@howseven.com
A husband-and-wife team making fun stuff to play on your phone, tablet, and elsewhere. Our latest: Carte Blanche (https://www.carteblanche.cards) Website: https://www.howseven.com Merch: https://shop.howseven.com
Many thanks to @cheymac.bsky.social for including Carte Blanche in her recommendations for the Catalog Anniversary Sale! So many great games to play, and Blanche is grateful to be included.
Stop by for a round or two. What would you like to play? Cribbage? Gin Rummy? Cassino?
Thatโs so great to hear! โค๏ธ
Iโm glad Blanche was able to help you learn a new favorite. (โฆand she wants me to tell you she hopes youโre having a great time playing, and to drop in for a game with her any time.)
Thanks for playing!
So many wonderful games on sale on Playdate Catalog! What are you planning on picking up?
(If youโre looking for a cozy afternoon of cards with a bird friend, Carte Blanche is also on sale. play.date/games/carte-...)
The 2025 Playdate Community Awards will be on March 14th at 11AM Pacific Time/2PM Eastern Time
Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@PlaydateSquad
Award nominees thread starts here: bsky.app/profile/dani...
Discord: Discord:ย discord.gg/zFKagQ2
Wiki: playdate-wiki.com/wiki/The_202...
#Playdate
A video thumbnail titled "Blanche Day 2026". It shows the Carte Blanche game playing on a Playdate.
It's Blanche's birthday! ๐ (The game, not the bird. Iโฆ don't know how old Blanche herself is.)
Blanche (the bird this time) has said she'd like to celebrate with some games. So let's play!
Join us tonight at 8pm ET for some cozy card game fun. carteblanche.cards/live
#indieDev #cardGames
Blanche is incredibly honored to be nominated in the upcoming Playdate Community Awards. She's going to celebrate the best way she knows how: by playing some card games.
Best of luck to our fellow nominees and all the games featured in this year's event. It's been a great year for #playdate games!
A game of cribbage in progress. Thereโs also a Playdate with a matching cribbage game in progress.
Blanche and Christopher are practicing for tonightโs tournament.
Itโs a lot more work to keep the game on the table in sync with their actual game, but Blanche says itโs worth it because itโs fun. We agree.
8pm ET โ carteblanche.cards/live
#cribbage #playdate #indieDev
The "Carte Blanche" logo on an image of a Playdate in front of green trees, currently showing a game of cribbage in progress. The title at the bottom says "How Seven! Plays Cribbage Day 2026". There's a small tree in the bottom-right corner with a white-feathered raven standing atop it with a playing card in her beak.
February 10 is Cribbage Day! Do you have any cribbage-y festivities planned? Playing on your @play.date, maybe?
Or perhaps stop by our Cribbage Day 2026 Tournament? It's Blanche vs Christopher in a race around the ol' board.
Feb 10 at 8pm ET.
Visit carteblanche.cards/live for more information.
A black-and-white deck of cards labeled โCarte Blancheโ sitting on a snow-covered wooden railing. The snow is piled up taller than the cards.
Is it snowing where you are? It's a few decks high so far here. Blanche would completely disappear!
Perfect day for staying inside and playing card games. โ๏ธ
www.carteblanche.cards/
The voting period for this year's Playdate Community Awards ends soon. So, if you'd like to show support for birds who like playing card games and sharing treasured finds with new friends: consider nominating "Carte Blanche".
www.carteblanche.cards/vote
#playdate #indieDev
Some print-on-demand items might not arrive in time for Christmas. But cards will! Get ready for your holiday cribbage game or teach your friends and family your new favorite.
A Christmas tree decorated with lights and playing cards.
T-shirts, a hat, and a deck of cards beneath a Christmas tree.
The tree is decorated, and the presents areโฆ well, Blanche hasn't quite got wrapping down yet.
How Seven! merch is 20% off until the end of the year. But get 30% off instead with the code DECKTHEHALLS.
shop.howseven.com/promo/DECKT...
Carte Blanche For your consideration Blanche would love for you to nominate Carte Blanche! Playdate Community Awards 2025 โข Best Puzzle Game โข Best Sim/Strategy Game โข Best Launch Experience โข Best Playdate Soundtrack โข Best Sound Design carteblanche.cards/vote
It's been a great year for #playdate games, and it's time to celebrate. Nominations are open for this year's Playdate Community Awards!
If you have a minute, Blanche would really appreciate if you'd nominate Carte Blanche.
Visit www.carteblanche.cards/vote for details.
The holidays are here again! If you're looking for a gift for a fan of card games (or friendly birds), all How Seven! merch is 20% off.
