Hold the Deck

A Grow Castle-style idle defense game. Defend your pirate ship from waves of drowned sailors, iron crabs, storm harpies, keg runners, barnacle knights, sirens and the Kraken with a crew of heroes found in treasure chests. Free to play: no real money, no ads, no timers.

Play: https://tkg111.github.io/hold-the-deck/

Built with Phaser 3 and Vite. Art is placeholder shapes for now; progress auto-saves in your browser.

Development

npm install
npm run dev       # dev server at http://localhost:5173 (dev-only test buttons included)
npm run build     # production build in dist/
npm run preview   # serve the production build
npm run sim       # headless auto-play balance simulation (see DESIGN.md)

Every push to main builds and deploys to GitHub Pages via .github/workflows/deploy.yml.

Docs

• DESIGN.md: how the game works (loop, heroes, enemies, chests, saving).
• CLAUDE.md: project rules and conventions.
• All balance numbers live in src/config.js.