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Cards of Fortune

Word Puzzle Game (April 2021)

Made by myself in Gamemaker Studio 2, over a couple weeks

Game Details

Word Puzzles

The game has hundreds of puzzles that are 1-3 words long, covering a variety of different topics (idioms, video games, science, math, and history).

Play Cards

The player draws cards and plays them to reveal letters in the puzzle. Once they figure out the puzzle, they can type in the puzzle to solve it.

Difficulty Adjustment

For each puzzle, the player gets a limited amount of card plays and time. These limitations can get more strict / lenient depending on the player's past performance.

Retrospective

This simple looking card game involves a lot of quick thinking, especially when the time and card play limits get stricter. Keeping up a streak at the hardest difficulty requires a lot of skill, and with the variety of puzzles, the game has a lot of replayability and it can be played in quick doses. The additional Shadow Mode (which hides revealed letters in the puzzle, and also hides the timer) also adds another layer of difficulty for the most determined players.

Thomas Tang (DZ)

tt2195@nyu.edu

+1 (646) 236-5503

Redmond, WA

©2025 by Thomas Tang

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