Free Card Game

Position cards one by one to make 10 poker hands, 5 down and 5 across.
This game works best on a mobile phone due to the size of the card images.

Game rules

• Position cards one by one to make 10 poker hands, 5 down and 5 across
• Cards must be placed adjacent to another card
• First card is placed in middle
• Score is calculated at end
  • Royal flush = 100
  • Straight flush= 75
  • 4 of a kind = 50
  • Full house = 25
  • Flush = 20
  • Straight = 15
  • 3 of a kind = 10
  • 2 pair = 5
  • Pair = 2
• Game will reposition cards if next to edge

To do for improvement of game (paused)

Developer resources are currently unavailable for work on this game. See Tasks for more information and schedule.

• New game - current game is progress, are you sure
• User tracking via login or cookies
• Saving game and ongoing statistics
• Replaying saved game and sharing

History

• 26-Nov-20   v1.02   Bug fix for Undo and hand layout
• 25-Nov-20   v1.01   Bug fix for Undo and hand layout
• 20-Nov-20   v1.00   Update page layout, review calculations
• 27-Oct-20   v0.98   Undo last card, easy option (no restriction on card location), update cache for new versions, replay last game
• 7-Oct-20   v0.91   Layout and Copyright
• 6-Oct-20   v0.90   Prototype, working game

Origin of the game

I recall this game from a book on card games in the 1960s. Bit tedious to do this manually with a set of cards.

Development, copyright and licence

This started out and continues as a training exercise. The code/concept is not significant enough for copyright or licence. Source code will be uploaded and shared when complete.

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