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Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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appstorelottery wrote: post #154
paulusthe wrote: post #116

This is fun, but the game doesn't seem to accept that a pair of aces is a winning result. Aces specifically, other face cards work as intended.

Aces are low :-)

Then how do royal flushes exist? Is this from some version of video poker that's well known?

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by chriscjcj »

bagels wrote: post #208
chriscjcj wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This has me very curious. What lead you to believe that an Ace is a low card in poker?

Because it is in an A-5 straight

Perhaps I should have been more specific with how my question was worded. What leads OP to believe that an Ace is _exclusively_ the lowest value card?

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by wlonkly »

appstorelottery wrote: post #184
krenzo wrote: post #2

Ended on a hand of: K J A A Q and did not receive the Jacks or Better $1 payout. According to a brief search about the rules of video poker, a pair of aces is considered better than a pair of jacks.

Aces are low in this game - it's deliberate. But given the constant feedback maybe I should just make them high ;-)

If it's deliberate, how do you expect anyone to get a royal flush?

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by zestyping »

CSSer wrote: post #69

This is more a question of curiosity than one of judgment: why does it take so long to load? I guess I expected it to be very fast because of the relative simplicity. Forgive me, I know nothing about Godot or Unity. This is still very cool.

I wondered this too. 45 MB is a huge download for a poker game, even with nice graphics.

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by DannyWebbie »

danielheath wrote: post #78
CSSer wrote: post #69

This is more a question of curiosity than one of judgment: why does it take so long to load? I guess I expected it to be very fast because of the relative simplicity. Forgive me, I know nothing about Godot or Unity. This is still very cool.

Cross-compilation to webassembly doesn't typically produce small binaries at this point (although it's possible to make small webassembly programs, compiling arbitrary C code to wasm results in large binaries).

Maybe, but Godot does particularly poorly in this area. Unity can go below 3MB out of the box and that is with bunch of engine systems in use.

https://github.com/JohannesDeml/UnityWebGL-LoadingTest

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by mrzool »

appstorelottery wrote: post #150
tyingq wrote: post #40

The visuals are perfect, looks very much like a CRT...nicely done. I think I found a bug though...pair of Aces doesn't pay as "Jacks or Better": https://imgur.com/a/78B3oPV

Aces are the low card in the game. You are not the first person to say this! I need to look at the math again to make them high cards... However in my opinion (at risk of getting everyones ire) - I think the ace is the "1" card.

> However in my opinion (at risk of getting everyones ire) - I think the ace is the "1" card.

Except that poker is an established game with clear rules where the ace is the highest card?

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by njn »

tyingq wrote: post #40

The visuals are perfect, looks very much like a CRT...nicely done. I think I found a bug though...pair of Aces doesn't pay as "Jacks or Better": https://imgur.com/a/78B3oPV

I imagine it would be disorienting to actually play this on a CRT.
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