Facehand

Released: Jun 19, 2024
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 09:50 GMT

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29 Jun 2024Developer post
Daily Score Calculation Update (1.0.3)
This update changes how the daily's score is calculated. Here are the changes: Daily Runs Daily Run score calculation has been updated to allow for a much larger range of values. This change will break previous daily leaderboards, but all future daily leaderboards will be more pr
This update changes how the daily's score is calculated. Here are the changes:
Daily Runs

Daily Run score calculation has been updated to allow for a much larger range of values.
This change will break previous daily leaderboards, but all future daily leaderboards will be more precise and allow better tracking of higher damage hands
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the ‘Buy 200 items’ unlock condition wasn’t being triggered
Fixed a bug where boss ability sometimes targetted an invalid position
Adjusted how Hurt triggers work to stop some infinites
Fixed a bug where sometimes the camera would get stuck far away, making everything uninteractable
Fixed an issue causing crashes when certain numbers are displayed
Fixed an issue where certain banned relics could appear during certain Grades
Grade 19 boss abilities now change every round
Fixed a bug where Firefighter spawned a Firetruck with incorrect stats
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25 Jun 2024Developer post
Bug Fixes (v1.0.2c)
This is a small bug fix update that fixes some issues. Fixed a bug where won daily runs were not stored in Run History Fixed a bug where Clown ability was not working properly when copying certain abilities Fixed a bug where Grade 15 Candles were not unremovable Fixed a bug where
This is a small bug fix update that fixes some issues.

Fixed a bug where won daily runs were not stored in Run History
Fixed a bug where Clown ability was not working properly when copying certain abilities
Fixed a bug where Grade 15 Candles were not unremovable
Fixed a bug where Grade 16 item shop was not working properly
Fixed a bug where sometimes pressing the daily run start button did nothing
Fixed a bug with Skull on infinite speed
Fixed a bug where enemy boss abilities on dailies sometimes targeted different positions
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24 Jun 2024Developer post
Infinite Fast Forward (1.0.2)
This update introduces a new fast forward option that allows you to quickly skip through the battle! Fast Forwarding Revamped the fast forward UI Added a new fast forward option for infinite speed, which processes as many abilities as possible per frame General Improvements Attac
This update introduces a new fast forward option that allows you to quickly skip through the battle!
Fast Forwarding

Revamped the fast forward UI
Added a new fast forward option for infinite speed, which processes as many abilities as possible per frame
General Improvements

Attack and health text sizes will decrease if the number is large to try to prevent overlapping
Swapped the ‘Stay’ and ‘Leave’ buttons on the confirmation popup that appears if you try to leave the shop with extra coins
Adjusted a few card descriptions to be more readable
Updated the projectile sprites that certain cards throw
Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where game was crashing on launch for some people
Fixed a bug where Partying caused crashes with certain buffs
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21 Jun 2024Developer post
Balance Adjustments and Improvements (1.0.1)
Thanks to everyone for playing the game so far. This update brings some balance adjustments to certain cards, as well as some QoL improvements. Here is the full changelog: Balancing: Enemy scaling past round 25 has been increased significantly Dog: Ability’s attack buff changed f
Thanks to everyone for playing the game so far. This update brings some balance adjustments to certain cards, as well as some QoL improvements. Here is the full changelog:
Balancing:

Enemy scaling past round 25 has been increased significantly
Dog: Ability’s attack buff changed from 3*level → 4*level
Monocle: Ability changed from giving experience to ally behind → random ally
Teacher: Ability changed from Activated: Give xp to all allies → Hand Played: Give xp to all allies ahead
General Improvements:

Round header now displays total number of rounds needed for a win (25 rounds)
Added a confirmation popup if you try to leave the shop when you haven’t spend all your coins
You can now hover over the emojis in the Daily menu to see what each one does
You can also hover over the emojis in the Continue Run UI
A new button has been added to the shop during daily runs to see what cards are available in the daily
Added a new achievement for dealing 1e9 damage in one hand
Heat value now displays with comma separators and scientific notation
Bug Fixes

