August 20th 2019

First sketches, basic design.

August 21st 2019

First prototype deck. Played and tested.

August 22nd 2019

Prototype 2 deck. Added 10 more cards. Played and tested.

Prototype 3 deck. Doubled two cards. Played and tested.

August 23rd 2019

Prototype 4 deck (final). Added 4 new unique cards, deck is complete, game is done and fully playable.

August 25th 2019

Announcement teaser.

“Hello everyone! I just got back from summer vacation and things went so well, that I have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for you!… Which is coming tomorrow…
All I can give you right now is this picture.” [src]

August 26th 2019

Game is revealed on social media.

“I’ve created a SUBMACHINE CARD GAME. A real, physical, tabletop card game that you play with your friends or family. It’s not a computer game. The game is completely developed, playable and tested on my friends who never played Submachine and they still loved it. Which is promising. Each play session will be unique, there’s no game board, your exploration takes you in different directions each time you play. Long story short – I’m attacking new market with Submachine! Keep your fingers crossed and let me know if you’re interested in it.” [src]

Added navigation icons to the card design. This solves two problems at once. Vertical orientation and efficient card information when holding in hand.

August 27th 2019

First room card prototype created in Adobe Flash.

August 28th 2019

Full deck listing. Full deck in beta.

August 29th 2019

First physical print of complete deck in beta (feature complete).

August 31st 2019

Single player testing.

Results shared on social:

“Good news! Just tested my Submachine Card Game for single player mode and yes, you can totally play it by yourself.” [src]

 

September 2nd, 2019

First draft of “instruction and game rules” is written down in polish language.

September 7th, 2019

First card drafts with graphics taken from Submachine games.

September 10th, 2019

Beta deck v2 with color graphics taken from Submachine games.

September 13th, 2019

First print of the color beta deck. (Looks awesome). :D

September 17th, 2019

three cards reprinted with changed colors, original prints had misprinted colors.

November 4th 2019

Rebalancing the deck. After extensive testing I’m slightly altering the flow of the game. 5 cards taken out, other 5 duplicated. Deck is still at 100 total.

November 6th 2019

Big change today. 17 out of 100 cards were altered. It’s the first “vertical” version.

February 25th, 2020

New mechanic added (card switching) after play session with professional card players.

Updates to instructions, card descriptions and pictograms on cards.

May 20th, 2020:

Unification of machine game mechanic (changed from 6 different cards to 2 cards tripled in the deck).

August 3rd 2020:

Added more colors to room color pool (grey, blue), colors tweaked.

Changed colors of doors / ladders to steel grey.

August 6th 2020:

New version of the deck printed(ver 7.0)

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August 10th 2021 (yes, a year later) :D

discovered game breaking bug, 5 cards could hard lock the game (2x śm, 3x ma), immediately breaking it. As result: 8 cards removed from the deck (2x śm, 3x ma, 3x zę), and replaced by 8 other cards expanding the number of those cards in the deck (2x po, 2x kr, 2x kl, 2x wy)

August 12th 2021

[wy] card changes it’s mechanic (opens all 3 instead of 2x)

August 18th 2021

game start: each player get 9 cards instead of 7 (prolongs the game, prevents makao in third round).

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August 31st 2021

Created more unique closed door variants (34 cards instead of 18 x2)

Deck size stays the same (100 cards), but is more varied.

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March 5th 2024

Redesigned card back.

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[this post is to mark the time of creation of Submachine Card Game for future reference. It’ll be updated with photos and drawings later].