Pentagram

Card game inspired by 5-card Agram

• 2 players (Human vs AI)
• Highest card of lead suit wins
• Loser chooses Trick or Treat
  • Trick = increase multiplier
  • Treat = capture bonus card
• Highest score after 5 rounds wins

Gameplay

1. Cards in play: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, A (only 3 ace, see below)
   
2. Pumpkin Ace is removed from deck and available as capturable bonus card
3. Player 1 leads the first  round with any card
4. The other player must follow suit if possible; otherwise, play any card
5. Highest card of the led suit wins the round
6. Winner of the round leads the next one
7. After each round, before leading the next the loser must choose to either:
   1. "Trick": increase score multiplier
   2. "Treat":  take the Pumpkin Ace
8. There are strategies that will allow you to play well at this game

Scoring

• Winning a round scores 1 point
• Multiplier is applied to player points at end of game
• Having the Ace bonus card at the end of the game scores 1 extra point on top of multiplied score

Controls

• D-pad = select card
• A = confirm selection
• Trick = left or B
• Treat = right or A

Players

• CPU is Player 2 (top)
• Human is Player 1 (bottom)

CPU player "AI"

• Spoilers: see this dev blog

Note

• There are most likely documentation errors and omissions

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Graphics

• Shapes and fills to draw the cards and button prompts
• Fonts (Pedallica) hastily modified to include some spooky symbols
• Pentagram drawn by me using Deneba Canvas on Macintosh System 7.5

Bugs

• Probably a few, sorry
• Try the post-jam fixed version

Agram is a popular African card game

• Wikipedia
• Pagat

What's with the name?

• Pentagram has 5 points
• Agram has a 5-card variation
  
• The idea to combine the two came before I did any programming :)