Fact Sheet
Developer
Glitch Gothic
Orlando, FL
Platforms
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itch.io |
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Web |
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Bluesky |
Release Date
August 4th, 2025
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A New Puzzle Every Day
When the cards are dealt, how many paths to 21 will you find?
Description
Imagine a deck of 54 cards - that's all your old favorites like Aces, Jacks, Queens, Kings, the numbered cards Two through Ten, plus two Jokers. Shuffle them and deal them out into a shape that roughly resembles a diamond. Starting from the middle, build a path using the cards so that their total value is 21. If you can't make 21, try to get close. Pick up the cards in the path you've made, award yourself some points, and then move the remaining cards to fill in any gaps you've created. Repeat until there are no more valid moves.
Oh, and those pesky Jokers are obstacles. You'll have to work around them.
Every time you play a puzzle, the moves you make early on can decide what moves become available in the end game. That means a different set of opening moves might lead to better outcomes. You can replay the daily PathJack puzzle as many times as you'd like. So go ahead, chase that personal best!
The Basic Rules
- Build a path of cards to make a hand.
- Get each hand as close to 21 as you can!
- Higher hands earn bigger bonuses.
- Face cards are worth 10.
- Aces are worth 1 or 11 - whichever fits.
- Jokers are obstacles. Pop one at 25,000!
Additional Features
Get competitive with daily, weekly, and all-time leaderboards.
Music by jankyswans, if you're into that sort of thing.
The Team
Hi. It's just me, David J. Sushil. I do the design, the programming, the artwork, and the music. I'm a computer science teacher at Seminole HS in Sanford, FL by day, and an award-winning indie game developer by night.
My previous titles include Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix & Her Nightmare (PAX 10 Official Selection, Professional Finalist in GameStop's Indie Game Challenge, Best Design in the Independent Game Developer's Contest) and Not Without You (Boston Indie Showcase Official Selection at PAX East).
Co-founder of Indienomicon.
Former Academic Director at The DAVE School.
Permissions
Glitch Gothic allows for the contents of PathJack to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from PathJack is legally and explicitly allowed by Glitch Gothic.
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