- v4.0 - Deuces Wild! - 13 December 2022
Hey Vidya Poker players! coolnames here! I missed you guys too! Here is what included in the 4.0 update: Solid and Gradient Color Backgrounds! In the Pause Menu, you can now change from the outer-space background to either a solid color or 2 color gradient background! This can make playing have a more stylized look, utilizing some of your favorite colors. Slight performance increase as well! Players Can Choose To Fly Through Space! After popular request, I implemented a toggle button for 'Moving' through the default outer-space background. While I prefer the visuals of moving, it is now the player's choice! Toggle it in the Pause Menu when playing! DEUCES WILD VIDYA POKER I decided to challenge myself and dev a new poker gametype: Deuces Wild! How does it work? EASY! Any 2 (deuce) is wild! This means, it can represent any other card in the deck. 2s will glow with a rainbow effect! With…
- Coming Soon - Deuces Wild in Vidya Poker! - 11 December 2022
Greetings Vidya Poker players!! I wanted to send out a quick notification that I have been adding some features to Vidya Poker!! The juicy bits are: Deuces Wild gameplay mode! Ability to replace the outer-space background to a customizable solid color or gradient between two colors! And bug fixes! Stay tuned! Update is getting close to being finished!! Appreciate all your support and look forward to feedback on the new mode and options!! --coolnames
- Vidya Poker 3.1 Released! - 21 July 2021
Howdy Vidya Poker players! coolnames comin' at you with the biggest milestone yet (and a patch)! Out of Early Access Finally calling the game released and exiting Steam EA! I made a short trailer video for the milestone that is also posted on the store page: Steam Cloud I recently formatted my workstation and on loading up Vidya Poker for the first time, my player stats were not there! Duh, the player progress info was not backed up! This is no longer an issue for players because Steam Cloud syncing now is working! Playing on any Windows machine through Steam, through the same Steam account, your stats and currency is now persistent! Bug Fix Found a glaring bug with scoring that is now fixed! Earning a hand score of a 4 of a Kind 2s, 3s, or 4s *with* an Ace kicker card is now properly paying Diamonds out. Thank You! Thanks so much to all the players for your support during development!…
- Vidya Poker 3.0 Released! - 18 June 2021
Hey Vidya Poker players! coolnames here, and do I have a juicy patch for you all! Optimizations More than 80% of the code has been rewritten for efficiency and performance. So much of the code was initially 'hacked' together to get functionality working for the sake of time. Logic for scoring, stat tracking, and manipulating the objects on screen have all been boiled down to run fast! Here is an example, green bit on the left is new, red bit on the right is old: An important step for an Unreal Engine game is the minimization of casting being used. Casting is basically how objects and variables are linked/shared/communicated between one another when using UE's Blueprints. Casting in Vidya Poker has been almost completely removed, increasing performance and benefiting memory use. Also, many old assets in the project have been culled. Even with the addition of new assets in this patch, the…
- Vidya Poker v3.0 Beta Available for Testing - 11 June 2021
*** UPDATE 6/11/21 @ 5:30AM PST *** New version 3.0.5 uploaded to Steam Beta branch Fixes: -- Right Clicking with Mouse now works properly and should have no more issues. -- When in Hot Streak, fireworks now shoot up from the sides of the Multiplier Text (so you can see them better! New additions: -- 'Q' on keyboard now cycles through Graphics Quality presets. -- Mouse Thumb Button 1 now triggers the Back buttons when in a menu or toggles the Pause Menu. -- New text Notifications show in the top left of the screen when changing Quality or when Auto Play is turned On/Off. *** Original Post *** OK! Version 3.0 Beta is available on Steam to test this week! As of this news posting, the specific version number is v3.0.4 Known issues I am currently working on: Right Click to trigger DEAL/DRAW sometimes unintentionally triggers the click+drag card selection functionality. Progress towards achi…
- Early Access Ending Soon! - 10 June 2021
Hey guys and gals! coolnames here! I have been working hard on the next big update for Vidya Poker for the past weeks, putting all other projects on hold. 🎊🥳🎉 This next patch will be Vidya Poker leaving 'Early Access' on Steam!! 🎉🥳🎊 New stuff that you should like: - 2 new card styles to unlock and use - 30 total card back designs to unlock and use - Ability to change Graphics Quality (very useful for lower spec'd machines) - 2 new achievements - Install size reduced even after all the additional content ...and lots of optimizations and some bug fixes! 🦶🐛 One very important change is how Stats and Unlocks are tracked/saved. I have rewritten all the code and moved away from Steam Stat tracking and am now doing the tracking in-game, on the local machine. What this means is that your current stats, coins, and unlocked toons/skins are going to be reset when the patch hits. 😲 Steam A…
