About PowerSuit: Paradice City
For the kind of person who has to research a place before they move there...
About PowerSuit: Paradice City
Set in 1980, Paradice City is a mix of sleaze and dark humour mirroring the most exciting time in gambling. A place where people with character existed and played using instinct and practice from the tables. Players tried to psych each other out, talk trash to each other and generally entertain with their actions. Paradice City embodies that ethos — with free chips and no real money, ever.
- The 1950's
The city's history is one of comic tragedy and bad decisions. Starting as a desolate wasteland, in the early 1950s it was designated as NWB (Nuclear Whipping Boy). These tests inadvertently led to the discovery of vast tin deposits in the mountains. Although it wasn't gold or silver, it was something, and something was what Paradice needed.
This led to people quickly flocking to the city upon this discovery. It was looking like Paradice's fortunes were on the grow. After 8 years the amount of tin left had dwindled; this, coupled with a mine collapsing, meant the industry literally collapsed.
- The 1960's
As the 60's rolled round, the city was certainly not swinging. The place was gutted, with debt up to its eyeballs. With no city industry, jobs scarce and corruption in local authority, the city was once again looking for a saviour.
Welcome the Mafia. Welcome Paradice’s second chance. Welcome casinos…
A swift accumulation of land was helped by desperate city officials. Construction began quickly, no planning permission asked for or needed. The city’s Mayor famously declared “Get it built yesterday”.
The first casino to be hastily erected was The Lucky Saddle. An incident where a construction worker had catcalled the phrase to a local on a bicycle had been the inspiration. This was no time for thinking.
As the casinos and clubs kept being built, more people and small businesses came to the city. By the mid 60s, Paradice was on its second chapter.
- The 1970's
The city thought it would never end, but it had to. This was Paradice. The R.I.C.O. act was passed in 1970, affecting all the casinos.
Within 2 years, Paradice was once again kneecapped by bureaucracy. The casinos were sold hastily and an exodus of people meant Paradice was falling.
- Now, 1980
So this is where we find ourselves. A newspaper article from The Empire City Exposer stated “Paradice City: The Last Throws Of The Dice?”. Maybe, maybe not…
The current Mayor, Dick Kitton, widely regarded as a lunatic, has recently announced the offer of fresh starts for anyone in the country. New name, new look, new life. If this wasn’t sweet enough, new residents get 10,000 free chips and a free pager.
It might be time to tell your friends that you're moving to Paradice, and they can come with you. Get the game and pick a table.
About Lucky Deck Gaming
Lucky Deck Gaming Ltd was formed by three lifelong friends with a shared passion for casino gaming.
As a small studio (there's only the three of us) we've worked day in day out to bring you PowerSuit: Paradice City. And we hope with some support from our users that we can continue with the PowerSuit series and start developing more games with the same humour and detail.
Our ethos has always been focused on the player's experience and less on monetisation. For Paradice City, we wanted to bring the spirit of what made us love poker: the atmosphere, the characters playing at the tables on televised tournaments, the exciting plays and risky calls, the psychology and the trash talking. We wrapped all this up in dark humour, comedic tragedy and delusions of grandeur and placed it in what we think was the best decade, the 1980s, and called it Paradice City. We also know how to spell paradise…
Although it feels like AI has taken over, we've not wanted to use it for any of our artwork. It wouldn't sit right with us and we had a clear vision of what we wanted. More about the studio.
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