Hovering Bird

Hovering Bird

Hovering Bird is a table game. The game is played by one player (solo). As the game rules are pretty simple, the game may be suitable even for children.
This game was inspired by Flappy Bird mobile game, where the player is tasked to pass through pairs of pipes which appear in equal time intervals (about every 10 seconds).

What is required

1. A game field with numbers from 1 to 15 in order (can be easily drawn by hand)
2. Some token to represent a bird
3. A standard 52-card deck (with out jokers)

That's all!

Gameplay

The main character (as you already probably guess) is a bird. Player can control the bird, changing the height, where it is flying.
A game field is served to track the current height.

Next movement actions are possible:
1. FLAP: bird flies up, moves up by 3
2. HOVER: bird spreads its wings and hovers, moves down by 1
3. DO NOTHING: bird falls down due to gravity, moves down by 2

Game start

1. Put game field on the table
2. Put Bird token on game field into any desired cell
3. Shuffle the deck

Checkpoints

Each card which will be dealt from the deck represents a checkpoint. Value of the card means height, which bird should reach.
For cards from 2 to 10 value corresponds to the rank, Jack means 11, Queen means 12, King means 13, Ace means 1 or 14 (player can reach either 1 or 14 to hit this checkpoint).
If bird reaches required height, then corresponding card should be taken away from the table.
If player hits checkpoint, he moves again.
Checkpoints may be hit in any order.
Player can hit only one checkpoint at a time (in case if several cards of the same rank were dealt).

Move order

1. One card is dealt from the deck
2. Player moves the bird (according to the movement rules)
3. If player hit any checkpoint, he takes corresponding card away and should move again

Game over

There cannot be more than 3 cards (checkpoints) active at any moment.
If the 4th card should be dealt, then game is over. In this case, count the number of cards which were taken away before, this is your number of points!

Here is short video example of game play:


Good luck!