Scoring Rules - AlphScoundrel

ELI5 Version

Your score has five big parts:

Dungeon points. You earn points for collecting gold, staying alive, playing cards, clearing rooms, and avoiding evades.
Poker hand bonuses. Each room acts like a poker hand. Better hands make that room worth more.
Deck-depth multiplier. The deeper you get into the 44-card deck, the more your dungeon points and hand bonuses are multiplied.
Saved potions. Unused potions in your bag become bonus points at the end.
Old round pressure. If a high score has been sitting for a while, new runs can get extra pressure points.

Final score = dungeon points + poker bonuses, multiplied by deck depth, plus saved potions and pressure bonuses.

Clearing the dungeon does not automatically win the pot. In a paid entry, your final score must beat the current score to beat.

ELI12 Version

The actual score formula is:

Final score = floor((base score + room hand bonuses) x deck-depth multiplier) + saved potion score + old-round pressure

More exactly:

Final score = floor((base score + room hand bonuses) x (44 + cards played) / 44) + saved potion score + old-round pressure

1. Base Score

Base score comes from the run itself. You start with 24 HP and play through a 44-card dungeon.

base score = gold x 10 + remaining HP x 3 + cards played x 5 + rooms cleared x 3 + flawless bonus

The flawless bonus is +15 if you never evaded.

2. Room Hand Bonuses

Each room shows 5 cards and you pick 4. The room checks the shown cards for poker-style patterns. The room's points are multiplied by the best hand found, and only the extra value is shown as the hand bonus.

Pair2x

Two Pair3x

Three of a Kind4x

Straight5x

Flush6x

Full House8x

Four of a Kind12x

Straight Flush20x

Example: if a room was worth 100 points and had a Flush, it becomes 600 total room value. The displayed hand bonus is +500.

Rough Start can only happen in Room 1. If the room starts with no weapon and no potion, it adds a 5x multiplier. It stacks with the poker hand multiplier, so Rough Start plus Straight Flush is 100x.

3. Deck-Depth Multiplier

Your base score is multiplied by how deep you get into the 44-card deck. If you survive and clear the entire deck, your final score is doubled (2x).

deck-depth multiplier = 1.00x + cards played / 44

0 cards1.00x

11 cards1.25x

22 cards1.50x

44 cards2.00x

Example: 1,500 base plus hand bonus points at 22 cards played becomes 2,250 after the 1.50x depth multiplier.

4. Saved Potion Score

Base rule: unused potions in your bag convert to bonus points when the run ends.

normal saved potion score = unused potion value

Used potions and unpicked potions do not count.

5. Paid Run Pressure Potions

Paid run bonus: in competitive paid runs, unused potion points can multiply up to 10x based on how long the current high score has been standing.

This pressure bonus turns on only when the score to beat is above 4,790. The older the standing high score, the larger the multiplier can become.

round progress = time since top score was set / time until reset
pressure multiplier = 1x + 9x x round progress^2

Start1.00x

Halfway3.25x

Near resetUp to 10x

ThresholdScore > 4,790

Very high scores to beat add a second hoard factor. This increases only the pressure part of saved potion value, not the normal potion value.

hoard factor = (score to beat - 7,500) / 400

The hoard factor is capped at 12x.

7,5000x hoard

8,5002.5x

9,5005x

12,300+12x cap

saved potion score = normal unused potion value + pressure hoard bonus
pressure hoard bonus = unused potion value x (pressure multiplier - 1x) x hoard factor

Example: if you saved 54 potion value, pressure multiplier is 10x, and hoard factor is 10x:

54 normal + (54 x 9 x 10) = 4,914 saved potion score

6. Old Round Pressure

This is separate from potions. It turns on when the score to beat is above 4,790 and the round has aged.

old-round pressure = floor(round age in days x 100)

It is capped at 1,000 points.

6 hours+25

1 day+100

7 days+700

10+ days+1,000 cap

7. Prize Eligibility

Your score decides whether you are in prize position.

If your paid score beats the current score to beat, the score can claim a prize when the submit transaction confirms.
If you clear the dungeon but do not beat the score to beat, the run is recorded, but there is no prize.
Practice scores use the same scoring math, but they do not claim the pot.

Prize payout percentage scales with score. Higher scores can claim a larger share of the pot, up to the 70% payout cap.

Prize estimates are provisional. A paid run has won only after the submit transaction confirms and the contract returns payout evidence.

8. Prize Payout Rules

When a paid score beats the current score to beat, the contract pays a score-based share of the pot as it existed right before that submit.

payout percent = 70% x min(final score, 15,000) / 15,000
payout = pot before submit x payout percent

The payout is capped at 70% of the pot. Scores below 15,000 scale linearly; scores at or above 15,000 receive the max payout percentage.

Final score	Payout percent	Example from 2,000 ALPH pot
1,000	4.67%	93.33 ALPH
2,000	9.33%	186.67 ALPH
3,000	14%	280 ALPH
4,000	18.67%	373.33 ALPH
5,000	23.33%	466.67 ALPH
8,381	39.11%	782.23 ALPH
10,000	46.67%	933.33 ALPH
15,000	70%	1,400 ALPH

The score must beat the current score to beat at submit confirmation time.
If a higher pending score confirms first, the lower score is recorded without a prize.
The remaining pot stays in the round according to the prize contract economy.

Scoring Example

Suppose a run has:

Base score: 1,000
Room hand bonuses: 500
Cards played: 22 / 44
Saved potions: 20
Old-round pressure: 25

1,000 + 500 = 1,500
22 / 44 cards = 1.50x
1,500 x 1.50 = 2,250
2,250 + 20 + 25 = 2,295 final score

To score high: collect value, survive deep, build strong room hands, save potions when pressure makes them valuable, and beat the score to beat when playing for the pot.