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5 Dice

Posed on 2009-07-25 02:29:10

Author: Gareth Bennett

Here is my first game for the Nintendo DS. The game is called 5 Dice and is very similar to the game Yahtzee (only a couple of changes on the scoring).

Nintendo DS 5 Dice Screen Shot

The aim of the game is to get as many points as possible by rolling combinations of five dice. You can roll up to three times, possibly choosing to just roll some of the dice each time. After you roll, you choose which slot to score based on the combination rolled. Different combinations of dice earn points differently. You have the option to hold the dice on your 2nd and 3rd throw. 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.

  • Item, Scoring
  • Ones, Number of 1's occurring
  • Twos, Number of 2's occurring
  • Threes, Number of 3's occurring
  • Fours, Number of 4's occurring
  • Fives, Number of 5's occurring
  • Sixes, Number of 6's occurring
  • 3 of a kind, 3 dice the same
  • 4 of a kind, 4 dice the same
  • 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

5 Dice also has Wifi enabled, so you are able to submit your highscores onto the leaderboard which is hosted on the homepage of this site.

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Comment : 1

anonymous Posted On 2009-10-25 16:11:15

-after rolling all held dices reset;
-how to stop the game and begin again?;
-how about 6 dices. for example like nokia build-in game, there more combinations;
-cpu?;

Comment : 2

Gaz Posted On 2009-10-27 12:26:43

-after rolling all held dices reset;

I preferred this method as most of the time I would have to manually reset the dice. It was easier just to select the dice again once you have had your final roll.

-how to stop the game and begin again?;

You can't, I will add this.

-how about 6 dices. for example like nokia build-in game, there more combinations;

The game is loosely built on Yahtzee, which also has 5 dice, 6 dice would be too easy.

-cpu?;

I didn't plan on having a CPU player; I included an online scoring system so a user could compete against other user's high scores.

Comment : 3

Rob Miller Posted On 2009-11-21 09:17:47

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