Yam

Yam
General
Author	fef51
Type	Board
Version	1.04
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2009/02/16
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Yam (French) is a remake of the dice game Yam (also known as Yams and Yathzee) for the NDS, it can be played up to 4 players on the same console.

User guide

How to play

Each player has a maximum of 3 throws for each turn and must fill in any of the following combinations for each turn. The player has the highest points wins the game.

Scoring

Upper section:

• One - Sum of all aces with a minimum of 3 aces.
• Two - Sum of both with a minimum of 3 twos.
• Three - Sum of all three with a minimum of 3 threes.
• Four - Sum of all four with a minimum of 3 fours.
• Five - Sum of all five with a minimum of 3 fives.
• Six - Sum of all six with a minimum of 3 sixes.
• Bonus - 35 points if the Sub-Total of this first part is> = 63.

Lower section:

• Three-of-a-kind - 20 points if 3 identical dice.
• Full - 25 points if 3 identical dice + 2 identical dice.
• Small Straight - 30 points if you have 1+2+3+4 or 2+3+4+5 or 3+4+5+6.
• Large Straight - 35 points if we have the dice 1+2+3+4+5 or 2+3+4+5+6.
• Square - 40 points if 4 identical dice.
• Yam - 50 points if 5 identical dice.
• Chance - Sum of all the dice.

Screenshots

Changelog

1.04 2009/02/16

• Added a dice sound.
• Added music.
• Added Mask of dice to roll.
• Added in the options, the ability to choose the music.
• Added a cross (top right during a game) to quit the current game.
• Added an arrow to the left in front of the name when choosing points on the grid.
• Added an automatic selection of the grid on the last game turn.
• Added a display of HighScores at the end of the game.
• Fixed a bug on the sorting of HighScores during one game to several.
• Change the keyboard to green.
• Fixed display bugs on the buttons, in some cases, pink dots were still visible.

1.03 2009/02/09

• Added some sounds and two music.
• Added options to turn off the music and/or sound.
• Added save options.
• Added Backspace in the Number of players menu.
• Added 1 second pause after choice of points (before the switch of the 2 screens)
• Fixed small glitches buttons.

1.02 2008/10/08

• Added a loading window.
• Added a main menu.
• Added help.
• Added High Scores (Top 5) with save to file.
• Fixed small display bugs.

1.01 2008/10/04

• Fixed a bug in the calculation of points. The bonus was not carried over to the total.

External links

• Author's website - http://fef51.free.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=67