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A street card game, written line by line

Blockhaven, eight clans, two hundred and thirty-two cards. A five-round duel where the stat that decides the winner changes every turn.

clans
8clans
cards
232cards
solo levels
300solo levels

In pictures

The home screen: the shops of Blockhaven lead to each game mode.
The home screen: the shops of Blockhaven lead to each game mode.
A duel in progress: the round stat is announced at the top, both sides commit blind.
A duel in progress: the round stat is announced at the top, both sides commit blind.
The collection: every character and each of its variants.
The collection: every character and each of its variants.

How it plays

You field a team of six characters. Each round draws a stat, Force, Ruse, Style or Clutch, and both players commit a card blind. The higher value on that stat takes the round. Three rounds wins the game, unless it ends level, which sends everyone to sudden death.

Every clan has its bonus, every card can carry a skill, and both fire at the same moment. A team built on a single clan hits harder but reads as predictable; a mixed team surprises more but gives up its bonuses.

The cards

Ninety-six base characters and one hundred and thirty-six variants. Each variant is a card in its own right with its own treatment: Day repaints the scene in broad daylight, Signal makes it glitch, Blueprint strips it to a blue schematic, Neon redraws it in glowing outline.

Solo mode

Three hundred levels along the Blockhaven boulevard, grouped into difficulty tiers. Each level fields an opponent close to your own power, so progress comes from how you build your team rather than from grinding.

How it is built

The game runs in the browser, on phone and desktop alike, with no install and no account. The duel engine is covered by automated tests, and clan balance was tuned by simulation, running thousands of games per clan pairing until the win-rate gap fell below two points.

Solo mode: three hundred levels along the boulevard.
Solo mode: three hundred levels along the boulevard.

The game opens straight in your browser, with no account and no install. To follow what comes next or report a bug, that is what the Discord is for.