How to Play Samory

Since this is a Memory game your goal is to find identical cards. The game needs at least 2 players and technically there is no limit how many players are added.

The game should be played on a hot seat approach sharing the input device. The game can be played via mouse, controller or keyboard.

Game Modes

There are three game modes you can use to play the game.

Quick Game

Screenshot of the main menu

This will allow you to start a random game against a human player or an AI bot. This can be an Easy, Normal or Hard AI opponent.

It will choose a custom deck, this can be picked from decks you created or the ones built into the game itself.

Creating custom decks is only possible if you are using the Desktop version. This is disabled for the web.

Custom Game

This option will show you a lobby screen, it does allow you to add players or bots to the player list.

Adding a human player to the game

Adding an AI player to the game

The order of the players in the player list, will be the order in which the players will play there round

It also allows you to select a deck on the right side of the screen.

You need to select one deck and add at least two players (AI or Human). There must be a human player in the list, if done correctly the Start Game button in the left corner will unlock.

Screenshot of the game lobby, showing 2 human players and a selected deck

Press it to get to the game screen

LAN Multiplayer

This mode is only available if you are running the Desktop version of the game.

Checkout the multiplayer documentation for further information

Game Play

![Game field]( Screenshot of the game area right after starting a new game

This part will explain to you how you actually play the game as soon as it was started.

Players will play in order as you did add them to the lobby, The active player is always highlighted in a brighter color. You can see the current active player in the upper left player box.

How does a player turn look like

First of all you should move the camera so you can see the game field. Check the controls how to move and zoom the camera. Pan around and zoom as needed. Select a card via one of the input methods and uncover it, select a second one and uncover it as well.

You found identical cards

If those cards are identical you will score a point and the cards will be removed from the game field. Select another pair of cards, you can continue your turn until the cards do not match.

The cards are different

You need to press the round end button, or wait for n seconds. This automatic round end can be activated in the settings of the game.

Check the controls to find the required button.

Round end

Screenshot of a game at the end of a turn, it’s about change the player and start a new round

If your selection does not match up your turn will end and the next player will be highlighted in the left corner, now he can play.

How to win

To win the game you need to find more matching pairs than any other players. You will get an summary at the end of the game showing the points scored and announcing the winner.

The end screen does list the points each player has scored and does show the winner. It also allows you to replay the same deck with the same players or return to the main menu.

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