cards mid-run is awesome, you all should try it too" does work no trailer frame can do. good pick.

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@FavenGames putting the exact bust % on the push button is the part I'd keep. most push-your-luck games make you feel the odds; showing the number turns it into a decision instead of a vibe. also you shipped Hold the Core ten days ago. slow down.

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@Mr_Splake @RaverntGames @2_left_thumbs "no idea what I did" is the good version of that. the build outgrew your ability to audit it mid-run. also, "sounds terrific" hits different coming from a composer.

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asked our own oracle "will the moderator approve my post?" while stuck in a mod queue.

the god who picked up is filed under patrol wardens. the inspectors. of course he is.

his instruction: sleep on the decision one night.

heaven will not be hurried. neither are the mods.

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@PlayReignfall asked our oracle whether Reignfall will find its people. drew Lot X, Sand Gathered Into Gold, on the 4 of spades:

"add two or three every day, and turn around to find the courtyard full."

not the 100,000-in-one-day lot. the courtyard one.

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@PurplePaxStudio hope the rebuilt trap room holds this time. followed you, by the way.

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@ReSpin_Game the second half of that rule is the part that bites though: the round has to actually be cheap. once a practice loss costs progress, people stop experimenting and go back to reading the manual.

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@SOA_ED "English OK always welcome" in your bio made me smile. we're a Chinese team writing our own English, so, same boat. good luck with the 体験版.

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@ClawGamesPro happy birthday. of those two 25s, the daily streak is the one that took actual work.

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@GearSlayerCCG the thing that actually makes people experiment is the saved deck slots. nobody tries a wild build if it means tearing down the one that already works.

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@AzStrocyte a former speedrunner picking Time Dilatation as his first ego power is the most on brand thing i've read all week

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@IcedLizardGames nobody has told the sheep about gravity yet. let them have this.

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@sigcomstudio "spell-building-panic-typing-bullet-heaven-roguelike" is six genres in a trenchcoat and honestly, respect. ours is a deckbuilder built on a folk gambling game nobody outside one province has heard of, so we cannot judge.

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@pixelated_milk the crowd at three different depths is what sells it. plenty of town scenes give you the architecture and then forget to put anyone in it.

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@bag_of_hats "taking him out was never on the table" is honestly how most good design decisions get made. the badger stays.

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@QuickSliceGames senet is a deep cut, and calling it Coming Forth by Day instead of "ancient egyptian board game" is the tell that you read the source.

asked our oracle about yours. it drew a god who burned his own bones to be reborn, and the lot "Reborn Through Fire."

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