Knucklebones
Knucklebones is a dice game for two players.
CONTROLS | GAME BOY | KEYBOARD |
Start Game | Start, A | Enter, Z, J |
Move | D-pad | Arrow Keys, WASD |
Roll/Place Dice | A | Z, J |
View Replay Board (Before Last Move) | Select | Shift |
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
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | Pearacidic Games |
Genre | Puzzle |
Tags | analogue-pocket, Board Game, chromatic, Dice, Game Boy, Game Boy ROM, knucklebones |
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Development log
- Game is Fixed!30 days ago
- Pulling Files30 days ago
Comments
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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!
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!