Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator
Check Out the Third Episode of Buddy Gets Rich!
Kardboard Kings is obviously a pretty complicated game so I wanted to sit down and provide a resource for folks looking to understand the game's core mechanics. I'm sure for many (if not most!) of you will be well-acquainted with I talk about in the video, but hey maybe you wanna hear me slip into my New York accent.
This is Buddy Gets Rich: Complicated Stuff!
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This is it for the first set of Buddy Gets Rich videos but I'll probably more when some of the game's New™ Cool™ Content™ comes out. Soon. Not too soon. But soon. Hope you're enjoying Kardboard Kings!
-Buddy
Check Out the First Episode of Buddy Gets Rich!
Kardboard Kings is obviously a pretty complicated game so I wanted to sit down and provide a resource for folks looking to understand the game's core mechanics. I'm sure for many (if not most!) of you will be well-acquainted with I talk about in the video, but hey maybe you wanna hear me slip into my New York accent.
This is Buddy Gets Rich: Intermediate Stuff!
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I've got one more Buddy Gets Rich episode coming down the pike, so stay tuned! Always on Friday! Always at this time! Hope you're enjoying Kardboard Kings!
-Buddy
KK - 0.5.8 Patch Notes
We’re pushing a small update that has a huge bugfix in it that I wanna take a minute to break down for you. We know that there are a number of players who pushed deep into the endgame and found issues with Postie Gustaf delivering mail to you. Of primary concern, this softlocked player’s games because he’d eventually arrive with no mail and you couldn’t exit the mail screen. Of secondary concern, this means players could tank their shop into the ground by losing all their money and cards.
Both of these problems are fixed in today’s build. Posting Gustaf will be arriving and he’ll be arriving with all of the backlog packages you ordered. Fair warning, there will be a ton of mail (as you can see in the screenshot below) but it’s the most important bug we’ve been working on since we released less than a week ago.
As ever, thank you for your patience and please feel free to report any more issues to us on the Steam forums or the Kardboard Kings Discord!
-Buddy
Kardboard Kings - Patch Notes 0.5.6
A big update is coming today with a huge focus on solving tons of bugs that you’ve reported to us over the weekend. Obviously, we’re still less than a week out from launch so this update isn’t focused on bringing some of the expansive changes that we’ve seen players asking for. Our focus here is instead on nailing as many of the disruptions in the way of people enjoying the game.
If you just wanna buy, sell, trade and collect the cards of Warlock, a ton of issues that have been in your way are solved in this patch. The headliners here include clamping down huge reputation swings, fixing the unselectable gbay items issue, and cleaning up some rare issues in the deep, deep late game. Notable exceptions to fixes, however, include a rare issue where Postie Gustav gets overwhelmed by deliveries and doesn’t spawn, which we’re working on fixing later this week.
If you were hit by some of the hardcore bugs fixed in this patch, you should be able to pick up right where you left off without any issue. That said, it’s possible that certain bugs have unforeseen knock-on effects even after the core issue is fixed. If any new issues do crop up, feel free to report them to me. I’ll want to take care of it as quickly as I can.
Here are the full patch notes:
Feature Changes:
- Clamped the maximum and minimum amount of reputation gained/lost by tags to 15
- Made rep loss sound less attention-grabbing
- Prevented viewing requests during dialogue to remove bugs where previously impossible conversation topics would become possible
- Harry and his buds only enjoy greasy food and beers once every four days.
- Improved performance of collection tab when having ~100 cards
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bottom row of gbay items being unselectable
- Prevented tag menu from opening in states it should not by holding hotkey
- Fixed a reputation bombing bug from tags
- Fixed Kei deck comparison event softlocking the game
- Fixed bug involving hovering a currently held tag over the tag menu to get a magnet tag
- Fixed card alignment issues in collection when having over 20 cards
- Fixed queens letter text overflow
- Fixed game breaking late game bug caused by having 1-3 decorations left to unlock (what an edge case!)
- Fixed bug caused by placing magnet tags on all cards in stands
- Fixed shiny alignment issue in binder
- Fixed card title offset in set release UI
- Fixed previous calendar event texts and icons rendering incorrectly after loading game
- Many spelling and punctuation fixes
We’ve got more bug fixes coming down the line as well for harder- to-fix issues that are taking more time, so there will be another update coming in the not-too-distant future. Past that, we’re looking at ways to make the deep endgame a little more enjoyable for those of you hunting the super rare achievements in the game.
