What's New Pussycat? - GMTKJam 2022

Can you beat the villainy 'Reginald Von Feline' at a game of chance? In 'What's New Pussycat?' your goal is to win the game that Reginald sets. The catch? You don't know the rules!

Known Bugs

• The engine is prone to locking up. If this happens, try restarting.

Tutorial

• Use 'LMB' or 'Return' to advance text.
• Each game that Reginald suggests will have a random collections of rules you need to follow, as well as a win and lose condition.
• The game's are played with dice! Typically the goal of a game is to have a certain number of dice, a total sum of the numbers on the dice, or to have a die with a specific number on it. You'll need to roll dice, or move them in/out of your hand if you want to win!
• The dice will be split into one of five lanes:
  • Reginald's Active Dice
  • Reginald Dice Pool
  • Communal Dice Pool
  • Your Dice Pool
  • Your Active Dice
• When it is your turn, you can perform one of several actions. Depending on the rules of the game, you may not be able to perform a certain action. Try and figure out what the rules are, and what you need to do to win!
  • You can roll one of your die by clicking it.
    • Clicking a die in a pool lane, will add that die to the your active dice lane and roll it.
  • Pressing 'Return' will roll all of your dice.
    • This includes dice in your pool lane which will be added to your active dice land.
  • You can take a dice from any Pool Lane including Reginald's.
    • The dice won't have a number until you roll it on a future turn.
  • You can take an active die from Reginald.
    • The die will retain it's value.
  • You can discard a die by right clicking it.
    • Discarding a dice will return it to the communal dice pool.
  • You can give Reginald a die by pressing backspace.
    • This may cause him to lose the game.