Batak

Turkish trick-taking: four modes, twenty-two regulars, every hand read back.

Live

A table, not a slot machine.

Maker's note

This was my first card game, and when I started it was meant to be the only one. Two days in I decided on a second, so I lifted the engine, the bots, the deck and the table out of Batak into a package of their own. That package now sits under every card game I have made — the shared layer was not designed up front, it was taken out of this one.

The part I really worked on here is the hand review: after every hand the game walks you back through it card by card and says what you played, what the engine would have played, and why. Making that honest is the hard bit, because the engine must not know the cards you could not see; if it does, its advice is worthless. So it looks out from your seat and samples thousands of deals for everything it cannot see.

This is also where the online table layer I built for Müdavim Okey first reached the card games: all four modes play with friends, a regular takes any empty chair, and on the same Wi-Fi nothing goes through the server at all.

What it does

Read your hand back

After every hand the game shows it to you again, card by card: what you played, what the engine would have played, and why. It answers the question you faced, from the cards you could see — it does not look at anyone's hand — and it tells you how sure it is: “better in forty deals, worse in none”.

With your friends

Open a table and send its five-letter code or an invitation link, or sit down at a random table. All four modes play online and the regulars fill any empty chair. On the same Wi-Fi no internet is needed: one phone holds the table and nothing passes through the server. Anyone who drops comes back to their own seat. A clock keeps the game moving — 15 seconds for a card, 20 to bid — and a regular plays the move if it runs out. No adverts at an online table.

The regulars

A cast of twenty-two, each with a face, a temper and a history with you. A different three sit down each game; pin the ones you like. Who makes their contract as your partner, who you take the hand from — it is all kept.

The rules you play by

Every house has its own Batak. Minimum bid 4, 5 or 6; what happens when everyone passes; trump in the first trick; leading trump before it is broken; the “must beat the trick” rule; double penalties; the game to 51 or 101 or a fixed number of hands; no-trump bids. Each has a one-line explanation.

Opponents that play the game

Three levels. The hard one samples thousands of possible deals before every card and bids by expected points; it remembers who is out of which suit. Easy is forgiving, normal is a fair table.

Taught at the table

Your first hands explain themselves: when a card cannot be played the game says why — follow suit, beat the trick, play trump. The last trick stays visible, and the score is kept the way it is kept on paper.

Honest money

Free; an advert only between hands, never during play, and no rewarded video. One purchase removes them and opens every hand read back, the full record and four more table looks. Nothing that wins a trick is for sale — the bots play exactly as hard.

Details

Platform: Android phone
Modes: 4: solo, partners, koz maça, gömmeli
Cast: 22 opponents, each with a record
Opponents: 3 levels, the hard one samples thousands of deals
Internet: Not required to play alone
Price: Free, one purchase removes adverts
Version: 1.0.5 · 6 Oct 2026