5 Dice

5 Dice
File:5diceds.png
General
Author(s)	Gaz
Type	Puzzle
Version	March2008
Licence	Mixed
Links
[Media:5diceds.rar Download]
Website

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5 Dice is a dice game based on Yahtzee. There are a couple of changes from the original game (5 Dice) and (All Dice). It was created with Palib.

This homebrew was submitted to NEO Spring Coding Compo 2009.

Installation

1. Download and extract file
2. DLDI patch it and copy it to the root directory of the card

Objectives

Get as many points as possible by rolling combinations of five dice.

User guide

Roll up to three times, possibly choosing to just roll some of the dice each time.

After rolling, choose which slot to score based on the combination rolled. Different combinations of dice earn points differently.

If you don't meet the requirements for the combination you choose, you still have to score it on the score card. The game ends when you have filled in all the slots on the score card.

When the text on the [Roll] button is highlighted in red, it means rolls are active.

When the text on the [Roll] button is highlighted in black, you have completed three rolls.

When the text 'hold' is highlighted in Red, it means you can hold a combination of dice for your next roll.

Tips

On the Upper part of the score card, you have ones and two's. These combinations are not going to gain you many points, so try and achieve a higher scoring combination, if it fails you can select one's or two's to give you some leeway.

On the Lower part of the score card, Five dice is also good as it's hard to achieve.

Scoring

ITEM             SCORING
Ones             Number of 1 occurring
Twos             Number of 2 occurring
Threes           Number of 3 occurring
Fours            Number of 4 occurring
Fives            Number of 5 occurring
Sixes            Number of 6 occurring
3 of a kind      3 dice the same, adds up the three dice
4 of a kind      4 dice the same, adds up the four dice
Full House       2 of the same and 3 of the same, e.g. 11222, scores 26
Small Straight   4 dice in sequence e.g. 1234, 3456, scores 28
Long Straight    5 dice in sequence either, 12345 or 23456, scores 38
5 Dice           5 fives required, scores 42
All Dice         Adds up all dice

Complete the score card to finish the game.

• Save highscores onto the online leaderboard and compete with other DS users. The leaderboard can be found here

Changelog

update

• can now post your scores onto a leaderboard; hosted on a new site
• include programming tutorials/articles