An Update on Where Cards Fall
Where Cards Fall began its life as a student project five years ago. Since then, it’s evolved and transformed, taking shape in ways that often surprise even us. Over the last year in particular, as we’ve worked with our partner studio The Game Band on the project, we’re proud to say that our dream version of the game has come into view.
But with that sharper focus has come a clear understanding: to build the game we know you deserve, Where Cards Fall is going to need more time. Along with Alto’s Odyssey, we know this marks a second delay for Snowman this year. When it comes to our feelings about this, we think The Game Band’s creative director Sam Rosenthal puts it best:
When we first announced Where Cards Fall, I talked about how the game is meant to feel like a bittersweet memory. By revisiting the past, we want to explore how we build our futures over many years.
For several of us at The Game Band, that’s quite literally the case. A core group of us began building this game when we were in college, and over time, we’ve come to realize that making Where Cards Fall has felt a lot like playing it.
We chose our cards. We put them together. We built a house. The house wasn’t quite right. We knocked it down. We started again.
When we teamed up with Snowman, we caught a glimpse of our dream house. So we took everything down to the studs and built a much stronger foundation. With all that said, it’s looking like we’ll need some more time to finish decorating.
Rest assured, the wait will be worth it. In the coming months, we’ll pull back the curtain on the novel game mechanic that anchors our storytelling, and offer more glimpses into Where Cards Fall’s dreamlike world.
Thank you for your support, and for your patience. I know delays have become a bit of a cliché in video games, but new ideas are hard to build properly on the first try. Sometimes you need to let your creation fall to see what it can become.
Delays are never ideal, but like Sam, we’re firm believers in the fact that it’s worth building things properly, not quickly.
In the near future, we’ll begin sharing more glimpses of the world of Where Cards Fall on Twitter & Facebook. Our promise to you is that as a firm release window comes into view, we’ll let you know.
Until then, we’ll keep building this house. Diligently, one card at a time.
