Scarlet Drop

Scarlet Drop - a falling-object catching game set on a dark theater stage framed by velvet curtains. Gems, heart cards and golden spade medallions drop from the top of the screen in waves, mixed with bombs and joker cards. A jester basket at the bottom slides left and right with two large arrow buttons, and holding a button keeps the basket moving. A club gem or a red diamond adds 15 points, a heart card adds 10 points and a spade medallion adds 25 points. A bomb or a joker card that lands in the basket takes away one of three heart cards shown at the top, and the round ends when all three are gone. Items that fall past the basket are simply lost. Each wave contains more items than the previous one, drops them more often and makes them fall a little faster, and a golden arrow sign marks the start of every new wave. The current score is shown at the top, the wave number sits in the middle of the arrow row, and a pause button freezes the round with options to continue, start over or return to the menu. The final screen shows the score of the finished round next to the best result. The ten highest results are kept across launches in a separate list sorted from top to bottom. The settings contain the best result with a reset button, three speed levels called Easy, Normal and Hard that apply to the next round, and a switch for screen shake and sparkle effects on each catch. A short rules screen in the menu explains the items and how a round ends.