This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker News

v1.0.4

[p]32:9 ultrawide is now handled with black bars so that you can still play the game and access settings and such. Apologies for the oversight to all of the 32:9 users out there for missing that on launch![/p]
- [p]This does mean if you've changed your resolution you may have to do so again after updating[/p]
[p]Pressing esc now toggles the settings UI, so just in case you can't access it you can always use the hotkey[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue preventing you from getting the final achievement if you close the dialog too quickly[/p]
[p]Fixed a typo in Chinese Simplified & Chinese Traditional[/p]
[p]Better edge case handling in the case of any autosave failures that may occur[/p]

Out now! It's time to play This Ain't Even Poker, Ya Joker

[p]Hello everyone, [/p][p][/p][p]I am happy to announce This Ain't Even Poker, Ya Joker is now available on Steam! Prepare to face Lester the Jester in this poker-inspired (...but this ain't even poker?) incremental/idle/clicker game. [/p][p][/p][p]You start out small, by flipping a single card to earn some coins, then quickly grow by spending those coins to buy more cards and more hands to flip, discovering new cards that give huge bonuses, destroying unwanted cards to improve your odds of hitting good hands and much more.[/p][p][/p][p]Once you earn enough coins, you'll meet Mary the Fairy to help you ascend and get even more powerful upgrades like merging expeditions, joker cards, new suits, values, rarities, and more in a separate upgrade tree in exchange for poker chips, which you must trade in everything you own to earn. [/p][p][/p][p]Finally, after you earn enough poker chips and unlock many powerful upgrades, you'll begin the final phase of the game, introducing yet another powerful upgrade tree, allowing you to use Runes to empower your cards in order to defeat the Jester.[/p][p][/p][p]I had a blast developing the game and I hope you have a blast playing it! Good luck in there with Lester! Don't forget, he's not a Joker, he's a Jester![/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p][/p]

Launching December 11th!

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]I am happy to announce that This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker will be launching right here on Steam on December 11th! There are 3 main phases throughout the game, each unlocking new mechanics allowing you to progress further and further. The demo version of the game, which is now offline, featured the 1st phase.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h3]Full game features[/h3]

[p]Phase-based progression: Work your way through stages that introduce new mechanics in order to defeat the Jester and escape the carnival.[/p]
[p]Expeditions: Find new otherworldly cards on exploration expeditions, or remove cards from your deck with destruction expeditions[/p]
[p]Upgrades: Throughout the game there are several upgrade trees allowing you to improve your cards abilities to earn more money.[/p]
[p]Ascension: Meet Mary the Fairy, who teaches you how to ascend in exchange for poker chips. Spend those chips to buy extremely powerful upgrades and bonuses to help you slip out of the Jester’s grip.[/p]
[p]Quests & Achievements: Unlock quests and achievements, allowing you to supplement your earnings to quickly grow your coins.[/p]
[p]Joker Cards: Unlock the Joker Shop to buy Joker Cards that pair with your decks and open up new ways to reach even bigger payouts.[/p]
[p]Card Merging: Unlock merging expeditions, allowing you to combine cards to create even stronger versions and set up wild, over-the-top synergies.[/p]
[p]Powerful Upgrades: Unlock new suits, values, rarities and even entirely new Poker Hands (5 of a kind? how is that even possible?) by ascending, allowing you to even further boost your earnings.[/p]
[p]Rune upgrades: Find runes, then spend them to upgrade your cards to give yourself a fighting chance against the Jester.[/p]

If Balatro and Cookie Clicker had a baby, it'd be this new poker-themed indie game, and I'm already afraid for my time

I haven't played Balatro in months, and it's not because I'm tired of it; quite the reverse. After pouring hundreds of hours into LocalThunk's creation, I finally managed to pull myself out of the chip-counting stupor. Now I'm a little afraid that even a taste of its 'mult' meter dinging up will drag me back into its synth-scored swirls. Unfortunately, I've instead installed the demo for a new indie game called This Ain't Even Poker, Ya Joker, and I can already feel the minutes slipping through my fingers like grains of sand.

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Demo Update out now!

[p]Hello everyone! [/p][p][/p][p]Happy to announce that there is a brand new demo available now. And Oro Interactive has now joined as publisher as well! [/p][p][/p][p]Patch notes [/p]

[p]Decks are now all visible on screen at the same time [/p]
[p]Re-structured upgrades [/p]
[p]Added new notifications for expedition completion [/p]
[p]New SFX depending on hand rarity[/p]
[p]New "Statistics" ledger unlock[/p]
[p]More stuff! [/p]

[p][/p][p]Give it a try and please share your thoughts in the Steam forums![/p][p][/p][p][/p]