School relic now correctly gives +3 experience
Fixed issue where a cards' unlock conditions were not triggering (Remove 20 cards)
Fixed a cards' unlock condition description being incorrect (Trigger 100 buffs in one turn → Level a Sick up to Level 4)
Fixed bug where Bronze Medal relic triggered on the 2nd to last hand rather than on the last hand
Fixed incorrect Beach relic description
Fixed bug where new relics wouldn’t appear after buying a frozen relic
Fixed incorrect Grade 5 modifier description
Fixed bug where Waving Hand relic allowed certain once-per-turn relics to trigger multiple times
Fixed some incorrect achievements
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19 Jun 2024Developer post
Facehand is out now!
Facehand has just been released! Go check it out!
16 Jun 2024Developer post
Facehand Releases June 19th!
The full version of Facehand releases on Wednesday, June 19th !
11 Jun 2024Developer post
Steam Next Fest: Dev Live Stream
Watch me play my game! :)
10 Jun 2024Developer post
Steam Next Fest: Developer Live Stream
Watch me play my game :-)
10 Jun 2024Developer post
Steam Next Fest Live Broadcast
Watch the developer play
03 Jan 2024Developer post
Big Visual Revamp (0.4.0)
Happy New Year! Here are the changes for this update: Massive Visual Overhaul The game has undergone a huge visual update. There are new backgrounds, transition animations, button visuals, card animations, sound effects, and more. Overall, it should hopefully look and feel much m
Happy New Year! Here are the changes for this update:
Massive Visual Overhaul
The game has undergone a huge visual update. There are new backgrounds, transition animations, button visuals, card animations, sound effects, and more. Overall, it should hopefully look and feel much more satisfying than before.
System Changes

Summoning cards has a new animation
Enemy Hand Played abilities now trigger before Relic or Face Hand Played abilities
Ability processing logic has been tweaked slightly in regards to Destroyed abilities
Cards

Rat: Emoji has been changed. Summoned Mouse’s emoji has also been changed.
Pig: Emoji has been changed
Package: Golden ability changed from summoning 2 copies of the strongest card in deck → 1 golden copy of the strongest card in deck
Flushed: Changed ability to: Increase health by 50/100/150% of base health
Vampire: Changed ability to: Set health equal to 100/150/200% of the healthiest ally’s health
Relics

Baseball: Removed
2 new Tier 3 Relics added
Runes

Steak: Removed
Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where certain cards were getting their icons cut off
Some slight performance improvements when there are tons of summons
Fixed an issue where run history times were incorrectly formatted
Fixed a bug where runs could be continued past 25 rounds
Fixed an issue where emojis had transparent pixels within the outline
Fixed an issue where multiple Collection menu tabs could be visible at the same time
Added compression effect to audio to reduce the volume of certain repeating sound effects
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16 Dec 2023Developer post
Stats Update (0.3.0)
It's been a while since the previous update! That's because I've been working on new stuff for the full release, so I hope you will look forward to it! Anyways, I wanted to make another update for the demo to include some of the new stuff I've been working on recently. There's no
It's been a while since the previous update! That's because I've been working on new stuff for the full release, so I hope you will look forward to it!
Anyways, I wanted to make another update for the demo to include some of the new stuff I've been working on recently. There's no new content in this update, but there's a ton of other changes! Read all about it below:
Note: Your settings will be reset to default with the new update. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Stats, Graphs, Run History

New, comprehensive stat tracking has been added!
View your stats by pressing the "Stats" button via the menu button in the top right
Contains general stats, various visualizations with bar graphs, and a run history where you can view your past runs!
NOTE: Your stats in the demo version will not be carried over to the full version
Collection

New collection menu has been added!
View the collection by pressing the "Collection" button via the menu button in the top right
Contains information about all cards, relics, runes, and items in the game
Also contains some stats about each card, like how often you buy each card
New UI

The menu to start a new run has been updated. You can now see details about the current run in progress in this menu.
The menu that appears at the end of a run has been completely overhauled!
It is much more comprehensive, showing more stats and graphs about your run
Added a new menu on the main menu where you can swap between 3 profiles. Each one stores its own stats, run history, etc.
General

Added error messages that appear when you perform certain invalid actions (like trying to buy a card when you have 0 coins)
Decklist window now shows 7 cards per row instead of 6
Added a new animation ramp up toggle in the settings
Added a new background warp toggle in the settings
The background effect has been adjusted
Added a slight wobbling animation to all cards
Camera now zooms out when summoning more than 5 units (up to a certain amount)
Gameplay
General

Max rounds has been increased to 25
Bosses now appear every 5 rounds instead of 4
Enemy health has been increased
Changed Start of Turn keyword into Hand Played
Changed wording of card abilities that deal damage to the enemy. This is now referred to as "Shooting"
Cost of relics has been decreased from 4 → 2
Relic shop no longer rerolls automatically between rounds. Instead, you gain 1 progress towards the reroll
Base stats of almost all cards has been adjusted
Combining two golden cards now gives +2/+2 and +2 xp
Cards

