KARDBOARD KINGS is a cool new card shop simulator from the maker of DESERT CHILD

KARDBOARD KINGS is a cool new card shop simulator from the maker of DESERT CHILD

Author: SIFTER January 28, 2022 Duration: 30:35

KARDBOARD KINGS is a store management game about a collectible card game, where you do everything but actually play the card game, managing a small town store inspired by working in retail.

Oscar Brittain (DESERT CHILD, WORLD'S FASTEST PIZZA) and Rob Gross are Henry's House, they share the challenges of writing believable characters, why speeding up the game made it so much better and how delaying the game to add more features worked for them.

SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

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Author: Language: en-au Episodes: 100

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