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Rise of the Gummies is a hybrid collectible card game that brings your play to life! Cards are played by showing them to an app on your device, which keeps track of the rules and game state so that you don't have to.
Rise of the Gummies takes about five minutes to learn, and can be played in fifteen minutes by one or two players aged 8+. The goal of the game is to build the tallest stack of Gummies. To build a stack, players simultaneously reveal cards from their hand to summon Gummies onto their side. When a card is played, the app recognizes it, adds the Gummy to the game, and executes any of its special abilities.
At the end of each round, the player with the taller stack gains a point. The first player to earn five points wins the game! But watch out - whoever loses the round earns a Salt, which some Gummies can spend to perform powerful abilities.
Build a deck that combines the strengths of four unique Gummy planets to create the tallest stack and be crowned the Champion of the Gummiverse!
—description from the publisher
- Hybrid of physical cards and an integrated app that animates powers
- Short playtime (~15 minutes) and supports single-player and two-player modes
- Light, silly art and approachable for families and kids
- Encourages memory and basic arithmetic in a fun, accessible way
- Deck fusion adds variety and replay potential
- Requires a well-lit play space to avoid camera reflections
- App is pre-release and may have hiccups or device compatibility issues
- Not fully analog; some players may prefer entirely physical components
- Gummy creatures compete to build the tallest stack using card abilities and app-driven powers
- Candy-themed world with gummy creatures across different planetary themes; two-player battles featuring stacking gummies
- Array
- positive
- Smash Up
- Caper Europe
- The Duke
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- App Assisted — The app handles power activation and visualizes effects on screen.
- App-assisted gameplay — The app handles power activation and visualizes effects on screen.
- Deck merge — Two pre-built decks are smashed together to create a starting pool, adding variety.
- Memory / mental math — Players must track multiple card effects and calculate potential height changes.
- Resource Management — Salt is earned by losing rounds and spent to trigger stronger abilities.
- Resource management (salt) — Salt is earned by losing rounds and spent to trigger stronger abilities.
- Simultaneous Reveal — Both players reveal cards at once; gummies appear on the screen and heights compare.
- Stacking / height — Players aim to maximize stack height per round using gummy cards.
- Stacking and Balancing — Players aim to maximize stack height per round using gummy cards.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Rise of the gummies is a light battling game
- the app tracks all of this stuff so you don't even have to worry about activating powers or anything like that
- the app will recognize the cards and do it for you
- it's not completely analog but my goodness what a fun game we did have a good time playing Rise of the gummies
- gateway to modern card games
- graphics are silly
- not serious I mean it's super light
- we really enjoyed the hybrid
- gateway step for kids into modern board games