Blanche got one of the shirts, but she doesn't really fit in it. She just likes the way it looks.
shop.howseven.com
Yukkuri Playdate Channel released a new video showcasing "Carte Blanche". Thanks so much for the thoughtful overview. (Blanche says "Thanks", as well! ๐) youtu.be/XswXIXG2HnM
#playdate #indieDev
Many thanks to @marisamoureau.com for featuring Blanche alongside some other great Playdate games! Lots of great stuff to play out there. ๐
youtu.be/bsI8mHT8Aps
My torso, wearing a purple shirt that says โHow Seven!โ
I genuinelyโwithout trying to make a joke or referenceโsaid out loud earlier today: "There are seven cans in there? How sevenโฝ"
โฆwhile also wearing this shirt.
Happy Halloween! ๐
Ravens are scary, right? What about kind, gentle white-feathered ones? โฆwho like card games?
She gives out trinkets! (And pennies, but you'll like them more than when that old lady down the street handed them out.)
Carte Blanche is 20% off on Catalog: play.date/games/carte-...
It's a great time to add to your Playdate library: the Catalog Fall Sale has begun! Blanche is on sale, along with over 200 other fantastic titles!
Also, all our merch is on sale: 20% off everything. Get yourself a nice deck of cards for cozy autumn game nights. shop.howseven.com
A lot of bunny-shaped icons on a green background
In case you weren't aware: we hide a bunny in each of our games. Have you found any of them yet? #indieDev
โCarte Blancheโ main menu. It looks like an open book with a spread titled โGamesโ and lists Cribbage, Spite & Malice, Spades, Gin Rummy, and Cassino.
A cribbage game in Carte Blanche. A 4, 4, and 7 have been played. One player has said โ2 for Pairโ, and the other said โ2 for 15โ. Thereโs a cribbage board on the right, showing the current score.
A slot machine with card imagery. A payline in the center is highlighted, showing a 2-3-4 straight.
Physical Carte Blanche cards. The 10 of diamonds and 2 of spades sit beside the box, which shows the title and the raven Blanche holding a card in her beak.
Weโve got a collection of card games, if thatโs of any interest: www.carteblanche.cards
(We also made some physical pixel-y cards to match! ๐)
Today's the last day of the 2025 Augustravaganza sale! Pick up some great games at low, low prices. (โฆincluding this one game that has a bunch of card games and a bird and a slot machine and prizes and a bird, did I mention the bird?)
Also, you can buy some cards: shop.howseven.com/en-usd/produ...
The sale's still going through tomorrow, so let's do it again. We'll be live in 15 minutes:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/3zvkQSS...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/howseven
Weโre live! Grab a drink, find a cozy chair, and join us for some card games.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLUK...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/howseven
Oh, and we're going to be streaming the game to celebrate.
Tomorrow (Saturday August 2) at 3pm (ET) on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Follow us to get notified when we go live.
More information at www.carteblanche.cards#live.
And check out the other games in the sale while you're waiting. ๐
Happy August! Carte Blanche is 20% off through August 7th. Check out www.carteblanche.cards for links and more information.
Also, all our merch is on sale! Get 15% off, or 25% off orders of $50 or more. Get some cards or shirts at shop.howseven.com.
Thanks to @rae.wtf for organizing! #indieDev
A video thumbnail titled "How Seven! Plays: Carte Blanche". The title is set on an angled background, colored with the How Seven! magenta color. The right side of the thumbnail shows the Carte Blanche title on a yellow Playdate console in front of a window with green trees behind it. The screen is showing a cribbage game in progress.
We'll be streaming some gameplay of our @play.date game "Carte Blanche" on our YouTube and Twitch channels this Saturday, August 2 at 3pm (ET).
Join @theoddlinguist.bsky.social for a cozy afternoon of card games and friendly birds.
Visit www.carteblanche.cards#live for more details!
โฆand if that interests you, you can also take a look at where we got our start: a certain fish that loves fishing games. A particular Japanese fishing game, as a matter of fact. ๐ด
apps.apple.com/us/app/kikis...
No, it's not a typo (well, depending on whom you ask): Cassino is a strategic card game that'll have you planning right to the finish.
Match cards from your hand to those on the table. No matches? Then build the cards you need. See how it works: youtu.be/PXkbgAx6ZPk
#cardGames #playdate #indieGame
Big thanks to @cheymac.bsky.social (of @engadget.bsky.social) for including Carte Blanche in this wonderful roundup of great Playdate games. Blanche is honored to be in such great company.
www.engadget.com/gaming/best-...