Dead Man's Hand

Earn a large amount when scoring 21. You earn less if you're below, even less as you go further down. If you go over you get nothing.

Cards you use and discard are sent to a graveyard. Whenever you cast a hand, you can "call from beyond," using the graveyard cards as multipliers or base value increases to keep up with the compounding targets.

You have access to a shop that you can spend your coins on. however it does lower the amount you have, so the things you purchase should make up for the loss.

Play in fullscreen for best experience.

Made in 48 hour timeframe for Fall 2025 VGDC Zotjam.

Credits:

Power Off - Dragon Studio https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/power-off-386180

Green Felt Background - engin akyurt https://unsplash.com/photos/a-close-up-of-a-green-felt-background-41nfd5Jh6wk

Lofi - Lofi Chill - DELOSound https://pixabay.com/music/beats-lofi-lofi-chill-405232

Retro Coin 4 - Driken5482 https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/retro-coin-4-236671

Select Button UI - Emilianodleon https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/select-button-ui-395763

Purchase Successful Ingame - RibhavAgrawal https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/purchase-succesful-ingame-230550

Select Sound - u_2fbuaev0zn https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/select-sound-121244

Card Sounds - henrygillard (Freesound) https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/card-sounds-35956 

flipCard - Splashdust (Freesound) https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/flipcard-91468

Card Assets - Neven Mrgan https://devforum.play.date/t/playing-card-deck-imagetable-free-for-your-card-gam...