Tex'em Poker
A downloadable game
The wildest game in the wilderness!
Tex'em is a Texas hold'em poker game for Playdate. Step out into that high noon heat and duel it out amongst three opponents — winner takes all!
How to Play
Tex'em uses standard hold'em rules. Blinds start at 10 and 5, and go up as opponents are knocked out.
When it's your turn...
- Use the directional pad to select either Fold or Call/Check or Raise
- When betting, use the crank to increase your bet
- The meter will always bottom out at your minimum bet — 0 if you're able to check, or the minimum bet if you need to call
Complete game instructions can be found in the game manual you can download below.
Future Plans
Tex'em is still sorta a work in progress, so you may come across some bugs or weird behaviour. If you do, I apologize! Side pots are particularly gnarly right now, and may not completely work all the time.
Credits
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Development log
- PostmortemJun 20, 2023
- Update v1.2 - Bug fixesJun 20, 2023
- Update v1.1 - Important hotfix!Jun 16, 2023
Comments
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i found a bug where the board ran A 2 3 4 5, which should have been a split pop for everyone, but i won with pair
I just lost a game to this same bug! :( My guess is that internally the cards are listed in a hierarchy with Ace at the top above King and the developer forgot to handle the case when Ace is the lowest card in the hierarchy sometimes.
Hi, I don't know if you've seen this potential Tex-em bug discussed over on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/comments/1c803yh/texem_bug/
Hi! I haven’t, I’ll look in to it thx :)
Many thanks
beautiful. A piece of art. Such a polished game. Would love to see this fleshed out further, especially something like a story mode.
A lot of love was put into this. Highly suggest to anybody.
If you ever do come back to this, I’d love for there to be more sound in the game. Playing a whole game and it being silent just felt weird
I really appreciate the personality that you have given to this game both in the overall art style and the characters themselves. It really helps with immersion.
How is this free? The artwork and animations are wonderful. The UI text animations give me some Persona feel. (Reminds me of that GMTK video about it.) You even nailed the extra manual. Congrats for this game. (You should switch to a donation button and I'd donate in a heartbeat.)
Thank you for the kind words!
This looks absolutely amazing! Instant sideload!
This looks really polished🤩
Great work team!
thank you!