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Valeria Scoring and Valeria Randomizer
Two phone apps for the same board game: one works out the final score, the other sets up a fresh game.
The problem it solves
Valeria is scored at the end across several categories at once, which is the sort of arithmetic that produces arguments and slows the end of an evening. Separately, a game with many components tends to get set up the same familiar way every time, so the variety that was bought is never used.
How it works
- The scoring app walks through each scoring category in turn and does the arithmetic, so the count is settled rather than argued.
- The randomizer deals a fresh, valid combination of components, so a setup is different but still playable.
- Both run on the phone at the table, with no account and nothing to sign into.
What this is built with
Each part, and what it does, in plain terms.
- A phone app
- A version installed on a phone rather than opened in a browser. It is built for use at a table, in hand, while something is happening.
These apps are in closed testing, so they cannot simply be opened by anyone who wants a look. Every screen is here for that reason.
The publisher of the game is aware of these apps, and the work has been shared with them.