Submission by Startrz

Tatakae Lodge is an anime-inspired strategic deck-building combat game where poker hands become cinematic battle techniques. Instead of simply playing cards, players build hands like pairs, flushes, full houses, and royal flushes to trigger attacks, combos, limit breaks, and ultimate arts. A weak hand might become a basic strike, while a powerful hand can become a dramatic finishing move like Water Slice, Hinokami Kagura, or Sun Halo. The game solves the problem of making card combat feel more emotional, readable, and exciting. Traditional deck-builders can feel abstract, so Tatakae Lodge turns every move into a visual and audio spectacle: the player understands the strategy of the cards, but feels the impact like an anime fight. I built the project using Zed as my fast AI-assisted development environment, helping me prototype UI, combat flow, and game systems quickly. ElevenLabs is used to bring the game to life with dynamic battle narration, character voice reactions, attack callouts, sound effects, and cinematic audio moments. Every major action can be voiced or enhanced with adaptive sound, making each combo feel like a true fighting-game moment. At its core, Tatakae Lodge asks: What if poker hands were not just scores but superpowers?