There were a ton of tweaks to card abilities. I can't list them all here, but give them a try!
Relics

School: Tier 1 → 2
School: Ability changed from giving +3 experience → +2 experience
Tornado: Tier 1 → 2
Slot Machine: Ability changed from increasing stats by 50% → 100%
Firecracker: Changed ability to: Ally Destroyed: Deal 1 damage to the enemy. Card Removed: Increase this relic’s damage by 100% [200%] of its attack
Candle: Ability now triggers golden abilities if the target is golden, even if Candle is not golden (this is also how Mechanic and Clown abilities work now too)
Baby Bottle: Removed
Satellite: Ability changed from giving 50% → 100%
Runes

Skull: Tier 3 → 4
Skull: Changed trigger condition from "Start of Turn" to "Activated"
Items

Carrot: Tier 4 → 3
Carrot: Effect changed from giving +3 health → +3 health and -1 attack
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where burned cards appeared above the decklist and discard pile panels during battle
Fixed a bug with scrolling on higher refresh rates
Thanks for reading / playing!!
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16 Nov 2023Developer post
Relics Update (v0.2.0)
This update introduces a new system called Relics , an overhauled save system, visual changes, and more! Here are the changes: Relics A new system has been added called Relics Starting on round 5, you can buy relics from the shop Relics provide powerful bonuses to your hands and
This update introduces a new system called Relics, an overhauled save system, visual changes, and more! Here are the changes:
Relics

A new system has been added called Relics
Starting on round 5, you can buy relics from the shop
Relics provide powerful bonuses to your hands and your run
Relics cost 4 gold each and you can hold up to 3 Relics at once
Visual Changes

The background animation has been changed
The transition animation has been changed
Better Saving System

The save system has been overhauled and improved. It will now properly save your progress during battles and shops instead of only saving at the start of each.
It also now properly preserves your deck order during battles, and the contents of the shop when you left.
Automatic Fast Forward

When you are on 3x speed, the battle animations will automatically slowly ramp up in speed over time. This will not happen on 1x or 2x speed.
This should reduce the time it takes for certain hands to play out.
System Changes

The change in the previous patch where unspent coins were carried over has been reverted. You will now lose any unspent coins upon entering the next shop.
You can now merge cards even if they are level 3. It will gain the stats from merging as usual.
Balance Changes

Enemy health has been increased
Bow (enemy ability): Removed from the game
Baby Bottle (enemy ability): Sprite and name changed from Baby Bottle → Reverse
Items

Ribbon: Tier changed from 3 → 2
Bouquet: Tier changed from 2 → 3
Cake: Sprite and name changed from Cake → Cake Slice
Cards

Package: Base stats changed from 3/3 → 2/2
Package: Ability changed from summoning a 1/1, 3/3, 5/5 → 3/3, 6/6, 9/9
Tropical Fish: Summoned Fish’s stats changed from 2/2, 5/5, 8/8 → 2/2, 6/6, 10/10
Tropical Fish (Golden): Changed from summoning two 4/4, 10/10, 16/16 Fish → four 2/2, 6/6, 10/10 Fish
Wind Face: Summoned Cloud stats changed from 2/2, 5/5, 8/8 → 2/2, 6/6, 10/10
Clown: Ability now only copies non-Golden abilities of allies, even if ally is Golden.
Clown (Golden): Ability changed from copy ability of ally ahead and ally behind as level 1/2/3 → copy ability of ally ahead as if it were level 1/2/3 and golden
Mechanic: Ability now only triggers non-Golden abilities of allies, even if ally is Golden.
Mechanic (Golden): Ability changed from triggering all ally Activated abilities as if they were level 1/2/3, twice → trigger all ally Activated abilities as if they were level 1/2/3, and golden
Doctor: Ability changed from Ally Hurt: Give them +0/+1, +1/+1, +2/+1 → Ally Ahead Hurt: Give them +1/2/3 health
Other

Shark: Should now properly eat Ghosts spawned from Tombstone
Fixed a bug where Clown copying Zombie ability was not working properly
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01 Nov 2023Developer post
Golden Cards (Demo v0.1.0)
This new update introduces Golden cards, shop discounts, and some changes to the core systems. Here are the patch notes for version 0.1.0 of the demo: Golden Cards New Golden cards have been added to the shop! You might rarely find Golden cards in the shop during your runs. Every
This new update introduces Golden cards, shop discounts, and some changes to the core systems.
Here are the patch notes for version 0.1.0 of the demo:
Golden Cards

