RogueJack: Roguelike BlackJack

Name: RogueJack: Roguelike BlackJack
Rating: 4.7 (2526 reviews)
Author: Ponywolf, LLC

Rogue-like blackjack adventure

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

2.5K Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Card
Developer

Ponywolf, LLC
Language

HU
+ 4 More
Size

31.4
MB

New update! Fixes, more controller support, more monsters!!! Explore endless dungeons, discover monsters and beat them all in a game of 21. Collect weapons, defenses and the carcasses of your enemies while playing a fresh and interesting take on Blackjack. RogueJack is a blend of old school adventuring that utilizes Blackjack (or 21) as its battle system. As you level your character, new rules come into play—like multiple cards to choose from and chances those cards will will be face up or face down. Each monster in the dungeon has its own play style, when they hit, when they stop and if they keep their hole card hidden. Also, rogues will discover endless combinations of items, buffs, skills and attributes that will play out in unique and interesting ways. Brought to you by Ponywolf, the studio behind the Apple Game of the Day, Knights of the Card Table. This game is easy to learn, hard to master and has countless hours of old school dungeoning in your pocket.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

2.5K Ratings

Good Game but Some Suggestions
11/11/2020

Homeowners Television Pizzaboy
Great game but here are some suggestions. I’ve sunk so many hours into this game I just had to buy the full version. Here are some things I have noticed.1. I absolutely cannot stand the pop ups when you walk over weapons/shields. When walking over a weapon/shield a pop up appears which shakes several times before a player can either press yes or no. This hurts my brain and takes too long. I recommend making these pop ups smoother rather than shake violently.2. There should be a button that you press to interact with the weapon/shield once you walk over it. I hate having to repeatedly press no when I walk over a weapon/shield piece.3. When you are frozen while standing on a weapon/shield the dreaded pop ups appear for every single turn until you are unfrozen. This means that I have to click through 5 pop ups for a weapon/armor piece before I can be unfrozen. Definitely a humiliating experience. 4. There should be a setting for adjusting walking speeds. I’ve noticed that when a floor level is completely cleared I can move faster than usual. This is nice! It speeds up the game but I wish I could do this when monsters are present too.5. When I have a character buff of 90% face up cards + a weapon with 20% face up cards I will still get cards facing down. Is there a cap to the chance cards will be dealt facing up? If this is a feature of the game ignore this last suggestion.You guys made a great game that I love playing in my spare time. Keep up the hard work and stay safe!

Developer Response
Good ideas. We'll add them to the list--will have to think about the equip dialogs.Walking is slower when there are monsters on screen because each one needs to make their move according to their movement type. When they are gone, you go a bit faster.Going over 100% visibility leads to "unpredictable" results. I thought no one would play far enough to see it. Nice job!
Good Game but Some Suggestions
11/11/2020

Homeowners Television Pizzaboy

Great game but here are some suggestions. I’ve sunk so many hours into this game I just had to buy the full version. Here are some things I have noticed.1. I absolutely cannot stand the pop ups when you walk over weapons/shields. When walking over a weapon/shield a pop up appears which shakes several times before a player can either press yes or no. This hurts my brain and takes too long. I recommend making these pop ups smoother rather than shake violently.2. There should be a button that you press to interact with the weapon/shield once you walk over it. I hate having to repeatedly press no when I walk over a weapon/shield piece.3. When you are frozen while standing on a weapon/shield the dreaded pop ups appear for every single turn until you are unfrozen. This means that I have to click through 5 pop ups for a weapon/armor piece before I can be unfrozen. Definitely a humiliating experience. 4. There should be a setting for adjusting walking speeds. I’ve noticed that when a floor level is completely cleared I can move faster than usual. This is nice! It speeds up the game but I wish I could do this when monsters are present too.5. When I have a character buff of 90% face up cards + a weapon with 20% face up cards I will still get cards facing down. Is there a cap to the chance cards will be dealt facing up? If this is a feature of the game ignore this last suggestion.You guys made a great game that I love playing in my spare time. Keep up the hard work and stay safe!
Developer Response 11/13/2020
Good ideas. We'll add them to the list--will have to think about the equip dialogs.Walking is slower when there are monsters on screen because each one needs to make their move according to their movement type. When they are gone, you go a bit faster.Going over 100% visibility leads to "unpredictable" results. I thought no one would play far enough to see it. Nice job!
Fun but barebones
03/06/2020

Kidrandom
Really neat concept for a roguelike. I’ve had minimal glitches and the controls feel functional and simple. The blackjack mechanic is interesting and a neat spin on combat. The biggest issue I have is there’s not to much variety. There seems to be only 15 or so items, around the same amount of enemies, and rather than a class system or a skill tree (which would have been really neat for this game) there’s a linear xp based upgrade system. The only real form of combat manipulation is doing more damage and viewing your cards before you draw them. It’s fun for a couple hours but begins to feel tedious afterwards due to the lack of variety. I’d suggest simply adding more items and reworking status effects and making new combat effecting mechanics, as the status effects don’t feel vary powerful at all and taking more damage usually feels universally better. Runs are sort of samey at the moment, leading to limited replayability which is a huge selling point of rougelikes and would lend itself well to a game like this. Still though, fun game and good time waster.
Fun but barebones
03/06/2020

