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Show HN: Faction Fiasco – single-player card battler, 100 unhinged characters

#1

Post by arowe » Tue, May 05, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC

Built this solo over the past year. You build a deck from 100+ cards - Karen-zilla, Nigerian Scamurai, Dumpster Fire Angel, Florida Man - and fight AI opponents across a 3-episode campaign.

Can't die from low player count. Free account required to play.

Stack: Laravel + Vue 3 + TypeScript.

Would love feedback on whether the first game makes sense without hand-holding.

Show HN: Faction Fiasco – single-player card battler, 100 unhinged characters
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Re: Show HN: Faction Fiasco – single-player card battler, 100 unhinged characters

#2

Post by dexwiz » Tue, May 05, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC

Bleh AI card art. One of the best part of card games is the ability to showcase high quality illustrators.

Re: Show HN: Faction Fiasco – single-player card battler, 100 unhinged characters

#3

Post by TimedToasts » Tue, May 05, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC

Does not work on DDG+Android, never get past the "please install" screen with Chrome and Safari prompts

Re: Show HN: Faction Fiasco – single-player card battler, 100 unhinged characters

#4

Post by arowe » Tue, May 05, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

TimedToasts wrote: post #3

Does not work on DDG+Android, never get past the "please install" screen with Chrome and Safari prompts

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it. I hadn't tried on DDG yet, and the PWA is a bit of a stop-gap until it becomes an actual app.

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#5

Post by arowe » Tue, May 05, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC

dexwiz wrote: post #2

Bleh AI card art. One of the best part of card games is the ability to showcase high quality illustrators.

Thank you for the feedback. Long-term I'd like to able to hire designers, but for demo purposes it wasn't feasible.

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#6

Post by dexwiz » Tue, May 05, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC

arowe wrote: post #5

dexwiz wrote: post #2

Bleh AI card art. One of the best part of card games is the ability to showcase high quality illustrators.

Thank you for the feedback. Long-term I'd like to able to hire designers, but for demo purposes it wasn't feasible.

I would rather see MS Paint art like Slay the Spire than ai slop art. I think you could have done ai art for a demo but it's so obviously ai, it immediately turned me off. And may turn others off too.