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So I finally did it.....After learning to code basically from scratch, I just got my first iOS app approved on the App Store and I'm honestly still a bit shocked it worked. 

The idea came from a really simple frustration — every time my family sits down for a card game night someone pulls out a game nobody remembers the rules to, and we end up spending 20 minutes on Google piecing together half-answers from random websites.

So I built Card Game Encyclopedia. It's a free app with 100+ card games all in one place — full rules, strategy tips, how-to-play videos, difficulty ratings, the works. Everything from Poker and Solitaire to more obscure stuff like Tichu, Skat, Hanafuda and Briscola. I've learned so much from researching all these games, also how I've been playing so many games very very very wrong (lol).

My favourite feature is the Suggest a Game screen — you pick how many players you have and what difficulty you want and it recommends something random. Really useful when nobody can agree on what to play. 

Biggest lessons from building it: 

- Expo and React Native are genuinely beginner friendly. But honestly I still have a lot to learn, and am actually unsure if I understand any of it.

- The App Store submission process is way more involved than I expected 

- Having an actual reason to build something makes you push through the hard parts

 It's free to download if anyone wants to check it out. Would love any feedback — good or bad!Would love any feedback from fellow indie developers and gamers! App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/card-game-encyclopedia/id6763935434

u/slywka_ra — 17 hours ago
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What do you want in a Solitaire site?

I am currently working on a solitaire game at InternetSolitaire.com

It is still a work in progress, but I thought I might get some input here.

So, what would make the gameplay worthwile for you? Is there something that annoys you about the solitaire games you play online?

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u/routerjockey — 3 days ago
▲ 5 r/solitaire

Can't Solve Puzzle - Are We Stupid Or Is It Unwinnable?

My husband and I have tried to solve today's (May 7) puzzle for hours to no avail. I don't know if we're stupid or if this puzzle is broken, but since I can't find anyone else talking about it (or a solution), I'm turning to y'all. Is this puzzle solvable? Are we stupid? https://games.usatoday.com/games/daily-solitaire

u/xxcat_huggerxx — 6 days ago
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Custom solitaire playing cards

Does anyone know where I can get a unique or custom made set of playing cards? I enjoy sitting and playing solitaire with a physical set of cards, and would really like a deck that feels special. I especially like flowers, insects, and anything whimsical. Also, a recommendation for a pretty card holder/cover would be nice. Something that snuggly holds a 52/54 card playing deck. I don't know if anyone will see this, but I would be really thankful for any response.

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u/Ancient_Revenue2750 — 4 days ago
▲ 10 r/solitaire+3 crossposts

[Mobile/PC] MSO FreeCell Arena — solitaire turned multiplayer. Mobile launch since I last posted

Posted here a while back for early feedback — wanted to share what's evolved since.

What MSO FreeCell Arena is — and what makes it different from every other FreeCell app:

Most FreeCell apps deal you a random hand and you play alone. This one doesn't. The server hands the same deal to everyone, then ranks moves, time, efficiency, and auto-streak across all players who tackled it.

Three mechanics built on that shared-deal foundation:

- Group lobbies — host shares a 6-char code, all members play the same deal at the same time. Round ends, you see who finished fastest, who blew the turn. Persistent lobbies, multiple rounds. This is the most unique thing about the game — turns solitaire into something you can do with friends without taking turns.

- Replays of every record-holder — when someone beats your time on a deal, you watch their move-by-move replay. Server stores top 10 replays per deal / difficulty / metric. Combined with lobbies: after a round, the loser can pull up the winner's replay and see exactly how they solved it.

- Daily challenges + global leaderboards — single shared seed every day, one attempt, your rank against everyone who played it.

Plus head-to-head rivalries with dethronement notifications, 30+ badges, and difficulty bands from Casual (with hints) up to Hardcore (no hints, uncharted decks).

Since the last r/playmygame post:

- Shipped on Google Play (Open Testing) and iOS TestFlight — fully playable on mobile, no test-account waiting

- New "Wizard's Tome" theme — tooled-leather frame, brass corners, parchment stat plate

- Polished landing page (with auto-playing replay demo)

Free. No ads. No gameplay paywall. Single-player works fully offline; online competitive features are $2/month (lobbies, leaderboards, rivalries, saved scores, daily challenges).

Direct links:

- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.msogames.freecell

- iOS TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/qdR6daKm (use redeem code qdR6daKm if it prompts)

- Windows / macOS / Linux: https://msogames.com/download

Looking for feedback particularly on the lobby flow + visual polish.

u/crabboy_com — 4 days ago
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just wanted to do this as a condensed post for any talk. there is also a solveibility post for the month by another user. but i'll only be looking at it for reference at the end of the month to see if i solved all the ones able to be.

hopefully we can all chat some this month!

today (may 1st) was frustrating being an impossible solve. seems like the first day is becoming a trend at being unsolvable.

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u/whenyoulovesomeone — 12 days ago
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Hey r/solitaire,

I grew up on XP Solitaire and missed it. And the more I thought about it, the more it bugged me that there's no good way to play it anymore - you can't buy it, you can't legally download it, and current Windows ships Microsoft Solitaire Collection, which isn't really the same game. It feels wrong to let something that iconic just fade out, so I spent the last few weeks rebuilding it in the browser.

It's live at xp-solitaire.com — free, no ads, no signup, no app install.

The goal was preservation, not reinterpretation. Same card art (both the photographic XP backs and the older Susan-Kare-era ones, with the animated robot and castle), same rules and scoring, same win cascade. A few small additions for modern screens — configurable display scaling, a fullscreen button, an optional auto-finish button - but nothing that changes how the game plays.

If anyone gives it a try, I'd love to hear where it diverges from the original - parity is the goal, so bug reports and "you got X wrong" notes are very welcome.

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u/aleksatr — 6 days ago
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Since posting the April version, it looks like the information has been helpful to some and so I'll go ahead and do one for May as well. Each day has 2 icons, the first is for Draw 1 and the second is for Draw 3. Let me know if you guys have any other suggestions or if the way it is presented is good.

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>!❌❌!< >!✅❌!< >!❌❌!< >!❌❌!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!<
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>!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!<
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>!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!<
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>!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!❌❌!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!< >!✅✅!<
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u/Devil_Squirrel — 13 days ago
▲ 3 r/solitaire

Hello all, I am dissatisfied with how the Soltiaire option that comes with Windows 11 has ads in it, so I am looking for an alternative that can be downloaded that lacks ads. So far, I have found the PySol FC one, but I am kind of on the fence about using it, as the anti-virus I use flagged it as being malicious so I am not sure if it can be trusted.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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u/Apprehensive_Ad_5957 — 13 days ago
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Hey everyone,
I’ve been working on a small project for a while and finally got it to a point where it’s playable.
It’s a version of Solitaire with a ranked mode + leaderboards. Same core game, but now your runs actually contribute to a score and rank instead of just being win/lose.

The idea was to see what happens if Solitaire becomes a bit more competitive like:
how far you can push a run
how consistent you are over time
whether it still feels like Solitaire or turns into something else entirely

I’ve been playing it a lot myself, but I’m really curious how other Solitaire players feel about it.

Questions I’d genuinely like feedback on:
Does ranked Solitaire make sense or does it ruin the relaxed nature of the game?

Does it feel skill-based at all or still mostly luck?
Would you ever come back to something like this?
If anyone wants to try it, I can drop the link in the comments.

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u/Sea_Macaroon2390 — 13 days ago