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scores throughout the game. When completed, the player earns the amount of money they accumulated and an additional bonus based on where they placed. If the player's score money combined with any placement bonus results in a negative figure, the player is given a chance to spin the "Loser Wheel" and the result (usually $ 1, but occasionally $ 5,000) replaces their total. A player's friends that have already played an episode may receive additional money the next time they log into the game, if the player lost them in that episode. This virtual money is used to track the player's experience level.
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also be used to buy
Enhancement boosters that increase the player's earnings for a limited number of games when they are used. In August 2012, the game was revamped to include a token system, moving away from dealing with Facebook currency; tokens are earned along with in-game money for each round played, as well as for gaining experience levels, and then subsequently used to buy additional games beyond the one-free-per-day, Enhancements, and the like. This also allows Jellyvision Games to offer temporary discounts on these items, and plan to add more features to use these tokens.
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locations to complete each episode. A typical episode takes from 48 to 72 hours to complete, but the system allows them to hurry an episode along depending on the freshness of the episode. Players are then presented the newest episode that they have not yet played. The online nature of the game also allows the team to make special episodes; in one case, at a request of a fan who wanted to propose to his fiancee, also an avid player of the game, Jellyvision Games worked with fan to customize an episode as to ask the question when his fiancee played the game.
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money when they answer correctly and loses money if incorrect. The faces of the players that answered correctly are shown on the screen. Unlike previous versions of the Jack Attack, the player only has a single chance through all the possible answers before the next given word or phrase is provided to the player. A total of seven such words or phrases make up a Jack Attack.
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but not a premiere title that gets the marketing attention and shelf space". They recognized that social-based mobile games were trending, and that they would allow
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Each episode consists of five questions. Most questions are multiple choice, where the player is given four answers to choose from within a short amount of time once the emcee has finished reading the question. The player is awarded money for selecting the right answer, and a bonus for how fast they
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to revitalize the brand, and split off
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Additional questions veer from the multiple choice format. In DisOrDat questions, players are given a list of seven words or phrases, and must determine if they belong in one of two categories, or in some cases, both. For example, players may need to identify if phrases like "Don't Spill the Beans"
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on Facebook follows a similar format to previous games from the series, where players compete in a virtual game show hosted by the emcee "Cookie" Masterson (voiced by Jellyvision Games' Tom Gottlieb). The player competes asynchronously with other friends on Facebook or with other Facebook users in
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versions of the game work exactly the same as the Facebook version, using the player's Facebook credentials to allow cross-platform, asynchronous play. Players are not required to log in through Facebook, but will be limited to playing against random opponents as opposed to friends.
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devices have been developed by Jackbox Games. These versions will be cross-platform compatible with the Facebook version, sharing the same episodes and allowing players on different devices to play against each other.
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for Best Social Game. On January 30, 2015 it was announced this version of the game will no longer be supported and will be removed from Facebook and no longer functional on mobile devices as of March 1, 2015.
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