If any other issues crop up, feel free to let me know in the Steam Discussion forums! Otherwise, I hope you’re enjoying Kardboard Kings!
-Buddy
Check Out the First Episode of Buddy Gets Rich!
Kardboard Kings is obviously a pretty complicated game so I wanted to sit down and provide a resource for folks looking to understand the game's core mechanics. I'm sure for many (if not most!) of you will be well-acquainted with I talk about in the video, but hey maybe you wanna hear me make oblique Simpsons references or something.
This is Buddy Gets Rich: The Basics!
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I'm going to have Buddy Gets Rich episodes coming out next week and the week after! Always on Friday! Always at this time! Hope you're enjoying Kardboard Kings!
-Buddy
Come join the Kardboard Kings Launch Party!
This is my official invitation for anyone and everyone pumped about Kardboard Kings to come hang out at The Kardboard Kings Launch Party! Right now, our Community Manager Buddy (me, who's writing this) is streaming Kardboard Kings on the Akupara Games Twitch channel, seeing if he can collect every card in the game in a single sitting (he probably can't.)
At 5PM Pacific/8PM Eastern, things will shift gears as Buddy welcomes the devs behind Kardboard Kings to answer questions have something to drink and just generally have a great time launching the game.
That's it! That's the post! Come join the party!
-Buddy
Open Your Seaside Card Shop in Kardboard Kings Today!
Kardboard Kings is available now for $19.99 with a 10% launch discount.
Buddy will be streaming Kardboard Kings on the Akupara Twitch page trying (and certainly failing) to complete his collection in one sitting starting at 11AM Pacific, rolling right on into the Kardboard Kings Launch Party at 5PM Pacific with Oscar and Rob, the devs behind it all. We’ve got plenty more Kardboard Kings content along the way (starting with the Buddy Gets Rich series on the Akupara Youtube starting tomorrow) so it’s a good time to be a card shark.
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Open your own Card shop by the seaside! Buy, trade and sell Cards, OR keep them for your own collection! Earn reputation with customers, beat your shop goals, unlock new decorations, and host exciting events to bring everyone to the best Card shop in town!
Features:
- Buy, Sell, or Flex - Buy low, sell high, or just add Cards to your showcase for all to see!
- Collect Over 100 Unique Cards - From ripping open booster packs, to buying singles, you’ll uncover dozens of vibey Cards featuring illustrations from stacks of talented artists! (Plus their rare, shiny variants!)
- Master An Ever-Changing Market - Reprints, rumours, rule changes, kids' meal promos, thieves, and church condemnations (the usual suspects) will all affect the price of your treasured cards. Think fast!
- Win the Hearts of Customers - Befriend regulars by tracking down their requests, help build their decks, and become a part of a sleepy seaside town! Or just rip them off and feel their wrath!
- Build The Perfect Shop - New management means new branding - create your dream shop with a catalogue of walls, flooring, furniture, and knickknacks; everyone loves a good chia pet, right?
- Solve The Mystery - All is not what it seems on the seaside! The appearance of a mysterious masked thief leaves locals wondering who to trust with their precious Cards! Who is this shadowy character? And just what are the Legendary Cards?
If you run into any issues during your play, feel free to make a post in the Bug Report subforum and we’ll follow up as soon as we can! Enjoy!
Win a Kardboard Kings Key by Solving the Legendary Card Puzzles!
Kardboard Kings releases next week! And as usual, we’re running a number of cool events coinciding with launch, one of which is the Kardboard Kings Legendary Card Giveaway. This one is a little bit complicated, so I wanted to lay out the rules a week in advance just so everyone’s ready.
Here’s the overview:
Solve an emoji puzzle in either the Akupara Games or Kardboard Kings Discord by arranging 24 emoji to create a Kardboard Kings legendary card. The first player to solve a puzzle will receive a Steam key when Kardboard Kings launches on February 10th!
Here are the details:
- The emoji puzzle is split up into 24 randomized emoji.
- The emoji can be combined in the Discord to make the appearance of a seamless legendary card.
- A practice puzzle has been added to both Discords if anyone wants to test Discord’s emoji functionality.
- The emoji puzzles will go live on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, February 7th, 8th and 9th.
- The emoji puzzle will be added to the Discords 12PM Pacific (3PM Eastern.)
- As soon as the emoji puzzle is added, it can be solved and the first person to solve it per day wins.
