The cards the guest matches are prepared in the Game Screens → Cards tab. Three things are set in this tab: how many cards the deck has, the back of the cards that shows while they are closed, and the faces that show when they open. Even if you upload no images at all, the game is played with ready-made shapes. This article explains the three sections of the tab in turn and tells you what to watch for when preparing images.
- Deck Size chooses the number of cards. In a new event it is 4 × 4: 16 cards, 8 pairs.
- The Card Faces section has as many slots as there are pairs. You upload one image to each slot; the game puts that image on two cards.
- A slot you upload no image to is played with its ready-made shape; the game never opens with an empty card.
- Card Back is the image of the closed card. If you add more than one back, they are distributed to the cards in turn.
- The list above the slots decides how the image sits on the card: fill, fit or small centered.
Deck Size
You choose a ready size from the drop-down list. No number is typed by hand; the card count of every size in the list is even, so every card has a partner. The rows are in the form "4 × 4 — 16 cards (8 pairs)": the first number is the columns and the second is the rows.
| Size | Cards | Pairs |
|---|---|---|
| 2 × 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 × 2, 2 × 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 × 4 (default) | 16 | 8 |
| 6 × 4, 4 × 6, 2 × 12 | 24 | 12 |
| 8 × 4, 4 × 8 | 32 | 16 |
| 6 × 6 | 36 | 18 |
| 12 × 4, 6 × 8, 4 × 12 | 48 | 24 |
| 10 × 6 | 60 | 30 |
| 8 × 8 | 64 | 32 |
| 12 × 6 | 72 | 36 |
| 12 × 8, 8 × 12 | 96 | 48 |
On a landscape screen choose a size with many columns (6 × 4), on a portrait screen a size with many rows (4 × 6); the cards then fit the screen larger. The game time is 45 seconds and does not change; on a large deck the board is not finished. Which size suits whom: the article How to Set the Game Rules?
When you change the size, the number of slots in the Card Faces section grows or shrinks to match the new number of pairs. When you make the deck smaller, the extra images are not deleted; they are kept and come back when you make the deck larger again.
Card Faces
The images the guest matches are here. The line {0} cards are needed for the current grid. under the heading says how many images are needed; in place of {0} the number of pairs is written. There is one slot for every pair, and the slots are numbered.
- To add an image, touch a slot and choose the file. You can choose several files at once; the files are placed in order starting from the slot you touched. If you choose more files than there are remaining slots, the extras are not used.
- If you touch a filled slot and choose a new file, the image is replaced.
- The cross in the corner of the slot (Clear image) removes the image; the slot returns to its ready-made shape.
- While the files are being processed it reads Importing images…; a second selection does not open in the meantime.
Every slot you upload no image to is played with its ready-made shape: shapes such as a colored circle, square, triangle or star. If you fill only a few slots, your images and the ready-made shapes appear together in the deck.
The list above the slots chooses how the image sits on the card. This single setting applies to all the faces:
| Option | Look | When |
|---|---|---|
| Cover — fill the card, crop edges | The image fills the card completely; its edges may be cut | Photo |
| Fit — show the whole image | The whole image shows; there may be empty space at the edges | An image that must not be cut |
| Small centered — logo style (default) | The image stays small in the middle of the card | Logo, icon |
The cards are vertical rectangles (3:4); portrait or square images give the best result. Only image files can be chosen; a video cannot be a card.
Card Back
This is the side the guest sees before the card is turned. If you upload no image, the back of the card is drawn in the theme's color; you change this color in the Game Screens → Main → UI Colors → Card back row.
- To add an image, touch the card and choose a single file. There is no multiple selection here.
- Add Card Cover adds a new back. If there is more than one back, they are distributed to the cards in the order on the board: the first back to the first card, the second back to the second card. A back is given by the card's position; it does not reveal the image underneath.
- The cross in the corner deletes that back when there is more than one back (Remove). When only one back is left, it only clears the image (Clear image) and the card returns to the theme's back. The last back cannot be deleted.
How the back sits on the card is chosen from the separate list in this section; the options are the same as for the faces and the default is Small centered — logo style. If you are going to put your brand logo on the back, this option shows the logo without cutting it.
Colors and the second device
The colors of the cards are not in this tab but in the Main tab: Card back, Card face, Matched pair and Wrong pair. Details: the article How to Set the Look of the Game?
The images you upload go to the cloud while there is internet and come along when you take the event to another device. If you take the event to a second device before the images reach the cloud, the cards on that device are played with ready-made shapes.
Uploading fewer images than the number of pairs: the empty slots are played with ready-made shapes and the deck looks mixed.
Uploading images that look very much alike (like two colors of the same logo): the guest cannot tell the pairs apart.
Leaving photos on the default Small centered — logo style: the image stays small on the card. For photos use the option that fills or fits.
Thinking the images are deleted when you make the deck smaller: the extras are kept and come back when you make the deck larger.
Choosing a large deck and expecting the images to be readable: the more cards there are, the smaller they get. Try it on the real screen before the event.