New Golden cards have been added to the shop!
You might rarely find Golden cards in the shop during your runs. Every card has a Golden variant, which has a significantly stronger ability!
Shop Discounts

You might find discounted cards in the shop.
Discounted cards only cost 1 gold instead of the usual 2.
New Content

Added 3 new minions, 4 new runes, and 1 new item.
Removed the Scared minion. It has been replaced with the new Scared rune.
System Changes

Coins are now carried over between rounds. Any unspent coins will be kept, and can be spent in the next shop.
The minimum deck size has been changed from 12 → 14. If you have less than 14 cards, the remaining slots will be filled with Poop.
After playing a hand, the remaining cards in your hand will be discarded instead of kept. You will draw a fresh hand of 7 cards at the start of every turn.
Balance Changes

Enemy health has been increased at later rounds
Kissing: Ability changed from giving +1/+1, +2/+2, +3/+3 → +1/+1, +3/+3, +5/+5
Dog: Ability changed from giving +2/4/6 attack → +2/5/8 attack
Joy: Ability changed from giving +2/4/8 attack → +2/5/8 attack
Heart Eyes: Ability changed from giving +2/4/8 health → +2/5/8 health
Juggler: Ability changed from giving +2/+2, +3/+3, +4/+4 → +1/+1, +3/+3, +5/+5
Snowman: Changed from tier 3 → 2
Snowman: Base stats changed from 1/10 → 1/7
Horse Rider: Summoned Horse stats changed from 7/7, 14/14, 21/21 → 10/10, 20/20, 30/30
Shark: Ability changed from gaining summoned stats+0/1/2 → 50/100/150% of the summoned stats
Infinite Combo Resolution

A resolution for infinite combos has been implemented. It works as follows:
After the enemy attacks, if the target ally’s health either stays the same or increases, then the enemy gains +1 attack. This attack bonus resets once the ally is destroyed.
Other

The Deck List and Discard Pile UI’s have been improved. They should no longer lag when your deck contains many cards. They also now update in real-time during combat as you draw or discard cards.
The Deck List and Discard Pile UI’s now have smoother scrolling when scrolling with your mouse wheel.
End of battle popup animation speed now scales based on your current selected time scale
Various battle animations have been sped up
Fixed a bug where excess gold amount was not saved properly when exiting and continuing a run
If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to post them in the Discord, or on the Steam forums.
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24 Oct 2023Developer post
Runes Update (Demo v0.0.3)
Thanks as always to everyone playing the demo! If you missed it, there’s a Discord server for if you want to talk about the game or suggest ideas and stuff: Anyways, here are the changes for this update: Rune System A new type of item has been added into the item shop pool called
Thanks as always to everyone playing the demo! If you missed it, there’s a Discord server for if you want to talk about the game or suggest ideas and stuff: https://discord.gg/rx8HrMmrBn
Anyways, here are the changes for this update:
Rune System
A new type of item has been added into the item shop pool called Runes. Runes are items that are attached to cards, and they provide additional abilities or effects to the card. One rune can be attached to each card in your deck. There are currently a few runes in each tier, and there are plans to add many more in the future.
New Cards
8 brand new cards have been added into the shop. Try them out :-)
General Changes

Added a ‘Skip’ button that appears once the enemy falls below 0 health. Press it to skip viewing the remaining combat, and move on to the next phase immediately.
The ‘Banish’ button in the shop has been removed. Instead, banishing cards is now done from the decklist view. Right click a card in this menu to remove it from your deck.
You now gain 1 additional coin per extra hand you had at the end of combat to spend in the next shop.
A new popup will appear at the end of each battle to show this information.
The formula for stat gained from merging two cards has been adjusted. It now considers the xp of the merged units instead of always giving +1/+1.
Enemy Boss Ability Changes

Enemy ability Microbe has been removed
Enemy ability Chemical has been changed from setting an enemy’s health to 1 → setting an enemy’s attack and health to 1
Enemy ability Scissors has been changed from dealing damage to the strongest enemy (equal to the current round) → dealing damage to all enemies (equal to current attack)
Card Balancing

Package ability changed from summoning a random card from your entire deck → summoning the strongest card from your entire deck
Flushed base stats changed from 2/4 → 3/3
Flushed ability changed from gain 50/100/150% health → 33/66/100% health
Vampire ability no longer considers its own health
Monkey changed from tier 2 → 3
Monkey base stats changed from 2/2 → 4/4
Snowman ability changed from setting attack equal to 100/150/200% of health → 100/200/300% of health
Tombstone - summoned Ghost stats changed from 2/2, 4/4, 6/6 → 3/3, 6/6, 9/9
Witch - ability changed from giving 33/66/100% of attack → 50/100/150% of attack
Other

