21 Circles

PLEASE NOTE THAT this is the first ever demo of the game (pre-alpha) and there are a lot of placeholder assets in this version. I know that some of this looks ugly - but I think the game itself is better than it looks! Please leave your feedback in the comments, and help me develop this game into a more fun and more polished one! Cheers. 

-LSHB

[Dunno how to play blackjack? No problems! See how to play section below for the rules of the game]

You were never going to make it to Heaven. But here you are anyway.

21 Circles is a blackjack roguelite where you gamble your way through seven layers of a corrupt afterlife, one hand at a time. Collect chips that bend the rules. Acquire contraband that probably shouldn't exist up here. Hit your quota. Move up.

The man running the place? You know him. You've always known him. He's the kind of person who says we are all family here while picking your pocket. He's been in charge since before you arrived and he has very strong opinions about what you deserve.

He's also never played a hand of cards in his life.

HOW TO PLAY

• You have a set number of Hands per table. Each hand, cards are dealt to you one at a time.
• HIT to draw another card. STAND to lock in your score. DOUBLE DOWN to draw one final card and double your multiplier.
• Cards are worth their face value. Face cards (J, Q, K) are worth 10. Aces are worth 11.
• Go over 21 and you BUST — that hand scores zero.
• Your hand score is multiplied by your Multiplier at the end of each hand. The result adds to your Round Score.
• Hit the Target Score before your hands run out to clear the table and move on.
• After each table, visit the Shop to buy Chips (passive bonuses that trigger automatically after each hand) and Contraband (powerful one-use or conditional items).
• Each table has an active Decree — a rule that changes how the game plays. Read it carefully before you start.
• There are 7 tables in a full run. Get through all of them.
• Beating the game unlocks Chips and Dips mode where a new run includes debuffs to some of the chips! 
• You can change the difficulty in the Options in the Main Menu

Features

• Blackjack reimagined as a score-chasing roguelite — no dealer, no house edge, just you and an escalating quota
• Passive chip upgrades that stack, synergise, and occasionally spiral into chaos
• Contraband abilities that let you peek, hold, erase, and cheat your way through heaven's bureaucracy
• Seven tables, seven acts, one corrupt Supreme Benefactor slowly losing his composure
• Divine policy decrees that change the rules mid-run, justified in the most impeccable corporate nonsense you have ever read

"This outcome is being recontextualised."

— Lausiv Nitram, Supreme Benefactor