Pocket Heist

Native iPhone · Roguelite deckbuilder · In development

Take the score.
Carry the consequences.

Plan a robbery, draft a crew and read the security system. Every prize you take becomes dead weight in your deck when the job turns into a getaway.

See how it plays What exists today
  • Premium single-player
  • Offline-first
  • No casino framing
LIVE BUILD
Pocket Heist prototype showing a Camera Grid security beat, loot choices and the player's hand

01 / THE JOB

The central dilemma

The best prize can ruin the best plan.

Loot is not a number added after the run. Claiming it costs an action, raises Weight and inserts an unplayable card into the deck. A small haul leaves room to escape. A full bag asks whether your build can survive itself.

Read first. Commit second.

Every room states its terms.

Security is difficult because the decisions collide, not because the rules are hidden.

A1

Access

Camera Grid

Find the blind angle before the lenses converge. Miss: Heat +2
S2

Stealth

Guard Crossing

Slip through while the patrol changes formation. Miss: Noise +2
D3

Disruption

Street Shutters

Jam the lockdown before the lane seals. Miss: Heat +1 · Noise +1

Short runs. Long decisions.

Build a crew for this job, not forever.

Each run offers three operators and asks you to choose two. Their assists change which risks are affordable, so the same rooms produce a different plan.

  1. 01
    Draft the crewChoose two operators from a rotating three-person offer.
  2. 02
    Control the roomsMatch tactics, combine cards and bank an edge for the exit.
  3. 03
    Name your priceLeave safely or spend precious actions loading the deck with Loot.
  4. 04
    Survive the getawayPush for the safehouse, or abandon treasure before Strain breaks the run.

Playable internal prototype

The complete decision loop is running now.

The current native SwiftUI build covers one deterministic job from crew draft to debrief. It is designed to test the core question before content expansion: does a better score feel worth a worse escape?

This is an active prototype, not an App Store release. Audio, progression, broader content and production art remain staged work.

Operators
6
Different pairs each run
Security beats
3
Visible weaknesses and consequences
Rules tests
25
Deterministic reducer and session coverage
External services
0
No account, network or third-party runtime

The exit is part of the score

How much is enough?

Pocket Heist is in private playtesting. The next milestone is learning where greed becomes exciting, unfair or obvious.

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