A quick and dirty digital version of a local variant of the shedding card game, Blackjack (Switch).  Not to be confused with Blackjack/Pontoon/Vingt-et-un/21.


Mostly made for fun / as an exercise.


Rules

Each player is dealt a set number of cards and the objective is to get rid of them. 

First player out gets the other player's remaining hand value added to their score.

On your turn you must play to follow the current suit. 
If you can play the same rank, or an ace, you can play that and change the current suit. 
If you cannot play you must pick up a card.

The following cards have special abilities:

  • Ace - as mentioned, can be played to change the suit
  • Two - the following player must draw 2 cards and miss their turn
    • If they have another 2, however, they can play it on top and the next player has to draw 4, and so on up to 8
  • Black Jack - the following player must draw 5 cards and miss their turn
    • If they have the other Black Jack they can play it on top and the next player has to draw 10
    • If they have a Red Jack they can play it to cancel the Black Jack
  • Queen - you can play another card of the same suit with a Queen
    • If you do not have another card of the same suit you can play the Queen bare
  • King - the following player misses their turn


Known Bugs :)

  • The AI sometimes illegally plays a Queen that isn't the current suit, along with a card of the current suit Fixed
  • The rules I grew up with didn't let you play an Ace with a Queen, however currently this is allowed
  • Dragging input is finicky as heck sometimes
  • Player's hand is always turned over after a certain amount of time, even if the deal isn't finished yet - this is fixed once it's your turn however Fixed
  • Turn order does not rotate properly Fixed
  • If too many cards are picked up the deck does not always recycle itself from the stack of played cards and players can be left stuck in a loop unable to play or pick up

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