Take a peek at my latest game: Goo-niverse

Haha, thanks for letting me know Shoe. It's difficult to explain so I should just make a rough diagram of one. I'll add it to the document soon. Also, I haven't settled on this theme or name quite yet, but I handn't thought of people reading it as GOON.

EDIT: Just updated it now. Let me know if that makes things clearer.

The Decision cards represent all of your available choices each turn. So if you want to use the second Action on your currently active Goo, you'd find the Decision card with Action (2) on it and place it face-down, making sure that the Action (2) side is closest to your opponent. When you and your opponent have both selected an action for the turn this way, flip them over to reveal your chosen action.

If you look at it like a menu, it might be easier to grasp. Let's say your playing this as a flash game online against a friend. Instead of being Decision cards, it would be buttons. These buttons would be:

• Action (1)
• Action (2)
• Action (3)
• Action (4)
• Morph into Spikey
• Morph into Gooey
• Morph into Hard
• Charge

(Note: you can't morph into the form you're already in)

Once both players had clicked one of these buttons, the actions both players chose would be revealed. The system I devised with Decision cards was the simplest way to mimic this kind of interface without cluttering your hand with 8 cards.

You're probably right on that, but some Goo's have extra Decision cards in hand that increase the number of cards from 8 to 11. 11 is too many, so I used this system as a way to open up more design space. I'm glad you get it now though.

Yeah, I'll work on that. Since I'm still creating characters, a 100% accurate component layout isn't possible. But one that covers all of the definite pieces is doable. I've designed it in a way that it doesn't have many though.

So yeah, you know every possible thing your opponent can do and vice versa every turn. The only 'cards' are the Decision cards in your hand, which means the only hidden information between players is which decision they select each turn. It's very mind-gamey, turns are quick, buffs and energy add a sense of progression, and hopefully there's some solid depth to it.

Just read your new post---

I don't want that because it requires the opponent to memorize 12 unique actions for each Goo. The way it's currently set up, players know what each other can do.

Also, the Spikey / Gooey / Hard types come from me (originally) wanting the different forms to act like Rock-Paper-Scissors. Spikey attacks are strong against Gooey form; Gooey attacks are strong against Hard form; and Hard attacks are strong against Spikey form. I'm not so sure if that's something the game needs anymore, because it'd cause a lot of morphing to better position yourself against the opponent (thus leading your opponent to better position themselves against you). However, it could help inform the mind-games, leading to better gameplay. It's something that I need to test while playing.

Shoe and I were on at the same time and we were looking over each other's game. So coincidence and karma?

I thought of something that worries me about my design. The purpose of charging is to gain a solid amount of energy when your opponent morphs, which lets you access your Buffs sooner. However, once all 3 buffs are active, I feel as if charging loses a lot of its purpose. I playtested a prior design that had actions cost a lot of energy (thus increasing the importance of charging), but it felt very restrictive and way too predictable. This new reworking might make the game better, but the end-game might suffer.