IdleJack
The game is still very early in development, so unbalancing and bugs are expected . Any feedback is welcome :)
Incremental Blackjack
In IdleJack, you play as the captive of a The House, forced to gamble your way to freedom by playing Blackjack on a Terminal. Starting with 1,000 chips and a $1,000,000 debt, you must turn Blackjack into a profitable game using Basic Strategy, Card Counting, all the way to full automation.
Early Game
At the start, you are just playing normal Blackjack. Rely on your own judgment, gut feeling, and of course... luck.
Mid Game
Unlock basic strategy modules that highlight the perfect move for every hand. You'll now stop guessing and start optimizing each play.
Late Game
This is where the games goes full automation. Unlock Scripting Module that allows you to setup automated rules, and watch your engine print money!
Disclaimer
IdleJack is a single-player simulation designed for entertainment purposes only. While the game utilizes Blackjack mechanics and gambling-themed metaphors, it does not involve real money, nor it encourages gambling.
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You HAVE to have done something with the luck. I actually started keeping track of the runs after how fucking awful the luck has been. Out of 30 draws, I had NINETEEN unwinnable hands (kept drawing until bust to make sure that at no point could've I stood and won). The dealer was consistently getting 20s and I was consistently getting 14-16s. If this isn't intentional, I really feel like you should add something safeguard against this. I got behind on the debt, and lost most of the skim, and the game basically became unplayable unless I really wanted to do an extremely slow and tedious grind.
And honestly, this wouldn't matter as much if the debt quota thing didn't keep increasing. I really feel like that mechanic made the game less fun, as I was forced to take more risk than I'd've liked, and wasn't allowed to play at my own pace, and wasn't able to take full advantage of the upgrades just so I could focus on the debt.
Really cool idea, and was SO close to being super fun, but was absolutely ruined for me, and I had a miserable time.
You're just very unlucky. didn't have any issue.
lmao no kidding. I kinda wanna look up the odds for that now
Edit: I couldn't find a good source to answer this exact question (people are more interested in the odds when you DONT know what the next cards are, and not what the odds of an unwinnable game state are, go figure) so I asked chatgpt, and it gave me an answer of "15%-25%". This means at worst, it was a 0.000000224% chance to get this unlucky, or at best, a 0.000182% chance. Crazy. Guess this is a good opportunity for me to learn why you shouldn't gamble XD
it’s really random, so I guess you really got unlucky. If you unlock the « bust probably » upgrade, you can see what is the probability that the next card makes you bust :)
fun game but I made like 5 mil on day 10 and then had to button mash through the days to pay off debt
edit: ah paying it off does nothing
I read this and looked at my day count, I'm at 21 million on day 9, I had all upgrades purchased to max on day 8. Betting half your chips and winning really makes some money especially if you doubled down like a crazy person (me).
So quick question, what's the strategy here? Is it better to try to pay off early debt, or ignore Debt until late game?
This is actually fire but man I am so bad at gambling
I'd say being bad at gambling is a pretty sane thing :)