- Vidya Poker ➡ Update 2.4 ➡ LIVE NOW! - 12 May 2021
Getting closer to exiting Early Access!!! Hey everyone! coolnames comin' at ya with a pretty big content update! Thank you all for your support during the dev process! New Card Back styles to unlock! New 3D menus! Auto Play!!! Vidya Poker can now play itself! Clicking the 'AUTO' button or pressing 'A' on the keyboard will toggle Auto Play! Interacting with the cards or the Deal button will exit Auto Play. Auto Play logic is as follows: Deal a new hand! If dealt winning hand, hold winning cards. Otherwise, hold specific cards for best chance of rewards. Draw replacement cards! Celebrate winnings! (timed) Repeat! Card selection rules if dealt a non-winning hand are as follows: 4 to a Royal 4 to a Straight Flush 3 to a Royal 4 to a Flush Pair (other than Jacks or Better) 4 to a Straight 2 suited Face Cards (Ace, King, Queen, Jack) 3 to a Straight Flush 2 Face Cards 1 Face Cards WIPE Automa…
- Vidya Poker ➡ Update 2.3 ➡ LIVE NOW! - 15 March 2021
Hey Hey!! New visuals and bug fixes!!! coolnames here! Still plugin' away on Vidya Poker updates! When testing this update, I got a pretty decent multiplier goin, and then BAM! got a Full House!! Was pretty lucky! Hot Streaks! Cold Streaks!! Multipliers!!! New visuals for Hot and Cold Streaks are live! I added some falling transitions to all 3D streak text! The Streak Multiplier text has a constant fire type now, but displays a fire burst when winning another hand and when incrementing to the next multiplier. Cold Streak text is now in the game! It is just another subtle visual to add some zazz to the scene when in a Cold Streak. New Mouse Cursors! When playing in a higher resolution window, the larger mouse cursors help find the little guy! Bug Fixes! With the help from a couple very awesome players, a couple glaring bugs have been fixed! Diamonds earned from Hot Streak multipliers wer…
- Vidya Poker ➡ Major Update 2.2 LIVE! - 18 February 2021
Boom! The first big update for Vidya Poker since Early Access release is now live! I Hope you have had fun playing...and with the new options and gameplay tweaks, I hope you will like the game even more :D Keyboard Support I started implementing keyboard input support for both the menus and during gameplay. Ever closer to the casino/bartop way to physically play! - The Escape key will either toggle the Pause menu or back you out of any sub-menu you are in. - The 1 through 5 keys will toggle selection of the respective playing card. - Space/Enter keys will trigger the Deal/Draw button. Video Options There are now Video options available to be changed from both the Main Menu as well as when the game is Paused! Earn more Diamonds and Coins I made some changes to increase how much currency is earned ...that should make playing more fun! - Hot Streaks now award the player additional Diamonds…
- Beta for v2.2 Available! - 16 February 2021
Hey everyone! I wanted to push out a compiled update to Vidya Poker with the big additions I have been working on. If you want an early sneak peak / help test out stuff that could have a bug, you can check out the Beta version of Vidya Poker in your Steam Library! Key Updates Resolution options! Updated visuals and rules for earning diamonds with Hot Streaks and Aces! Keyboard Support! Use 1-5 keys to select cards. Enter Key and Space Bar tripper DEAL/DRAW button Escape Key toggles Pause menu or backs out of nested menu screen. How to enable Beta Right click on Vidya Poker in your Library list and select Properties Click on BETAS Select the beta listing in the drop down. Leave access code field blank, as it is not needed. 💪😎
- Vidya Poker Hotfix 01.02.21 - 2 January 2021
BUGS FIXES BUGFIX: Total Diamonds owned and Diamonds Spent stats now properly save after buying an unlock. USER INTERFACE UI: Player Stats -> Removed 'Profit' and 'Times Bankrupt'
- Vidya Poker Early Access Released! - 2 January 2021
After what seems like eons of time, Vidya Poker is finally released to the public in Early Access! Hey, I'm coolnames ^_^ Vidya Poker is my 2nd game I have released but it was my first game that I began working on. It started out as a programming challenge to properly simulate video poker rules with a 52 card deck. After I got the scoring logic working, I was having fun enough just testing the game, that I decided to try to zazz it up a bit and add more functionality: Betting of money and being paid out with video poker multiplier rules. Added firework explosions = to the payout multiplier. Animated sky background. Next, I added different video poker rule-sets that the player can choose to modify payouts. I also started testing changing the amount of money bet per hand. I started learning about how to use light in-engine with emissive materials and post processing effects. I really like…
