Blackjack

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Thanks @johnno56

I was noticing the chips were a little funky at the bottom, totally missed the thing with the cards.

Are cards exact same size? well I will find out ;-))

[johnno56]

Exact same size. All I changed was the colour of the black "borders" to dark grey.

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Great! I haven't tried swapping chip images yet, but I  can't wait until someone gets one of these (see attached).

Update: new images loaded in and just a little adjustment to Y's by 15 pixels for chips with 0 reflections.

:-)) my avatar updated to same.

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@johnno56

Would it be too difficult to change the Ace of Spades to Ace of Hearts on Splash screen neon light. Turn the spade upside down and remove the stem? That is Our table Logo and the special Blackjack that pays 50 X's the bet.

I have a notion to try drawing it from card outline.

[johnno56]

Good pickup! Consistency. I will see what I can do...

[johnno56]

Try this one...

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@johnno56

By George! I think you've got it! Very Good!

(Been awhile since I said, "By George," maybe never, who is George? some clever guy?)

Update: the images swapped with only minor change to chips Y values.

Getting close to final version, is there anything you'd like to see?

I know more chips in your total but if you play long enough that should happen. Note to Pete, chips are fake, not even eatable, no cash value ;-))

I like Dav's suggestion of some occasional random ambiance sound to break up the continuous background loop.

[johnno56]

I've done some searching for ambient sounds for blackjack poker and casinos but most of the sounds are chips and card shuffling etc. Other voices are usually found in those long ambience loops. I am more at home with a graphics editor than a sound editor. So 'creating' or 'extracting' voices are a bit beyond me at the moment... But I will keep 'looking'....

ps: Q: Who's George in the expression “By George!”? A: The phrase is a mild oath or exclamation that had its beginnings in the late 1500s. The word “George” here is a substitute for “God,” as are words like “golly,” “ginger,” “gosh,” “gum,” and so on in other similar euphemistic oaths.

Thought you might like the trivia...

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By George, I think any short little sound effect < 1 sec will work to break the monotony of the ambient loop. I will check SoundBible, can you play .wav files on Linux?, no, come to think of it, that's Windows, but MP3 should be OK?

I've been putting on a YouTube track of music and turn down volume to that while playing Blackjack. That dealer's voice is so clear! Lately it's been mixes featuring Snow Patrol.

The trivia note is appreciated because as Dimster and Cobalt know we are nerds! ;-))

[SMcNeill]

I've done some searching for ambient sounds for blackjack poker and casinos but most of the sounds are chips and card shuffling etc.

What you need to add is the chance of the sound of someone coughing at random, followed by somebody yelling, "Cover your mouth, dude!", and someone else yelling, "What the hell?!!  You just spittered on me!!"  Follow that with gunshots, shouting, and then a calm announcer's voice coming across an intercom telling everyone, "I'm sorry.  Due to the recent rioting, our casino is now closing to the public.  All games will now shut down.  Please head for the nearest exit in a calm, respectful manner."  Repeat once more.  Then go to system and make the poor player lose all their winnings!   

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What you need to add is the chance of the sound of someone coughing at random, followed by somebody yelling, "Cover your mouth, dude!", and someone else yelling, "What the hell?!!  You just spittered on me!!"  Follow that with gunshots, shouting, and then a calm announcer's voice coming across an intercom telling everyone, "I'm sorry.  Due to the recent rioting, our casino is now closing to the public.  All games will now shut down.  Please head for the nearest exit in a calm, respectful manner."  Repeat once more.  Then go to system and make the poor player lose all their winnings!

LOL!

[johnno56]

Steve,

You have a wicked sense of humour... Funny. But wicked... lol

[johnno56]

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Searched soundbible and opengameart for some 'vocal' effects. Pickings were slim but managed to find a few samples. I don't know how many sound channels QB64 can play or how to control the volume of each channel. I'm going to assume that timers, in concert with each channel, would be the way to 'overlay' the background track. They are all a bit loud. I can use Audacity to modify the volume of each sound if needs be.

I will keep looking...

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Hey @johnno56  I will check them out after lunch.

Yeah, I was looking for sounds last night too. Something's happened to soundbible, impossible to use, for me anyway.

I did manage to get a couple of MP3's to throw in some excitement like somebody did well close or far from you (according to vol I hope). Planning the first final cut today or tonight, any last minute ideas?

Pete's idea about showing other players too, I will save for another time, well maybe throw in a bot or two to try out AI strategies. That would probably only mean showing players names? more than that.... cards... eh?

I had not heard or seen any arguments for Insurance Option so I will leave it simple and without that complexity.

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OK we have the neon sign with our BJ Logo, some background random noise, an ICON image, and better chips and cards images for this first final cut version:

Updated: See Best Answer with latest and greatest version and download zip package.