Bubble SETtings

How to Play:

This deck of 81 unique cards each vary in 4 attributes across three possibilities for each kind of attribute: number of bubbles (one, two, or three), bubble shape (diamond, circle, square), setting (lab, ocean, or bathtub), and background color (gray, green, or blue). Each possible combination of attributes (e.g. a card with three diamond bubbles in an blue ocean) appears as a card precisely once in the deck.

In the game, certain combinations of three cards are said to make up a "set". For each one of the four categories of features—number of bubbles, bubble shape, setting, and background color—the three cards must display that feature as either a) all the same, or b) all different. Put another way: For each feature the three cards must avoid having two cards showing one version of the feature and the remaining card showing a different version.

It is possible (but uncommon) for there to be no set in a display of 12 cards. If this is the case (or you get stuck trying to find a set), you can remove the first 3 cards shown and add 3 new cards by pressing "r".

Try to find the most sets you can in an 81 card deck!

Controls:

• arrow keys - move highlight
• space bar - select card
• r - get 3 new cards (or end game if no more cards are in the deck)
• m - mute music

Credits:

• Katherine Tole - programming
• Nick Seegmiller - art & programming
• Lyra Kuhlmann-Courtwright - music
• Matthew Tole - emotional support
• Gummy candy - additional emotional support

Made forGlobal Game Jam 2025 (theme: bubbles) using Love2D.

This game was inspired by the game SET, a real-time card game designed by Marsha Falco in 1974 and published by Set Enterprises in 1991.