Art of the Deal

CONTROLS:

Arrow keys : Walk

SPACE: Talk to townsperson, advance dialogue

CLICK: Advance dialogue, interact with on-screen buttons

You are a devil, looking to take some poor humans' souls. The easiest way to do that, of course, is promise something they want more than life itself, and challenge them to a simple game of chance... one that's heavily weighted in your favor. There's seven people here willing to play, each with their own ambitions and reasons for dealing with you - how many of their souls can you collect?

The aim of your game is simple: they roll 2 dice, and if they get a total of 7 or better, they win. The numbers on these dice come from a player's soul, so they might be very different from standard human dice.

Of course, what devil would you be without a way to twist it in your favor? You have 3 options for stacking the odds:

- LOW ROLLER: The highest number on their dice gets sliced in half!

- THE WICKED ONE: All 1s become a special Devil Pip which, when rolled, lets you win automatically!

- VICIOUS RECYCLE: If at first you don't succeed, roll one of their dice again!

And if all else fails, you can Double Down and run the entire game again, using the same cheats as the first roll! However, be careful: all of this cheating has a price. You are offering gold to entice them into the game in the first place, and for each cheat you use, the game costs even more gold. You'll win some of that gold back if you win the game, but if you lose and go into debt, your time will run out faster!

A final word of warning: humans aren't above cheating at your game either! If a human's luck looks just a bit too convenient, they might have gotten a guaranteed win from cheating. If they are, call their bluff! Double down, and they'll be guaranteed to lose! Use your time as a human to talk to townspeople to figure out who is most likely to cheat, and who might actually just be rolling well.

So, are you ready to make a deal?