hushjack 0.2.1

A calm pixel-art blackjack table: a hand-shuffled 6-deck shoe, cutting, splitting and a strategy chart
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Hushjack

A small pixel-art blackjack table for one player, written in Rust. It opens straight into the game. A dealer hand-shuffles 6 decks the way a casino does, you cut, and you play from the shoe for as long as you like.

Gameplay

Download

Get the build for your system from the releases page, unpack it and run hushjack. The game is a single file.

  • Windows: the game isn't signed, so SmartScreen may warn you. Click More info, then Run anyway.
  • macOS: the game isn't signed either, so macOS blocks it the first time. Run xattr -d com.apple.quarantine hushjack in the unpacked folder, or allow it in System Settings → Privacy & Security. The build works on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
  • Linux: x86_64 only. It needs ALSA (libasound2), which most desktops already have. Run ./install.sh in the unpacked folder to add it to your menu (it installs into ~/.local, no root needed; ./install.sh --uninstall removes it).

With Rust installed, you can also get it from crates.io:

cargo install hushjack
hushjack --install-desktop   # optional: add it to your app menu (Linux)

hushjack --uninstall-desktop removes the menu entry again.

On Linux this needs the ALSA development files (libasound2-dev on Debian/Ubuntu, alsa-lib-devel on Fedora, alsa-lib on Arch).

Play

To build it yourself instead:

cargo run --release

To install your own build into ~/.local with a menu entry, run cargo build --release and then packaging/linux/install.sh.

Key Action
Space Deal, stand, decline insurance, skip the shuffle
H S D P Hit, stand, double, split
I / N Take or decline insurance
← → or mouse wheel Change your bet
C Show or hide the strategy chart
F Fullscreen
Esc Quit

You can also click every button. To cut, move the cut card with the mouse or the arrow keys, then click.

Rules

  • 6 decks. Blackjack pays 3:2. The dealer stands on all 17s and peeks for blackjack.
  • You can double on any two cards, including after a split. You can split up to 4 hands. Split aces get one card each.
  • Insurance is offered when the dealer shows an Ace. It costs half your bet and pays 2:1.
  • There is no surrender.
  • You start with 1000 credits. Your balance can go negative, and the game never ends.
  • The dealer's cut card sits about one deck from the end. When it comes out, that hand is the last one, and then the dealer shuffles again.

The strategy chart (C) shows basic strategy for these rules. During your turn, it marks the play for your hand.

Requirements

Rust (stable). On Linux, sound needs ALSA.

Credits

The cards, sounds and font are by Kenney, under the CC0 license. The license files are in assets/licenses/.

License

The code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later. See LICENSE.