Corellian Spike

The world's first digital Sabacc game.

Written in vanilla JS.

Play online

MVP Progress

Game Setup

• Generating a deck of Sabacc cards
• A configurable number of players are generated, delt a hand, and given starting credits
• The top of the deck is discarded
• Players automatically ante up

Game Progression

• Turns progress after player actions
• Stages progress after players take their turns
• Rounds progress at at the end of rounds
• The UI is updated after state changes

Drawing Phase

• Standing
• Drawing a card from the deck and chosing to keep or discard that card
• Discarding from your hand and drawing from the deck
• Discarding from your hand and drawing from the discard

Betting Phase

• Standing
• Making a bet
• Calling the bet
• Raising the bet
• Junking (folding)
• Going all in
  • Basic implementaion added, but does not account for side pots yet. Currently the player with the highest credits can cheese the game by always going all in.
• Raise limit

Spike Phase

• Rolling the dice
• Re-dealing cards to players after a spike

Game End

• Game ends after third round
• Comparing hands and determining a winner
• Special win conditions (which hands beat which)
  • Also currently does not have logic to handle multiple players with the same winning score
• Distributing the winnning pot(s) to the winner
• Player hands are reset, but credits are not
• Players without enough credits to ante are eliminated
• A new game is started after the final round

User Interface

• Only show the current player's hand
• Only show actions that the current player is allowed to take
• User-friendly desktop layout
• User-friendly mobile layout
• Card designs that look like real Sabacc cards and show staves
  • Basic version implemented
• Star Wars inspired theme (colors & fonts)

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