HOW TO PLAY
Jake Gun × GlitchKidz — the rules of Dustwater
🤠 Back to the game
🚀 Quick Start
- Enter your X handle. Your points and leaderboard rank are saved under it.
- Enter your GlitchKidz number (1–3333). The app loads that kid's art.
- Answer the questions (role, weapon, temper and skill). Your answers set your kid's DRAW, GRIT and NERVE stats, each capped at 10.
- Name your cowboy. Every kid gets an auto-generated western name (like Dusty McGraw). Keep it or change it (max 20 characters, family-friendly). You can rename a posse member anytime with ✏️, and the new name shows everywhere right away.
- Make your card. Every card is a ✨ full-body cowboy render (there are no head-only cards). Your kid's face stays locked. Rendering takes up to a minute.
- You can make up to 3 cards per week. A render that fails does not count.
- Build your posse with up to 3 full-body kids. Only rendered cards can join.
📜 Story: Chapter 1, The Warning
Choose your path. The server rolls a d10 for each choice using your posse's best stat for that check. You succeed if the roll ≤ that stat + 1.
| Choice | Check | Success | Failure |
|---|
| Face the gang at noon | DRAW | +15 | −10 |
| Hold the line | GRIT | +30 critical | −20 disaster |
| Recruit Deputy Tumbleweed Tim | NERVE | +15 | −10 |
| Sneak into the hideout (best path) | NERVE | +30 critical | −10 |
| Complete Chapter 1 | — | +20 | — |
Each scene scores once per week. If you replay a scene that week, you get the same outcome and no new points. Your weekly and all-time scores never drop below 0.
⚔️ Battles: Cowboys vs Cowboys
- Challenge any player by X handle. They don't need to be online, but they need a posse this week.
- Best of 3 rounds: DRAW, then GRIT, then NERVE. In each round, each side's best kid for that stat rolls stat + d6. Ties are rerolled.
- The winner gets +25 and the loser −5. Scores never drop below 0.
- Limits: 5 challenges per day, and 1 battle per rival per day. Days run on Eastern time.
📣 Sharing & Posting Bonuses
Every share tags @glitchcraftsa and #JakeGun.
| Share your kid's card | +10 | once per kid |
| Share a story moment | +5 | once per scene |
| Share a battle result | +5 | once per battle |
| Claim your X post (paste the link) | +25 | once per post |
🗓️ Weekly Reset & Leaderboard
The week resets Monday 12:00 AM Eastern (ET). At the reset, weekly points, the 3-card limit, posses and story progress all start fresh.
The leaderboard shows the Top 25 for This Week and All-Time, plus your own rank.
🤝 Fair Play
Points run on the honor system. Use one X handle per person, and only your own. Posts must really tag @glitchcraftsa and #JakeGun. Misused handles, fake posts or abuse may have their points or entries removed.
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