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// a game of financial statement analysis · BUSI 401
Lectures in this game
L06 was the AI session and is not on the exam, so it has no column. L07 brings both of its categories, inventory and long-lived assets.
Same code, same board: the same desk, lectures, clues, numbers and answer order.
// couch mode · two or three players, one keyboard
Who is trading?
Everyone answers every clue with their own four keys, so nobody waits for a buzzer. Then each of you sets your leverage with the first three of those keys. Tapping works too: tap your quote in the top bar, then tap an answer.
End this round now?
// closing bell · the final question
// how to play
Pick a tile. Answer. Choose your leverage.
You open with $10,000 of capital, and every answer marks it to market. Every option comes with its explanation, the right one and the wrong ones. The explanations are the point. Read them, especially on the clues you were sure about.
Lectures and rounds
Pick the lectures on the title screen. Six categories or fewer make one round. Seven or more split into two: the Opening Bell, then the Levered round with the rest.
Opening Bell
The first half of your lectures. Tiles from $200 to $1,000.
Levered round
The second half. Values double, $400 to $2,000. So do the losses.
Closing Bell
One last question. Wager up to your account value, or the top tile value if that is more.
Leverage
After you answer, fill in the order ticket: how much leverage you want on this tile, then Place order. V is the tile's value.
Leverage
Right
Wrong
Pays best when you are
1× · Hunch
+1 × V
−0.5 × V
below 60% sure
2× · Likely
+2 × V
−2 × V
60% to 80% sure
3× · Certain
+3 × V
−6 × V
above 80% sure
Every order can lose, so a guess is never free: a blind guess at 1× loses money on average. Losses grow faster than gains, so leverage pays only when you are sure. A wrong 3× call is a margin call. A clue that times out costs what a wrong 1× Hunch costs and goes on your watch list. With leverage off, a right answer earns V and a wrong one, or a timeout, costs V.
Numbers
Some clues ask for a number. Type it for full value, or show the four choices for half value. If you type a number that a common mistake produces, the game names the mistake.
// APPLIED AI
One tile in the Opening Bell and two in the Levered round hide a memo from your AI analyst. Wager, read the memo, then sign it or send it back. Right wins the wager. Wrong loses it.
The terminal
On a wide screen the Account panel tracks your value after every clue, your range for the day and your positions by lecture. Market View trades each lecture as an index that opens at 100.00 and moves 1.00 for every $100 won or lost on it. The Watch List holds every question you missed, ready to review. On a phone, open them from the bar at the bottom.
Keys
Board
←→↑↓ to move, Enter to pick
Answer
1234
Leverage
H 1×, L 2×, C 3×, then Enter to place the order
Continue
Enter or Space
Couch
Player 1 ASDF · Player 2 JKL; · Player 3 7890. After answering, the first three keys set leverage: 1×, 2×, 3×.
Sound
M mutes and unmutes
Clock and codes
Exam pace gives 45 to 150 seconds per clue, by difficulty. Every game has a challenge code that carries the desk and the lectures. Send it to a classmate: the same code deals the same board, numbers and answer order. New board picks a deal that repeats as few of the questions you already got right as it can.