Card Shark: 5 Beginner Tips

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Card Shark is a unique indie game all about learning and using a wide variety of devious tricks. As a talented con artist in 18th century France, you'll stack the deck in your favor and profit from various card games. Throughout Card Shark you'll learn a wide variety of methods to overcome the random draw of card games, including techniques for spying on an opponent's hand, false shuffling, and intricate systems for marking cards.

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As a game, Card Shark relishes in making these systems almost as complex to pull off as they are in reality. Players will need to manage knowledge of the card game as it's in progress, fast-paced inputs for succeeding at dexterity tricks, and a constantly shifting suspicion meter to ensure the cons go as successfully as planned. Card Shark can be a difficult game to learn, so here's some useful tips to get you started on your journey to becoming an above-average hustler.

This first tip, in many ways, applies in two different ways. Firstly, you'll want to practice any new input types as you learn of them when you're being taught new techniques. There are 28 unique 'strategies' in Card Shark, and some of these share common elements — chief among them being well-timed button presses.

Secondly, you'll want to practice your own dexterity and ability to react to these inputs as they appear, as well as your general muscle memory for each individual strategy. As you're first taught them, you'll gain ample opportunity to practice the technique as many times as you like before being required to 'perform' and do them for real. Take this opportunity and practice tricks as many times as you can stand before moving on, because once you mess it