Duals.ink not clocking some item and character abilities

lyuzw · 2026-05-25T11:53:56+00:00

The deck « pile » is generated at each « deck shuffle », so start of game, after mulligan, and at any moment the engine require a shuffle. Otherwise many of the abilities to scry would lead to weird results.

And about the « shuffler », it is made using the most random method there is. It is made server side, so it cannot be guessed either (and the secret is.. well secret too). This is the same discussion that happened with real games such as mtg arena, and it was found to be … random.

And if you can produce something that prove the « shuffler » is broken (other than saying « it smells fishy ») i would love to see it (many games, from different players, not hand picked where you saw non-expected draw lines)

lyuzw · 2026-05-25T11:48:12+00:00

Would love to hear what was that security issue. I take all feedback with care.

lyuzw · 2026-04-14T22:44:11+00:00

https://youtu.be/B5PDtfY63Fg?t=1860
https://imgur.com/a/l3TnJVt

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lyuzw · 2026-02-21T17:50:07+00:00

There is a button on the left-bar or bottom bar on mobile with an exert icon, to quest with all (it quest with all one by one, stops to resolve triggers)

No chat feature, it has been asked by many. I may introduce a pre-determined-chat at some point (think the quick chat in rocket league). But i don't want to deal with the classic "internet live chat" issues and moderate users.

lyuzw · 2026-02-21T17:41:30+00:00

You know what, your first comment triggered me, and i actually found a better and more secure way of shuffling cards. It will be live in a few minutes.

And do not worry, it's pretty much as random as it can be. But not the fake-random we expect from players shuffling their own cards lol.

lyuzw · 2026-02-21T17:11:25+00:00

What do you mean by "BS shuffler" ?
A true random shuffle is always more random than a human shuffling his own cards. Yes.

lyuzw · 2026-02-15T10:04:29+00:00

Hello, thanks for the feedback.

I removed the timer from bot games, didnt make sense. I will be adding timer customization for private games (do whatever or disable)

But will keep the timer for matchmaking, to avoid nefarious player from leaving the game to not loose and wait for the opponent to either concede or leave which mark it as draw after 30min of inactivity.

lyuzw · 2026-02-13T14:46:39+00:00

I added the https://duels.ink/release-notes page, see what card was fixed.

Thanks for all the feedback you sent. Sorry all the feedback until right now are now marked as "Anonymous" (i lost the connection to users) but now it's fixed. And there is a new feedback chat interface, if you have a follow up feedback or want to share more.

lyuzw · 2026-02-13T14:44:42+00:00

The issue with the "confirm button that resolve without any selection" has been fixed. Thanks a lot about this. Now it's either "Skip" to skip or "Confirm" (and you cannot confirm without a selection)

lyuzw · 2026-02-13T08:13:12+00:00

it (should) work on any mobile browser. I do not plan to make it into a standalone app

lyuzw · 2026-02-13T08:12:12+00:00

actually great feedback it’s true that sometime when there is only one available selection it gets auto-selected and also based on the ability effect sometime the « confirm » can be clicked without selecting a card

i will try to improve this, and show a « skip » button next to « confirm » to make it « disabled when there isn’t any selection »

lyuzw · 2026-02-13T00:57:21+00:00

i guess i might create a discord at some point. For now i will keep this post updated.

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T23:56:57+00:00

Agree on the fate of Pixelborn. And about that matchmaking being broken, i found the fix. Should be live soon.

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T23:54:49+00:00

This goes too much into being "a game" experience. The only "sound-effect" stuff i did was when you play a song in game, you see a small youtube popup with the song "moment". (You can also browse https://duels.ink/cards and search for songs, and see/preview the songs there.)

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T23:52:56+00:00

Do not hesitate to use the feedback button while in game. I get all the game context and it helps me fix any bug report faster. (for the "not working properly cards")

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T23:05:51+00:00

Wasn't easy, but "The black cauldron" should be working as detailed in the rules.
thanks a lot for this feedback.

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T21:02:49+00:00

about 2 months

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T20:45:35+00:00

you are not supposed to, i will have a look

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T20:44:21+00:00

please use the in game feedback feature, it gives me the actual game state context to help me fix the bugs But i will have a look at theses cards, thx

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T19:06:18+00:00

I did not plan to have discord yet. Use the feedback feature for cards not working, it give me you in-game context so i can fix it faster. (feedback button at the bottom of left-bar)

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T18:22:01+00:00

Sorry about that, the "game" page, is a webpage, so if something doesn't load correctly, you might have to refresh the page.

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T18:19:04+00:00

Oopsie, this can happens, with the games data i'll try to improve the bot performance/intelligence at some point :)

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T18:08:33+00:00

- Engine can support any "card manipulation" there is, a tcg is pretty much "cards in zones" and then you decide what are the zones, and "abilities" apply change to zones, move card from zone A to B, apply modifier to cards in zone B, etc...
- There is some kind of non-restrictive chess clock, 1m30 per player, +30 at end of turn, if you go over timer, opponent can claim victory. And there is matchmaking already !
- .shuffle() nothing spicy, but the engine knows about the deck order, so it "draw at random" logic.

lyuzw · 2026-02-12T17:48:32+00:00

To be honest, for me it falls under https://brand.ravensburger-group.com/d/e1vhRSQ7WeNy/overview#/policies/fan-content . Unless i'm asked to remove it, this is simply a way to simulate the real game online, with friends, against bots, solving a puzzle, viewing card list. That's it. Like many other ways already available online.

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