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6 pointsappstorelottery4d ago9 comments

Classic Video Poker (CVP) is a lightweight, browser-based retro video poker game which originally hit the front page of HN on Oct 4, 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37763098

I've finally managed to release version 2. The delay was mostly due to fear of upsetting the user base with breaking changes.

Version 2 includes:

- Frictionless accounts: added registration so you can save progress but no personal info or email.

- Deep play stats: Track lifetime RTP (Return to player), max win/loss streaks, winning hand counts and more.

- Leaderboards & Cash out: Cash out wins above the free play level, feeding into leaderboards for bank balance, RTP% (after 50 hands of play), and leaderboards that reward grinders

- Mobile stability - I've completely rewritten the communications routines both on server/client side. Mobile can be flaky, so the client handles silent auto-retries in the background without interrupting gameplay.

- Updated UI: New crisp graphics for playing cards

Obligatory tech stack info: serverside PHP / MySQL & client is coded in Godot 3.5.

I'd love to hear your feedback & I hope you all enjoy the new version!

Play it here: https://www.classicvideopoker.com/classicvideopokerv2/

9 comments

DenisDolya4d ago

Wow, this is impressive, everything is so realistic, it feels like I'm not in a browser but in a dark room with a PC where this game is running, I really liked it, it looks very nostalgic.

appstorelotteryOP4d ago

Thanks so much Denis! Best of luck ;-)

vunderba4d ago

Nice job. I noticed that the sound effects are only playing out of my left speaker though.

appstorelotteryOP4d ago

Thanks for pointing out the audio problem... I just fixed it. I've only got a single Ikea speaker on my desk, reminds me I should get another one of these days! Cheers!

vunderba4d ago

Sure! The interlacing CRT effect is a nice touch BTW. I held off touching Godot for a long time because I had heard that its WASM/WebGL/etc. support could be a bit spotty but your game looks great so I'm thinking I should give it another shot!

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sgbeal4d ago

FWLIW: as an native-born Las Vegan, i approve! :-D

This brings back some early-1990s nostalgia.

appstorelotteryOP4d ago

I'm so glad you approve! Recently I was reading "The Doctrine of Chances" by Steward Ethier that RTP is actually 99.54% if you follow the strategy in the book - which likely explains why Jacks or Better is apparently rare on the floor these days... but I wonder - is it rare in Vegas?

sgbeal4d ago

> but I wonder - is it rare in Vegas?

If you're asking me, i can't say: we left Vegas in 1982 and i've not been there since 1997. If not aimed specifically at me... i also can't say. Either way, can't say.

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Show HN: Classic Video Poker v2 (opens in new tab)

(classicvideopoker.com)

6 pointsappstorelottery4d ago9 comments

Classic Video Poker (CVP) is a lightweight, browser-based retro video poker game which originally hit the front page of HN on Oct 4, 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37763098

I've finally managed to release version 2. The delay was mostly due to fear of upsetting the user base with breaking changes.

Version 2 includes:

- Frictionless accounts: added registration so you can save progress but no personal info or email.

- Deep play stats: Track lifetime RTP (Return to player), max win/loss streaks, winning hand counts and more.

- Leaderboards & Cash out: Cash out wins above the free play level, feeding into leaderboards for bank balance, RTP% (after 50 hands of play), and leaderboards that reward grinders

- Updated UI: New crisp graphics for playing cards

Obligatory tech stack info: serverside PHP / MySQL & client is coded in Godot 3.5.

I'd love to hear your feedback & I hope you all enjoy the new version!

Play it here: https://www.classicvideopoker.com/classicvideopokerv2/

9 comments

DenisDolya4d ago

Wow, this is impressive, everything is so realistic, it feels like I'm not in a browser but in a dark room with a PC where this game is running, I really liked it, it looks very nostalgic.

appstorelotteryOP4d ago

Thanks so much Denis! Best of luck ;-)

vunderba4d ago

Nice job. I noticed that the sound effects are only playing out of my left speaker though.

appstorelotteryOP4d ago

Thanks for pointing out the audio problem... I just fixed it. I've only got a single Ikea speaker on my desk, reminds me I should get another one of these days! Cheers!

vunderba4d ago

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sgbeal4d ago

FWLIW: as an native-born Las Vegan, i approve! :-D

This brings back some early-1990s nostalgia.

appstorelotteryOP4d ago

sgbeal4d ago

> but I wonder - is it rare in Vegas?

If you're asking me, i can't say: we left Vegas in 1982 and i've not been there since 1997. If not aimed specifically at me... i also can't say. Either way, can't say.

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