VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Dating Joyce: a Deckbuilding Game [v2025-02-07] [Omshinwa18]

Really fun honestly, sometimes you'd have trouble figuring out what to do next but finding that out is also rewarding. Art is also amazing and the animation look nice. All things that make a good game imo.

⭐ Fun to Play
Deck Building is interesting, but damn it could use some hints for next stage key elements

⭐ Cool Story
Takes a sudden tonal shift, avoid if you want vanilla because it gets dark.

⭐ Looks Awesome
Art is not for everyone, it's very unique though

⭐ Finished Game
Yup

⭐ Bonus Wow
Save at every stage, it was too much effort for more than one playthrough

things I liked:

• surprisingly deep gameplay mechanics
• you have to adapt the deck and strategy for each mission
• creative story and good dialogue
• great visuals and animations

meh:

• grindy at times
• it's a bit short right now

i think i was a bit too harsh on this game
don't get me wrong i think its awful and i didn't knew it will be that way

Cons:
forced "bdsm" without consent, safe words, no or even basic respect
terrible difficulty even on easy
grindy slop and slow gameplay
annoying game mechanics that delete your deck or take away your best cards
frustrating dates
lack of customization
very annoying woman that is mentally ill

Pros
unique graphics
actual gameplay
ability to cheat with rollback which made game completable day 477 ON EASY

Feedback:
don't make more games please

i seriously hate this gme, but i can't deny efforts and quality
i dont want this game to be any better i just wanna forget i ever played it

Great game! The deckbuilding part is entertaining, the character likable, the scenes are good enough and the story interesting. Cannot really ask much more for this kind of game...

The "plot" is here in all senses.

Would have preferred it without the plot twist and complete change in tone but otherwise really great game with a nice and thought out deckbuilding mechanic (though it could be a bit better in terms of diverseness and difficulty (harder or at least not stale) and it was annoying to just loose because there was no mention that the next event required a completely different deck) and amazing animations!!

Fantastic, hooking gameplay and nice h-scenes.
The story is quite unique and a great tool to avoid the choice between moving unrealistically slow or a very short story. the deckbuilding can move in different ways.

Inscription with tits and plot twists rival those of Bioshock. A rare game with actually engaging gameplay and original art style. WTF more do you want? The UI might be jank at times and overlap itself or go offscreen 8======= =========o You can get around it, though.

Unlike so many others.

A story that is actually interesting.

Deck building that is actually interesting and changes slightly over time.

I was initially going to skip over this one, but happy I came back to it.

Please play this gem of a game.

• Fairly short game (6-8 hours).
• The story is fairly simple, it doesn't try to do too much as far as characters go allowing the gameplay to shine.
• The deckbuilding in this game is very approachable, you can control the game's difficulty by simply adjusting your deck as there's no limit to how to build your deck.
• Even if you don't enjoy BDSM themes I think the game is still worth your time.
• Spoiler: Mood/Setting of the story

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Well an original idea well executed. Unexpected kinkiness is a bonus. I like the sudden twists in gameplay. Deckbuilding is not hardcore but gets your brain going. Definite must play in its own genre.

Really enjoyable deck building puzzling in this game! You can really tell that the devs have a passion for it and you can feel it in the gameplay.

Now of course, for a lot of you the gameplay isn't the main draw. As for the other parts, it's an enjoyable dating sim with quite the twist. Won't spoil too much but feel it needs to be said - there is femdom and it is done amazingly (for us fellows of that inclination). If, however, femdom is something that is a no-go for you, you should know that it is pretty strong and unavoidable.

The art style is simple but appealing, where the artists have made sure to give the sex scenes some extra love (as such a game should). Can't recommend it enough! Definitely in my top 10 on this site.

This game hooked me up like nothing had did before.
I'm not really into card games, but this one just has something inside that made me finish it in two sittings.

The graphic surely wasn't what hooked me up to this. It's basic. Backgrounds are just photos while the main heroine is drawn very simply. The animations are made great through, so that's a big +.

Gameplay itself is quite balanced. I played at normal difficulty and especially at the beginning I had no issue to keep up. Later on the game became a bit grindy when stamina came to play but it wasn't to the point where I would lose the fun.

