Cybernetic Walrus Announces Rip It! Card Collector For Steam
The Belgian studio behind Roadside Research is applying the same incremental automation loop that carried that early access release to Very Positive reviews to the physical ritual of pack opening, and treating it as a side project rather than a flagship.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Cybernetic Walrus announced Rip It! Card Collector on September 24 for PC via Steam. The single-player idle simulation tasks players with collecting all 1809 trading cards as a newcomer to Team Ballistic, opening packs, filing cards into binders, and selling duplicates for funds. Devices like the Rip Rig and Binder Bot automate the process, upgradeable alongside the Pack Expander and Turbo Ripper, with a black market for phantom cards.
The game's basic loop starts manual: open packs, sort new cards into binders, sell duplicates, buy more packs. Automation arrives later as placeable devices. The Rip Rig sets and opens packs, the Binder Bot manages collection, the Pack Expander raises how many cards open at once, and the Turbo Ripper cuts the wait time. Funds can also go to a black market for phantom cards.
There is no time limit, so players set their own pace.
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