Skystone Games and Mipumi Games have announced that Black Jacket, a deck-building game with blackjack mechanics and roguelite style, will launch on May 12 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC. In this adventure, players must play cards against wandering souls in hell to earn coins and bribe the ferryman, thus escaping the underworld. The title promises a twist on the classic card game.
Technical development: stackable cards and table control 🃏
Black Jacket reinvents blackjack by allowing you to stack the deck with powerful cards, control the table, and bend the rules to beat the odds. Players can unlock nearly infinite combinations of cards and strategies in each game. Additionally, artifacts, card suits, and curses can be collected to gain an advantage. Cards allow you to force opponents to overcommit, increase or decrease their values, control their deck, swap cards, or discover secret combinations. Opponents are only shown through their hands, forcing the player to familiarize themselves with their playstyle and curses to deepen the relationship and break the infernal cycle.
Bribing the ferryman: the fiscal strategy of the afterlife 💀
Because, let's be honest, escaping hell through bribery isn't what you expect from a trip to the afterlife. But here, the currency is winning blackjack games against lost souls. If it's already hard to win at the casino in real life, imagine doing it in the underworld, where cards come with curses and your opponents don't even have faces. At least, if you lose, you won't have to pay taxes. The release date trailer already shows what awaits you: cards, tricks, and a ferryman with a huge appetite for gold.