Blackjack Break
Games
card game
SHOW HN2019
132points
64comments
#343of 2,195 in 2019
Top 16%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
13 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Design: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, minimal design without scammy dark patterns
From 3 comments
Nice game. I'm glad you identified the major problem in many online blackjack toys - that they've got a scummy vibe to them - and done a clean break from that. Some ideas: *…
akersten on HNIs there something like this, but for poker? The issues described by the author with most of the already existing offers are the exact same ones i have. I just want a poker game…
filoleg on HNThis is really nice! It reminds me of a similar site I played on ages back that supported online play for several different card games - it had a similar minimal, clean design.…
swalladge on HN
Addictive and fun to play
From 2 comments
Very cool. Addictive.
amayne on HNLoved it. Perfect.
boraalparat on HN
Objections
UI is too small on desktop
From 1 comment
Nice game. I'm glad you identified the major problem in many online blackjack toys - that they've got a scummy vibe to them - and done a clean break from that. Some ideas: *…
akersten on HN
Design is so minimal it looked like it wasn't loading
From 1 comment
> clean minimal design The design is so minimal I thought it wasn't loading correctly for me.
meritt on HN
Action buttons not keyboard accessible
From 1 comment
Nice game. I'm glad you identified the major problem in many online blackjack toys - that they've got a scummy vibe to them - and done a clean break from that. Some ideas: *…
akersten on HN
Requests
Keyboard shortcuts
From 2 comments
Nice game. I'm glad you identified the major problem in many online blackjack toys - that they've got a scummy vibe to them - and done a clean break from that. Some ideas: *…
akersten on HNhjkl; or anything that can be done one-handed, preferably on the home row
mindfulmonkey on HN
Dark mode
From 2 comments
This would be a great candidate for automatic light/dark mode with the prefers-color-scheme css option.
techdevangelist on HNGreat minimalistic interface. Two suggestions: * Dark mode * Add short instructions on how to play Blackjack. Im familiar with twenty-one but not with Blackjack so it'd be nice…
sellingwebsite on HN
Basic strategy feedback mode
From 2 comments
It would be nice if it told you after finishing a hand if you deviated from basic strategy. Also would be nice if some of the more common rule variants where settable (DAS,…
optimiz3 on HNWould be awesome if you could turn on basic strategy suggestions for each hand to help teach it. How many decks is this based off, or is it random from a single deck each deal?
nodesocket on HN
Open source code
From 3 comments
Is this open source? I kinda want to try training a Blackjack AI, and the clean minimal design for here could help if I try giving the game state to the AI as an image. Also it…
dhruvdh on HNVery nice. Any plans on open-sourcing this? I'm a newbie at blackjack and have been wanting to build a similarly minimalistic version adding a "strategy feedback" mode to help me…
kimar on HNVery nice! It might slightly more comfortable to play if the dealer and player were differentiated better. Is the source code available?
aklemm on HN
Configurable rule variants
From 1 comment
It would be nice if it told you after finishing a hand if you deviated from basic strategy. Also would be nice if some of the more common rule variants where settable (DAS,…
optimiz3 on HN
Questions
Is the project open source?
From 2 comments
Is this open source? I kinda want to try training a Blackjack AI, and the clean minimal design for here could help if I try giving the game state to the AI as an image. Also it…
dhruvdh on HNVery nice. Any plans on open-sourcing this? I'm a newbie at blackjack and have been wanting to build a similarly minimalistic version adding a "strategy feedback" mode to help me…
kimar on HN
How many decks and when is the deck shuffled?
From 3 comments
Nice! Is the deck ‘infinite’ or are you shuffling a set amount of decks together and dealing from the limited set?
binarymax on HNThe deck has 52 cards and is shuffled once 75% of the cards have been delt
herohamp on HNhttps://blackjackbreak.com/about#feedback >Dealer shuffles after dealing 75% of the deck
juice_bus on HN
Why not a PWA with offline play?
From 1 comment
Nice game. I really enjoy how simple it is. Is there a reason it's not a PWA? I would love to be able to install it with offline play
herohamp on HN
Alternatives named
gpokr poker site
From 1 comment
http://gpokr.com not as active as it used to be but every now and then you'll find a table.
dvtrn on HN
BytesJack 10kb blackjack
From 1 comment
Makes me recall “BytesJack” from the old 10kb build competition: http://heliom.github.io/bytesjack/
thebeeperking on HN