id: wavelength-static
engine: dial
category: co-op
title: "Wavelength: Static"
tagline: One-word clues. Narrow targets. And the guesser can only see half the dial.
estimatedMinutes: 20
difficulty: 5
players: { min: 2, max: 2 }
theme: { primary: "#8338ec", accent: "#3a86ff", background: "#06040d", headingFont: "JetBrains Mono" }
roles:
  A:
    name: Partner A
    blurb: You give the clue in odd rounds and guess in even rounds.
  B:
    name: Partner B
    blurb: You guess in odd rounds and give the clue in even rounds.
intro: |
  ☠️ **Nightmare rules.**
  - Clues are **exactly one word**, and you can **never reuse a word** used earlier in the game.
  - The guesser only sees the **left** label. The right label is lost in static. Work it out from the clue... and from each other.
  - The guesser's dial has **no numbers**.
  - Scoring bands are razor thin. 10 rounds. Three keys.
dial:
  rounds: 10
  range: [0, 100]
  targetMargin: 5           # hidden target is a random integer from 5 to 95
  scoring:                  # distance from target → points (first band that fits)
    - { within: 2, points: 4 }
    - { within: 5, points: 3 }
    - { within: 8, points: 2 }
  clue:
    maxWords: 1
    maxChars: 30
    banLabelWords: true     # clue can't contain any word from either label (normalized, case-insensitive)
    noRepeatWords: true     # if true, no clue word may be reused within the game
  guesserSeesLabels: left   # both | left | none
  guesserSeesNumbers: false    # whether the dial shows 0–100 tick numbers to the guesser
  keys:
    - { at: 12, name: Static Key }
    - { at: 20, name: Signal Key }
    - { at: 26, name: Clear Channel Key }
spectra:
  - { id: s01, left: "Cold", right: "Hot" }
  - { id: s02, left: "Ordinary", right: "Magical" }
  - { id: s03, left: "Past", right: "Future" }
  - { id: s04, left: "Bitter", right: "Sweet" }
  - { id: s05, left: "Simple", right: "Complicated" }
  - { id: s06, left: "Silent", right: "Deafening" }
  - { id: s07, left: "Fake", right: "Genuine" }
  - { id: s08, left: "Temporary", right: "Permanent" }
  - { id: s09, left: "Safe", right: "Dangerous" }
  - { id: s10, left: "Nobody knows it", right: "Everybody knows it" }
  - { id: s11, left: "Square", right: "Round" }
  - { id: s12, left: "Fiction", right: "Fact" }
  - { id: s13, left: "Smooth", right: "Rough" }
  - { id: s14, left: "Light", right: "Heavy" }
  - { id: s15, left: "Weird", right: "Normal" }
  - { id: s16, left: "Sacred", right: "Silly" }
  - { id: s17, left: "Harmless", right: "Deadly" }
  - { id: s18, left: "Bad advice", right: "Good advice" }
  - { id: s19, left: "Introvert", right: "Extrovert" }
  - { id: s20, left: "Ancient", right: "Brand new" }
  - { id: s21, left: "Dull", right: "Shiny" }
  - { id: s22, left: "Soft skill", right: "Hard skill" }
  - { id: s23, left: "Mainstream", right: "Niche" }
  - { id: s24, left: "Peaceful", right: "Violent" }
  - { id: s25, left: "Tasteless", right: "Delicious" }
  - { id: s26, left: "Low quality", right: "High quality" }
  - { id: s27, left: "Calm", right: "Panicked" }
  - { id: s28, left: "Childish", right: "Mature" }
  - { id: s29, left: "Guilty pleasure", right: "Proud pleasure" }
  - { id: s30, left: "Overpriced", right: "Bargain" }
  - { id: s31, left: "Messy", right: "Tidy" }
  - { id: s32, left: "Rural", right: "Urban" }

successEnding: |
  Through all that static, you still found each other. 📡🔑