How to Play

Everything that decides a battle, in one place.

Battle basics

Reduce your opponent's HP to zero. Each turn both players secretly pick an action; they resolve at the same time. You have 30 seconds — miss it and you auto-defend.

You bring 3 movie cards (a bench). When one is knocked out, the next steps in.
With more cards still alive, your crew passive hits harder (fatigue scaling).
The match ends when one player's whole bench is knocked out.
Ranked only: win matches back-to-back for a growing Stardust bonus (up to +100 ✦). A loss resets the streak.

Actions

Every turn you choose attack, defend, or special. Outcomes follow this matrix.

You ↓ / Them →

attack

defend

special

attack

1× / 1×

0.5× / 0×

1.5× / 0×

defend

0× / 0.5×

0× / 0×

0× / 1.5×

special

0× / 1.5×

1.5× / 0×

1× / 1×

Read as your damage × / their damage ×. Attack beats special; special beats defend; defending halves an incoming attack.

Type advantage

Each card has a type from its genre. Attacking into a type you beat deals 1.5× damage; attacking a type that resists you deals less.

Blaze

Dread ×1.5

Signal ×0.75Aura ×0.5

Dread

Pulse ×1.5

Blaze ×0.75

Voltage

Blaze ×1.5

Depth ×0.75

Pulse

Depth ×1.5

Voltage ×0.75

Depth

Voltage ×1.5

Static ×0.75

Signal

Dread ×1.5

Depth ×0.75

Aura

Blaze ×1.5

Signal ×0.75

Static

Pulse ×1.5

Signal ×0.75

strong against (1.5× damage) · weak against (×0.75, or ×0.5 if it resists hard)

Where do types come from?

Blaze Adventure, Action, Western, War

Aura Fantasy, Animation, Family

Depth Drama

Dread Horror, Thriller, Crime

Static Comedy, Music, TV Movie

Signal History, Documentary

Voltage Science Fiction

Pulse Romance

Crew roles

Your one crew card grants a passive that shapes your whole strategy.

Director — Signature Style. +15% Impact to all Movie Cards from their filmography
Composer — Score Boost. +10 Defend to all Movie Cards while active
Cinematographer — Visual Language. +10 Defend to all Movie Cards
Editor — Rhythm Cut. Once per match, skip the opponent's action entirely
Producer — Box Office Pull. Raises rarity tier of all Movie Cards by one step

Synergy

Pair cast cards with movies from their filmography for bonuses.

Chemistry: a cast card on a movie it appeared in adds +10 Impact.
Ensemble bonus: if all 3 lanes have a chemistry pairing, your whole deck gets +5% Impact and Defend.

Battle modifiers

Two situational effects to watch for.

Typecast penalty: repeating the same type matchup turn after turn erodes its advantage (−10% of the bonus each repeat).
Opening Night (turn 1): a high-rarity card gets +25% Impact (Opening Weekend); a low-rarity card takes 40% less damage (Sleeper Hit).

Currencies

Two currencies, two jobs.

Credits — earned from battles, weekly quests, and the daily login bonus. Spend on claiming searched cards and buying extra daily packs.
Stardust — earned from duplicate pack pulls and ranked win streaks. Spend on foil, holofoil, and animated card upgrades.

Stat glossary

HP: How much damage a movie card can take before it is knocked out. Scales with popularity.
Impact: Attacking power. Scales with the movie's average rating.
Defend: Damage reduction when defending. Scales with vote count; franchises get a bonus.
Charisma: Cast-card stat. Adds a flat Impact bonus to its movie (+1 per 10 charisma).
Range: How many distinct genres a person has worked across.
Oeuvre: A crew member's career size. Scales their passive's strength.