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PlayTime

PlayTime - games designed to help you enjoy your work breaks

A collection of lightweight games designed for software engineers, architects, builders, and curious minds to enjoy during work breaks.

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Poker AI

Futuristic software engineering strategy poker

Medium

Build resilient systems, survive production chaos, and outplay the AI dealer using engineering-themed poker mechanics.

Win condition: build a stronger 5-card engineering hand than the AI. Production events can slightly adjust the final score.

3-5 mins Single player No betting
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Poker AI

Engineering strategy poker, without gambling

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AI Dealer Waiting
PWV Deal cards to begin. Goal: finish with a higher final score than the AI dealer.
Your System Waiting

How to Play

Build the stronger system in one quick round.

  1. Deal 5 engineering cards to you and the AI dealer.
  2. Select up to 2 weak cards to replace, or hold your current system.
  3. The AI replaces weak cards automatically.
  4. Your 5-card pattern becomes your base score.
  5. A production event may add or subtract points from matching cards for you or the AI.
  6. You win when your final score is higher than the AI dealer's final score.

How scoring works

Final score = hand strength score + production event adjustment.

After you and the AI finish replacing cards, both final 5-card hands are evaluated. Then the current Production Event checks both hands and adjusts matching cards.

Example: Traffic Spike

Traffic Spike affects weak Product cards. If a final card is Product and below 8, that player loses 12 points for that card. This applies to both you and the AI.

You: base 215, two weak Product cards -24, final 191 AI: base 205, no affected Product cards 0, final 205 AI wins because the event hurt your system more.

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