Unnatural Cards

Instructions

English

Your friend Betty, using her magical abilities, has created a bunch of cards she calls "Betty Cards," which can flip on their own and change the monsters shown on them. The monsters are based on the creatures she has encountered during her travels. She wants to play a game with you where you must put all the cards into a static state using the time wand she has given you. 

 The cards are facing down in the beginning before some of them flip. The cards flip and show any of the five creatures. After a very short amount of time, they will flip back. After some time, they will flip again, but possibly show a different creature. The creature that shows up is based on chance with higher value cards appearing less often. The higher the creature's point value, the shorter they stay facing up. The Mighty Drake cards, being 100 points, lasts only half a second while the others stay facing up a little longer. 

You can only use the magic wand on the cards when they are facing up. When they are facing down or in the process of flipping, you can’t hit them. Once a card is hit, it stays still. To hit a card, you must charge the frozen time spell with your wand by holding the left mouse button. Hover the cursor over the card you want to target, and then release the spell by releasing the button.

There’s a bar at the top right of the screen that you need to fill completely in order to cast the spell. If it’s not full, the spell won’t cast and the bar will reset to empty. You have a limited amount of magic, allowing you to cast only 10 spells. Each time you cast one, your magic decreases. Once you run out, the game is over.

The goal of the game is to freeze all the cards before the time runs out, which is a minute. If you freeze all 9 cards, you get a 2X multiplier to your score. 

Every time you replay the game and gain a higher score than your previous one, your high score on the top left is updated. However, if you leave to go back to the title screen, your high score will reset. 

Filipino

Ang iyong kaibigang si Betty, gamit ang kanyang mahiwagang kakayahan, ay lumikha ng maraming mga baraha na tinatawag niyang "Betty Cards", na kayang magbaligtad mag-isa at magbago ng mga halimaw na nakikita sa mga ito. Ang mga halimaw ay batay sa mga nilalang na kanyang nakasalamuha sa kanyang mga paglalakbay. Nais niyang makipaglaro sa iyo ng isang laro kung saan kailangan mong ilagay ang lahat ng mga baraha sa isang static na estado gamit ang time wand na ibinigay niya sa iyo.

Sa umpisa, nakatalikod ang lahat ng baraha bago sila bumaligtad. Pag bumaligtad, magpapakita sila ng kahit ano sa limang nilalang. Saglit lang naka-harap ang baraha tapos babalik ulit sa pakakataob. Paglipas ng ilang sandali, babaligtad na naman sila at puwedeng ibang nilalang ang lumabas. Ang masmalalakas na nilalang ay mas bihira lumabas at mas mabilis nawawala. Halimbawa, ang Mighty Drake na may 100 puntos ay kalahating segundo lang nakikita.

Magagamit mo lang ang magic wand kapag nakaharap ang baraha. Kapag nakatalikod o bumabaligtad pa lang, hindi mo sila matatamaan. Kapag natamaan na, mananatili na itong nakaharap. Upang tamaan ang isang baraha, kailangan mong i-charge ang frozen time spell gamit ang iyong wand sa pamamagitan ng pagpindot at paghawak ng left mouse button. Itutok ang cursor sa barahang gusto mong tamaan, at pagkatapos ay bitawan ang spell sa pamamagitan ng pagbitaw ng button.

May bar sa kanang itaas na kailangan mong punuin para makapag-cast ng spell. Kung hindi puno, hindi gagana at babalik sa zero ang bar. May limit lang din ang magic mo, sampung spell lang ang puwede. Bawat gamit, nababawasan ito. Pag naubos, game over na.

Ang goal mo ay i-freeze lahat ng baraha bago matapos ang isang minuto. Kapag lahat ng 9 na baraha na-freeze mo, makakakuha ka ng 2X score multiplier.

Tuwing ulit mo ng laro at mas mataas ang nakuha mong score, mag-uupdate ang high score sa kaliwang itaas. Pero kapag bumalik ka sa title screen, mawawala ang high score at babalik sa zero.

Cards

Card	Name	Points	%
	Shroom Jr.	5	30
	Shiver,  the Snow Wanderer	10	25
	Venus Planetrap	20	20
	Giga, the King of Snakes	50	15
	Mighty Drake	100	10

Credits

Director

Virtual Mini

Programmer

Virtual Mini

Sprite Artist

Virtual Mini

Writer

Virtual Mini

Filipino Translator 

ChanChan Games https://chanchangames.itch.io/

Playtester 

TheCatProgram https://vt.social/@TheCatProgram

English Instructions Proofreader

Rythen https://rythen-winds.itch.io/

Special Thanks

Afuera https://afuera.itch.io/

Willow Flame https://willowflame.itch.io/

Sounds and Music Assets Used

20090405.clock.mono.dry.wav by dobroide -- https://freesound.org/s/70259/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

j1bonus_mono.wav by jivatma07 -- https://freesound.org/s/173858/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

WinFretless.wav by Fupicat -- https://freesound.org/s/521644/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Pizzicato Orchestral Roll 2 by Soughtaftersounds -- https://freesound.org/s/145453/ -- License: Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Vasta (Night) from Ed's Original Soundtrack Collection (2025) by Edwin Koo -- https://cloud-wyn-studio.itch.io/eds-original-soundtrack-collection-2025

Union In Action from Ed's Original Soundtrack Collection (2025) by Edwin Koo -- https://cloud-wyn-studio.itch.io/eds-original-soundtrack-collection-2025

Freeze Sound Effect created by Virtual Mini