JAKalooki — Multiplayer

Multiplayer

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How to Play

Jamaican Kalooki — race nine rounds; the lowest total score wins. Here is everything you need, from the rules to reading the table.

The goal

You play nine rounds. Each round you lay down the required melds, then empty your hand to go out. Cards still in a hand when the round ends count as penalty points. After round nine, the player with the lowest total wins.

Your turn

1) Take one card — Draw from Deck (face-down pile) or Take Top Discard (the face-up pile). 2) Optionally lay down your contract, or tack cards onto melds already on the table. 3) Discard one card to end your turn. Tap a pile, drag a card, or use the labelled buttons.

Sets, runs & jokers

A Set is 3+ cards of the same rank (three Kings). A Run is 4+ cards of the same suit in sequence (4-5-6-7 of hearts). Jokers are wild and stand in for any card. Each round needs a specific contract, shown as "Round N needs …" — e.g. Round 1 needs 3 Sets, Round 4 needs 3 Runs.

Calling a discard

When a player discards, others may Call for that card (take it for a small penalty) rather than let it go. The next player after the discarder owns the decision: if someone calls, that owner can Accept or Reject. A gold bar appears whenever you can Call / Pass or Accept / Reject.

Going out & scoring

Once your contract is laid you can go out by playing your last cards and discarding to empty your hand. Everyone else scores the cards still in their hands. Lowest cumulative total after round nine wins — so getting out early, and not being caught holding high cards, is everything.

Reading the table

Top row — every seat: the other players (avatar, name, seat number, score) and any open seats; the Dealer badge marks who deals this round. Center — the first-dealer wheel, the Deck (draw pile + count), the Discard, and the clock with a per-turn timer. Your area — your avatar and seat, the action buttons (Draw / Take / Discard / Sort / Group), your hand fanned out, and the lay-down builder where you stage melds before laying them. Tap a card to select, drag to reorder, double-tap to flip it face-down; staged cards dim so you know they are committed.

Beyond the table

Profile — your avatar (pick a character or snap a framed photo) and account recovery. Find Players — discover and connect with others in the JAKalooki universe. Upcoming Games — host or join scheduled games. Leader Board — climb the skill rankings. Card Art Store — buy artist-made card backs that show on your deck in-game.

Create Your Account

Join the JAKalooki universe — your profile travels with you to every game, and friends can find you to play.

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Password

Player Name (shown at the table)

Email (private · used to reset your password)

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Your Profile

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Pick a character, or create your own from a photo below.

Your Photo Avatar

Take or upload a photo, then choose a frame. Your photo is private to your account; the framed avatar is what others see.

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Player Name

Bio (public · a line about you)

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Location (public · helps others find & filter players near you)

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City

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Visibility

Discoverable
List me in the JAKalooki universe so others can find and connect with me Open to public games
Let players invite me to public games (confirmed friends can always invite me)

Private — only you can see these

Email and phone are never shown to other players — they are used only for your account and game invites.

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Preferences (optional)

Account recovery

A backup way to reset your password if you lose access to your email. The answer is stored encrypted — leave blank to skip.

Security Question

Answer

Your Ranking

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Friends

Find Players

The JAKalooki universe — players you can invite to a game. Filter by country or time zone, or search by name, city, or interests. (Email and phone always stay private.)

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All players

Upcoming Games

Games you're hosting or invited to, plus public games in the universe. RSVP, and Join when the host starts.

Leader Board

Earn your skill tier and top the boards. Pick a category, then a region.

How is my ranking calculated?

No confusing number — you earn a skill tier (Beginner, then Novice, Intermediate, Expert) from your results in ranked games (games with 2 or more real players; solo and AI games don't count). Your tier rises with experience and a strong win rate. Kalooki is won by the lowest total, so the boards reward what matters: Most Wins, Best Average (your lowest average total), Most Games, and Fastest (your lowest average play time per turn). View each across International (all players), National (your region), or Friends.

Card Art Store

Card backs and faces made by JAKalooki artists. Your purchase supports the artist directly. Owned designs appear in your card-back picker and on your deck in-game.

Store terms of use

Purchases are for personal, cosmetic use within JAKalooki — designs change only your card art, never gameplay (strictly no pay-to-win). Owned designs stay in your account; sales are final. The art remains the artist's intellectual property: you receive a licence to use it in-app, not rights to resell or redistribute. Prices are in USD, processed securely by Stripe.

Review Submissions

Approve or reject artist card-back designs before they appear in the store.

Artist Studio

Design card backs and full card faces for the JAKalooki universe. Submit your art, our team reviews it, and approved designs go live in the Card Art Store — you earn on every sale.

Status

Become an artist to start submitting designs.

Submission guidelines

Original art only. No copyrighted or trademarked characters, logos, or photos you don't hold the rights to.
Card backs: one portrait image, at least 500×700px (~5:7).
Card faces: the whole deck as ONE sprite sheet — 13 columns (Ace→King, left to right) × 4 rows (Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, Spades), every card the same size at ~5:7 (e.g. 200×280 each → a 2600×1120 sheet). Rank & suit are part of your art; jokers keep the standard look.
Card sets: a coordinated card back AND a matching face sheet in the same theme — buyers get both, so the deck lines up. Upload the face sheet plus the matching back.
Formats. PNG or JPG, up to ~1.3MB after our automatic optimization.
On-brand & inclusive. No offensive, hateful, or explicit content — keep it tasteful and welcoming.
Disclose AI. If your art is AI-generated or AI-assisted, tick the box so buyers can filter by it.

Minimum standards for approval

Clean composition, correct shape/resolution, fully original or properly licensed, readable at card size, and within the content rules above. Submissions that fall short are returned with feedback so you can revise and resubmit.

Artist agreement & profit split

You keep the majority of every sale; JAKalooki takes a platform fee to run the store and payouts.

You confirm you own (or are licensed for) all submitted art and grant JAKalooki the right to sell it in-app.
Payouts go through Stripe to your connected account; you're responsible for your own taxes.
You may withdraw a design from sale anytime; players who already bought it keep it.

I have read and accept the artist agreement

Submit a design

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My designs

Waiting Room

Share the code or link. Friends fill seats in the order they join; any empty seats become AI when you start.

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Players

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Ready to play? — take a look at your hand and the table, then begin. (The other players wait for you.)

Call Decision

First Dealer

Deck

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Discard

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Game Clock

Call

On the table

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You

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Lay down your contract — select cards, stage them as melds, then Lay Down.

Staged: (none)

Selected: (none)