Kidrandom

Really neat concept for a roguelike. I’ve had minimal glitches and the controls feel functional and simple. The blackjack mechanic is interesting and a neat spin on combat. The biggest issue I have is there’s not to much variety. There seems to be only 15 or so items, around the same amount of enemies, and rather than a class system or a skill tree (which would have been really neat for this game) there’s a linear xp based upgrade system. The only real form of combat manipulation is doing more damage and viewing your cards before you draw them. It’s fun for a couple hours but begins to feel tedious afterwards due to the lack of variety. I’d suggest simply adding more items and reworking status effects and making new combat effecting mechanics, as the status effects don’t feel vary powerful at all and taking more damage usually feels universally better. Runs are sort of samey at the moment, leading to limited replayability which is a huge selling point of rougelikes and would lend itself well to a game like this. Still though, fun game and good time waster.
I'm actually impressed
01/23/2024

FredsPCHouseCalls
I really don't get too into mobile or casual games because I'm usually playing something on my PC. I'm very glad to have found this game in the app store because it's fun, it's entertaining, and while the inspiration for this game is very clear, it's still a very original and a lot of fun. I've been playing for a while now and so far I haven't run into any game-breaking glitches or bugs, the art style is simple but does its job very well, and overall I've enjoyed the game very much. Like I said, I don't usually play many casual games because of the ads, pay-to-win tactics, and other annoying things that get crammed into these games. This has absolutely none of that, so I'm sure this will be one of the very few phone games I'll always keep around.
I'm actually impressed
01/23/2024

FredsPCHouseCalls

I really don't get too into mobile or casual games because I'm usually playing something on my PC. I'm very glad to have found this game in the app store because it's fun, it's entertaining, and while the inspiration for this game is very clear, it's still a very original and a lot of fun. I've been playing for a while now and so far I haven't run into any game-breaking glitches or bugs, the art style is simple but does its job very well, and overall I've enjoyed the game very much. Like I said, I don't usually play many casual games because of the ads, pay-to-win tactics, and other annoying things that get crammed into these games. This has absolutely none of that, so I'm sure this will be one of the very few phone games I'll always keep around.
Imperfect by design
05/29/2020

A Non-Edgy Indie Gamer
For as much as I love the concept of this game for its creativity and strategy, the very concept of blackjack-based combat is what makes this game so frustrating to play. With each level requiring more XP, I would expect to be able to get further each time I leveled up, but this is not the case. The mage is worse than the prophet, and more XP is needed, making leveling up that much harder. Requiring all XP to be obtained in a single run, while understandable, means that you have to be the luckiest you’ve ever been in order to level up, and this can get frustrating from a gameplay perspective knowing that ultimately, no matter how you play, you are at the mercy of the cards—something especially aggravating after having the ability to see them taken away. I’d change the order of the classes.There are other smaller issues as well:- Keys are obtained not from a random enemy, but from the last enemy, forcing you to completely clear the floor to continue- The shortsword (“gleeming”) and the Fuegomaker (“ememy”) both have misspellings in their descriptions- The XP gotten from looting your grave is directly related to the amount you currently have, as far as I can tell, making the use of the altar extremely damaging to the player, as it requires them to have an even more perfect run to reach their grave normally—the only way to get significant XP from it.

Developer Response
Thank you so much for the feedback. So the grave gives you roughly 90% of your XP from your *best* run, so you only need to earn about 10% of your current level to push the game forward. Once you start getting more cards, it gets easier but then the monsters get harder. But once you start streaking it's pretty satisfying. Not to defend the design, it is what it is, but Blackjack is a very unforgiving game in general and what we tried to do is level it in a way that you can progress. Also, Rogue-likes are rough and tumble as well, so putting them together in a friendly way was a challenge.We're getting ready to add multiple languages, so those spelling errors snuck into the last build as we databased up all the text. It will be fixed shortly, and thanks for pointing it out!
Imperfect by design
05/29/2020

A Non-Edgy Indie Gamer

For as much as I love the concept of this game for its creativity and strategy, the very concept of blackjack-based combat is what makes this game so frustrating to play. With each level requiring more XP, I would expect to be able to get further each time I leveled up, but this is not the case. The mage is worse than the prophet, and more XP is needed, making leveling up that much harder. Requiring all XP to be obtained in a single run, while understandable, means that you have to be the luckiest you’ve ever been in order to level up, and this can get frustrating from a gameplay perspective knowing that ultimately, no matter how you play, you are at the mercy of the cards—something especially aggravating after having the ability to see them taken away. I’d change the order of the classes.There are other smaller issues as well:- Keys are obtained not from a random enemy, but from the last enemy, forcing you to completely clear the floor to continue- The shortsword (“gleeming”) and the Fuegomaker (“ememy”) both have misspellings in their descriptions- The XP gotten from looting your grave is directly related to the amount you currently have, as far as I can tell, making the use of the altar extremely damaging to the player, as it requires them to have an even more perfect run to reach their grave normally—the only way to get significant XP from it.
Developer Response 06/03/2020
Thank you so much for the feedback. So the grave gives you roughly 90% of your XP from your *best* run, so you only need to earn about 10% of your current level to push the game forward. Once you start getting more cards, it gets easier but then the monsters get harder. But once you start streaking it's pretty satisfying. Not to defend the design, it is what it is, but Blackjack is a very unforgiving game in general and what we tried to do is level it in a way that you can progress. Also, Rogue-likes are rough and tumble as well, so putting them together in a friendly way was a challenge.We're getting ready to add multiple languages, so those spelling errors snuck into the last build as we databased up all the text. It will be fixed shortly, and thanks for pointing it out!

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