- The Kardboard Kings and Akupara Discords will each get one unique card everyday, which means there are two keys to be claimed everyday and six keys to be claimed over all three days.
- A player can only win once and can’t win more than one key.
- Winning entries must be in the #kardboard-kings channel in the Akupara Discord.
- Winning entries must in the #card-games-chat channel in the Kardboard Kings Discord.
- Winning entries must be the entire legendary card with no seams, including spaces!
If you have any questions about specific aspects of the giveaway, please feel free to comment on this news item or reach out to me in either Discord! Good luck to everyone that competes!
Kardboard Kings releases February 10th!
Buy trading cards low and sell them high in Kardboard Kings on February 10th!
You are Harry Hsu, a young man who recently inherited a card shop from his father, a former champion of the famous card game "Warlock." With the shop’s reputation on the line, you start working behind the counter, juggling the locals' requests while trying to familiarize yourself with owning a shop.
Your guide, Giuseppe, a fast-talking Cockatoo, helps you in your buying and selling journey - securing cards of various rarities to top collectors or helping an enthusiastic customer from the neighbourhood.
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Here’s the best stuff in store over the next few weeks:
Kardboard Kings Radio
On Monday January 31st, you’ll be able to hear the Original Game Soundtrack of Kardboard Kings with a special twist! Tune in to the full length recording of the best damn radio station in all of Parakeet Bay, Radio PKB hosted by Orion Duran. We’ll also be debuting the Kardboard Kings soundtrack the same day so you can pick up your favorite tracks as soon as you hear them.
Legendary Card Puzzles!
Before you can unfold the mystery of the legendary cards in Kardboard Kings, solve the Legendary Card puzzles in the Kardboard Kings and Akupara Games Discord servers! The week before the game launches, we’ll be holding a contest on both Discords for players to get Kardboard Kings keys on launch. A series of emotes will be added to the server and the first player to decipher the puzzle wins the key! Puzzles begin on February 7th!
The Kardboard Kings Launch Party
As ever, the day that Kardboard Kings goes live, we’ll be celebrating on the Akupara Games Twitch page with the developers behind the game and an all-day stream to see if we can collect every card in the game! Tune in at 11AM Pacific on February 10th to be a part of the action and feel free to race Buddy to 100% completion.
Buddy Gets Rich!
Do you wanna make big money flipping Warlock cards? Do you wanna cut good deals for all your friends and get a rep for being the best card shop in town? How do new sets, tournaments, clearance sales, and booster drafts work? Buddy will be breaking down the finer details of Kardboard King’s mechanics in this video series starting Friday, February 11th, the day after the game launches!
“Often shopkeeping mechanics act as a secondary mechanic used to supplement a more central mechanic within games. We wanted to bring shopkeeping to the front and centre and ended up taking a unique approach to designing the core shopkeeping gameplay.” - Oscar Brittain and Rob Gross, Creators of Kardboard Kings
Features:
- 💸 Buy, Trade, Sell or Collect - Buy low, sell high, or store in your card binder just to flex.
- 🎴 Cards, Cards, Cards - From ripping open boosters to buying singles off various sites, discover over a hundred cards of varying rarities (plus shiny variants!), featuring illustrations from talented artists.
- 📈 Unpredictable Market Conditions - Reprints, ban lists, kids' meal promos, theft targeting, and church condemnations - you know, the usual suspect - all affect the price of your inventory.
- ❤️ Win the Hearts Within Your Community - Befriend the locals, hear their requests, and help feed their addictive collection hobby or elevate their game; they just might help your store become the best in town.
- 🏬 Create Your Perfect Shop - New management means new branding - create your dream shop with a catalogue of walls, flooring, and knickknacks; everyone loves a good chia pet, right?
- 🔍 An Intriguing Story - All is not what it seems on the seaside! A sudden appearance of a mysterious patron has you wondering why they trust you with more than just information.
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If you haven’t already, feel free to come hang out with us in the Kardboard Kings Discord!
Check Out an Hour of Kardboard Kings Gameplay at MIGW!
If you're itching to get a little more insight into what it's like to actually sit down and play some Kardboard Kings, I have a treat for you! Join me on stream as I show off what it looks like to buy, sell and trade your way to trading card success. The first hour of gameplay includes a ton of features and there's plenty more to the game that we're not revealing today.
If you haven't seen the official reveal trailer, give it a look too!
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Let us know what you think on the official Discord!