Knucklebones is a dice game for two players.


CONTROLSGAME BOYKEYBOARD
Start GameStart, AEnter, Z, J
MoveD-padArrow Keys, WASD
Roll/Place DiceAZ, J
View Replay Board
(Before Last Move)
SelectShift

Rules 

Each player takes their turn rolling the die and selecting a column to place it. If the die matches any dice on the other side, they are removed and their points are removed from that player's score. 

The game ends when either side fills up with dice. The winner is determined by total points on their side of the board. If both scores match, the game ends in a Tie.

Points

Points are accumulated by placing and creating combos in a column. Each die is worth its face value. Combos are worth the total value of the dice times the size of the combo.

Combo Chart

Dice Value              x1                            x2                            x3              

              1              

              4              

              9              

              2              

              8              

              18              

              3              

              12              

              27              

              4              

              16              

              36              

              5              

              20              

              45              

              6              

              24              

              54              

Planned Future Features

  • Singleplayer against an AI opponent
  • Link-cable Multiplayer
  • Full-Color Support
  • Additional characters

Art: Chalkmuncher / Pearacidic
Design: Chalkmuncher / Pearacidic
Code: Pearacidic

StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorPearacidic Games
GenrePuzzle
Tagsanalogue-pocket, Board Game, chromatic, Dice, Game Boy, Game Boy ROM, knucklebones

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(+1)

Oh this is fun!  The future feature list looks incredible too!  I've heard link cable games can be challenging to build.  Good luck!

Thanks!

(1 edit) (+1)

Cool! To the combos work across as well as top-to-bottom. Also, I feel like the dice in the title screen should match the dice in the game.

As per the original rules of Knucklebones, the combos only work top to bottom. I will likely add the designs we settle on after determining how we want the dice to look when finalized.

Thanks for the feedback!