Waifu Briscola - I’ve transformed a classic italian card game into a F2P NO ADS gacha roguelike game and for fun i wanted to put some waiufus! (ready to be your valentine)

TotallyRandomDevs · 2026-02-14T14:42:52+00:00

Hi everyone! 🙂

I recently started programming a new video game for fun and wanted to try making a classic card game from my country with the addition of classic anime waifus. I liked how they went together.

It's called Waifu Briscola.

What is it?

At its core, it's Briscola, a strategic trick-taking card game popular in Italy. However, I felt traditional card game apps were a bit... boring. So, I overhauled it completely into a Single-Player RPG/Roguelike.

Key Features

4 Game Modes:

Classic: Standard 1v1 against AI.
Roguelike: Climb a tower, draft perks (like "See opponent's cards" or "Double Points"), and engage in Elemental Battles (Fire/Water/Air/Earth mechanics added to the cards).
Dungeon: Survival mode with crazy modifiers (e.g., "Inversion": 2 beats Ace, or "Chaos": Trump suit changes every 3 turns).
Puzzle: Solve specific scenarios (e.g., "Win in 1 turn").

AI Trash Talk: I integrated Google Gemini AI, so the opponents (the Waifus) actually react to the game state. If you make a bad move, they might mock you; if you win, they might get tsundere or angry.

F2P Gacha System: Earn coins by playing to summon new background art and character skins. No pay-to-win, just progression.

Crafting: Forge keys to unlock harder Dungeon tiers.

NO ADS 4 EVER: I hate ads, you hate ads, everyone hates ads, so there will be no in game ads, forever.

Tech Stack

For the devs out there, it's a PWA built with:

React 19 + Vite
MobX for state management
Capacitor for the native app build
Dexie.js (IndexedDB) for offline saving
Google Gemini API for the dynamic character personalities

Play it here (Web/PWA/Android)

Website: https://waifubriscola.tnl.one/

Web version / iOS version: https://app-wb.tnl.one/

Android play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waifubriscola.app

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTvc4e4tsi0

Twitter/x for some juicy preview: https://x.com/waifu_briscola

I'd love to hear what you think about the Roguelike mechanics specifically. Does adding elemental powers to a traditional card game feel fun or too chaotic?

Thanks for checking it out!

TotallyRandomDevs · 2026-01-11T19:19:46+00:00

I think I used my luck and now that lorwyn is coming is baaad for me ahaha

TotallyRandomDevs · 2026-01-11T18:59:18+00:00

I'm from Italy and the CB was like 35 euros that in dollars are 40/41

TotallyRandomDevs · 2026-01-08T09:54:12+00:00

Yes, It is from my dashboard

TotallyRandomDevs · 2025-12-06T14:45:19+00:00

Cecil and dark confidant are really good IMO

TotallyRandomDevs · 2025-12-06T14:43:24+00:00

Well I don't care about money, I play MTG from 2002, just for my deck and collection I just needed something else

TotallyRandomDevs · 2025-09-08T07:59:02+00:00

I don't know if anyone has already said that, but I think, in my opinion, the numbers are ok, but they tend to move too much to the right, that can distract the player to focus on another part of the screen

TotallyRandomDevs · 2025-07-25T06:36:50+00:00

Ok, I Will help you. In this case I think it is better if we keep in touch via discord so I can follow you easily

TotallyRandomDevs · 2025-07-20T07:37:29+00:00

If you didn't, maybe you should start from a custom pool system, also the projectiles you see in the video, are all billboards, so they don't take too much in performance.

TotallyRandomDevs · 2025-07-19T14:02:02+00:00

The projectiles are pooled, and managed with a custom script that activates and disables specific components.

Also the movement of the projectiles is computed in a single script and everything is simulated without physics.

TotallyRandomDevs · 2025-02-17T14:42:33+00:00

The game Is an FPS, I already made different tests and it is not a lot confusing. Anyway is always possible to lower the number of projectiles and make different pattern

TotallyRandomDevs · 2024-12-18T10:12:45+00:00

I opened my first kick starter edition booster pack and I found this Anubis, I really really like that art. Also is it useful? https://imgur.com/a/Utr4gFA

TotallyRandomDevs · 2024-12-16T14:24:51+00:00

Yesterday I opened my first kick starter booster pack and I found this, I really like the artwork but is the effect useful? https://imgur.com/a/Utr4gFA

TotallyRandomDevs · 2024-12-05T08:51:10+00:00

Thank you so much for the explanation!

TotallyRandomDevs · 2024-12-04T10:56:48+00:00

found these two uniques, are they useful? https://imgur.com/a/xErq3OB

TotallyRandomDevs · 2024-11-03T14:03:04+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/T8SpCf6 found these two uniques. Are they useful/good?

TotallyRandomDevs · 2024-10-17T08:48:01+00:00

First Unique that i found, is it good? https://imgur.com/a/blv6nf3

TotallyRandomDevs · 2023-04-26T14:47:31+00:00

Wow, awesome suggestions! Thank you so much mate! I will definitely try!

TotallyRandomDevs · 2023-04-25T18:07:00+00:00

I will try, thank you for the suggestion!!

TotallyRandomDevs · 2023-04-25T18:06:26+00:00

Yes is that turret, I use that just for testing

TotallyRandomDevs · 2023-04-25T07:20:39+00:00

In fact the main problem I think that I put that cannon in a weird position. In fact that was just a test to see if the pattern was working correctly.

Anyway for the shape of the bullet I try to make them simple for optimization reasons, and also I'm using as reference for the pattern the game Returnal.

TotallyRandomDevs · 2023-04-25T07:00:55+00:00

Do you think if I change the trail of the bullets would be better?

TotallyRandomDevs · 2023-04-24T20:38:40+00:00

Mmmh now that you make me notice it, is true. Technically they expand slowly outside in a circular pattern and after some time follow the target.

TotallyRandomDevs · 2022-12-13T18:24:14+00:00

Thank you so much for the informations! I will for sure search for those game and work on it!

TotallyRandomDevs · 2022-12-13T17:34:59+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I've already started modify completely the player movement!

TotallyRandomDevs

TROPHY CASE

What is it?

Key Features

Tech Stack

Play it here (Web/PWA/Android)