DaDee

DaDee is a single-player roguelike built around Hong Kong Big Two combos. There are no opponents or AI players: you work with your hand and the round’s score target, choosing how to split and order your cards.

Split and play your hand

Each round, you draw 16 cards, keep 13 and divide them into legal combos within a strict play budget. Combos include singles, pairs, triples, straights, flushes, full houses and bombs. Runs depend on partitioning and ordering your cards, with no dead draws.

Play order affects your score. Climbing Ladders and taking the table with bombs builds Flow, a score multiplier. Your round score is Power × Flow, minus penalties for cards left unplayed.

Link with 2s

You can play a group of 2s immediately after another combo to Link and gain Flow, or close the round with a 2 Finisher for a bonus. The 2♠ is the deck’s highest single card.

Style cards and bosses

Between rounds, you spend money on Style cards that change how you can split your hand. They can let you turn a triple and a stray card into a Cracked Bomb, substitute a rank in a straight, or fold two pairs into one four-card play. Style cards cover grammar, scoring, sequencing, economy and manipulation.

Bosses add constraints, including reversed ladders, a Tax Collector and a seat reserved for your highest card. Targets escalate, and missing a target ends the run.