Updated the visuals of various UI elements
Card descriptions can now appear below the card if there is not enough space above.
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where loading a run would keep frozen units saved
Fixed a bug causing xp to be incorrect when loading a saved run
Fixed an issue where mouse position was incorrectly calculated at resolutions other than 1920x1080
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08 Oct 2023Developer post
Demo Update (0.0.2)
Hey, thanks to everyone who tried out the demo so far! First of all, I opened up a little Discord, so hop in if you want to talk about the game: In addition, I've made some changes that you can read about below: The game's save directory has been changed. This means your settings
Hey, thanks to everyone who tried out the demo so far!
First of all, I opened up a little Discord, so hop in if you want to talk about the game: https://discord.gg/rx8HrMmrBn
In addition, I've made some changes that you can read about below:

The game's save directory has been changed. This means your settings will be reset, and you will encounter the tutorial again. You will also lose your current run progress. Sorry for any inconvenience!
Enemy Adjustments

Every 4 rounds, you will encounter a boss with a special ability.
Enemy attack and health scaling have been updated.
The default enemy sprite has been changed. The old sprite is now used as the boss enemy sprite.
Quality of Life

Added the ability to move and re-arrange cards on the battlefield by dragging and dropping.
Added a 3x speed option.
Added a section in the shop showing the upcoming enemy.
Added a popup showing the shop's probability rates when hovering over the "Shop" header.
Ability chaining logic has been reworked to fix certain combos.
Balance Changes
General

XP required for level 2 has been decreased from 3 -> 2
Banishing cards cost has been reduced from 2 -> 0
Items

Apple item has been removed
Broccoli item has been removed
Avocado item has been removed
Carrot item has been changed from tier 2 -> 4
Carrot effect changed from giving -1/+3 -> +3 health
Pear effect changed from giving +2/+2 -> +2/+1
Watermelon effect changed from giving +3/+3 -> +4/+1
Cards

Mind Blown ability changed from Activated: Deal 5/10/20 damage -> Hurt: Deal 4/8/12 damage
Sick ability changed from dealing 100/150/200% attack damage -> 100/200/300% attack damage
Weight Lifter ability changed from gaining +1/+1, +2/+2, +3/+3 -> +2/4/8 attack
Juggler ability changed from giving +1/+1, +2/+2, +4/+4 -> +2/+2, +3/+3, +4/+4
Fairy ability changed from giving +2/+2, +3/+3, +4/+4 -> +2/+2, +4/+4, +6/+6
Raccoon ability changed from gaining +1/2/4 attack -> +1/3/5 attack
Present ability changed from giving 100/150/200% stats -> 50/100/150% stats
Present base stats changed from 3/3 -> 4/2
Package ability changed from summon a 1/1 at all levels -> summon a 1/1, 3/3, 5/5
Goofy ability changed from dealing damage 1/2/3 times -> 2/4/6 times
Tropical Fish ability changed from summoning two 2/2, 4/4, 6/6 Fish -> two 2/2, 5/5, 8/8 Fish
Flamingo base stats changed from 1/4 -> 1/5
Wind Face ability changed from summoning a 2/2, 4/4, 6/6 Cloud -> 2/2, 5/5, 8/8 Cloud
Skunk ability changed from dealing damage 1/2/3 times -> 2/4/6 times
Snowman base stats changed from 1/8 -> 1/10
Zombie base stats changed from 4/1 -> 5/1
Love Letter ability changed from giving +4/8/12 health -> +5/10/15 health
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where merging gave more stats that intended sometimes
As always, thanks for playing!
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29 Sep 2023Developer post
Demo Now Available!
An early demo for the game has been released! Give it a try and feel free to give feedback about anything, or just let me know your thoughts.

Updates & announcements

Massive Visual Overhaul

System Changes

Cards

Relics

Runes

Bug Fixes

Stats, Graphs, Run History

Collection

New UI

General

Gameplay

General

Cards

Relics

Runes

Items

Bug Fixes

Relics

Visual Changes

Better Saving System

Automatic Fast Forward

System Changes

Balance Changes

Items

Cards

Other

Golden Cards

Shop Discounts

New Content

System Changes

Balance Changes

Infinite Combo Resolution

Other

Rune System

New Cards

General Changes

Enemy Boss Ability Changes

Card Balancing

Other

Bug Fixes

Enemy Adjustments

Quality of Life

Balance Changes

General

Items

Cards

Bug Fixes