The story and characters also were well made. It's nothing groundbreaking. It's just dating a girl (no spoilers here). But it was still very pleasant to read on how the things will turn out. I think there are two endings. I'm not sure because I felt like at one point the game had ended, but then it continued as a result of my choices. That was my impression. Either way the second half of the game made it slow down a little, but it didn't stretched the story too much, essentially giving a satisfying ending at the end, so it was worth it for me.

In summary: Great gameplay, and animations. Story is decent but visuals suck. Would recommend.

Ive never posted a rating because it was too much work, but for this hidden gem I will. I wont say anything that will spoil the game but I rec you play it and just try to get to act 2 and it'll be unforgetable.

TLDR: Not my thing but I can appreciate a well created game. Kudos to the dev even if I am deleting the game and will try to forget it.
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I feel like this game should come with a warning label. When you see BDSM in the tags, it's not like some games where this is one of many fetishes that you can opt out of, skip, or otherwise ignore. This is pretty hard core, in your face, and not avoidable.

There is no denying the game is very well done from both a story telling and gaming perspective. The deck building is challenging, changing, and a lot of fun. The story has a number of surprise twists and mostly well told. The art work ... it wasn't my favorite but I have to admit it grew on me and I have to say by the end I really appreciated it.

With all that being said, and with proper and well deserved kudos given to the dev, I will be deleting this game and never looking back. Extreme BDSM is not my thing. This goes well beyond handcuffs and light spanking.
I did consider holding on to the game because the deck building is really good .... but no. With all that being said, I do want to reiterate, that for what this is, even if it isn't my cup of tea, the dev put together an extremely well crafted game. I hope he does something vanilla romance in the future. I would totally play it.

Wow, what a hidden gym. That shit was so fucking good.
The deck building is really in depth and if you enjoy deckbuilding, you will 100% enjoy this game too.
One of the rare game on f95 that I will give 5 star.
Can't wait to see more games from this dev

An excellent game. I am always a lot more positive towards games that have some actual gameplay, and the deckbuilder in this one is actually kind of fun and offers a decent enough challenge. And while it can sometimes be a bit grindy when you're either looking to add a certain card to your deck or you try to increase certain stats, I could still tolerate that level of grind.

I also genuinely like the art style, which has a little more scrapyness to it, that isn't just entirely smooth.

Something I personally could take or leave is the whole domination aspect of the story. I would have been more than happy enough if this game had just been a wholesome love story. It's a bit of a shame that most of the sex in this game takes place in a dungeon and is really toeing the line of CNC and non-consensual.

One thing that I would have loved to see is if we as players had the opportunity to have two separate decks, one for dating and the other for sex. Building a deck that can do both just has too much bloat and would end up failing. In my playthrough, after the dates in act three, the MC nutedt almost instantly during the sex scenes because I had built my deck entirely around raising trust and attraction and had gotten rid of all the "dungeon" cards. And then in Act 4, you once again switch back to a deck to help you last longer. If there was the opportunity to have a dedicated dating and a dedicated sex deck, none of this would be an issue.

This has to be one of my top games of all time

This is not a long game.. It is not a complicated (plot wise) game

The plot is not complicated but without giving anything away explores dom elements with a mystery girl in unexpected ways. It's really simple but done really well. It rewards constantly with twists and evolutions and results throughout this short game..

It's that combined with the deckbuilding gameplay. It probably ranks among the best gameplay in this space. Some would say it could be difficult but because it's combined with the excellent plot it gives a strong feeling of 'progression'

What ties it all together is this is a labor of (lewd) love and it touched me in a way no other game has. A lot of nice details in this game. There's the dom element but also a bit of a corruption development, relationship development, in a lewd yet also wholesome way.. It really just has a lot of elements that evolve unpredictably over a story that's pretty damn brilliant

A must play

This is my first review, usually I dont reviews this games(since i not fluent in english), but I must say that this is one of the best ones i play. This game have a interesting story and its pretty fun. If you a card game and a porn game this is a must play game

One of the best game I have ever played, Hope this will get a sequel or something. The art is excellent and the plot is good. the card game itself is really fun.

If I really have to nitpick this game. I find the stamina part and the act 3 is a little bit grindy for me, and I was hoping for more relationship development part tbh. but the game right now is already good enough.