Unnamed Pyramid Game
April 13, 2004
This game is meant for people who don't bother to read instructions, so
I'm only going to explain a bare minimum about how it works here. That's part
of the beta testing. If the game isn't intuitive enough, that means I've failed
and need to improve it. (The full version of the game lets you play against
real people, but since I'm not allowed to run multi-player games on my own
site, all your opponents are computer-controlled in this version and thrown
in randomly at regular intervals.)
It's all about rock-scissors-paper duels.
In short, you can enter the pyramid on any of the lowest three levels. The
bottom one costs $5, the second $10 and the third $20. Your characters are
white, everyone else's are red. The winner of a duel gets the other player's
money and moves up one level. (Basically you double your entry fee each
time you win.) And you are also given the choice to either keep going or
cash out -- at which point the "house" charges 2% of your winnings as an
administrative fee. Clicking on any of the characters brings up information
about the player's name and other things, if available.
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