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The tutorial broke at the special chips section and I couldn't add a chip to the pass line, I think because i accidentally rolled while it was going on.
- Sucks that theres no way to reset the game
- The tutorial advances if you click the options button
The tutorial was too wordy and I was expected to remember too much about the craps-specific stuff (worse was that there's no way to check it ingame). I'm not familiar with craps so I retained none of it.
I won my second run by all in'ing the first two rounds and then matching the win condition on field bets with some special chips that increased payout.
- I think I should be punished for not understanding craps, but in a game that boils down to rolling a dice to win I don't think it's possible.
Terminology like "on [number]-roll" or "number bet" weren't clear while I was playing. In retrospect I can probably deduce their meanings, though.
The graphics and audio seem good, maybe a little generic, and the SFX was loud on default volume. I'm glad you didn't keep the background speeding up to an insane pace effect.

Thanks for trying it out, appreciate the feedback from a fellow skinnerbox dev.

"The tutorial broke at the special chips section"
Luckily that is the last part. It was most likely your extra roll, which I thought about locking the button and clear should have.

"The tutorial was too wordy and I was expected to remember too much about the craps-specific stuff (worse was that there's no way to check it ingame)"
Good to know. Definitely need to add a pop-up for the different places you can bet on.

"I think I should be punished for not understanding craps, but in a game that boils down to rolling a dice to win I don't think it's possible."
Yep, this is my central problem with the difficulty. Technically a field be is a very sub-optional bet (House edge of 5.50%), but on such a small scale you can easily just win by getting a good roll. I'm thinking about adding a "lives" resource, that you lose one on 7, so can't win this easily.

"Terminology not clear"
Yeah, I need to take a pass over and standardize everything, as well as highlight keywords.

Really appreciate the feedback, thanks for playing!