THE MAGIC PEPPER

THE MAGIC PEPPER

魔法胡椒 — a card-based roguelike where you cook curry to defeat the Black Pepper Chaos Demon and reclaim the legendary Magic Pepper.

Ultimate AI-Powered Game Jam — Dual Theme Entry: CURRY × PEPPER

🎮 What is this game?

You are a curry apprentice in the Spice Bazaar. A Chaos Demon of Black Pepper has stolen the Magic Pepper — the secret to curry perfection. It sends mischievous Curry Imps to steal flavor out of your pot.

Your job: throw spice cards into the copper pot, balance Spicy / Sour / Sweet flavor to match each guest's taste, survive the imps, upgrade your deck, and climb the three chapters to defeat the boss and reclaim the Magic Pepper!

🕹️ How to play

• Deal cards: click a card, or drag it toward the pot to play it. Watch it burst into flavor particles!

• Match the target: each guest wants a specific Spicy / Sour / Sweet amount. Land within the Perfect / Good range to earn gold.

• Manage energy: every card costs energy crystals. End your turn to refresh and draw more.

• Beware the imps: every end of turn, the Curry Imp steals flavor from your pot. In Chapter 2 the boss knocks the pot and splashes all three flavors; in Chapter 3 the Chaos Demon seals one of your cards at battle start.

• Climb the map: pick your route like Slay the Spire — battles, shops, events, and mystery nodes (???). All routes converge at a final shop before each boss.

• Upgrade in the shop: buy spice cards (each visit has one random 50% discount per flavor), fuse two same-tier cards into a Masala pack (up to rank 3), and grow your deck.

• Relics & events: make choices in story events — risk hearts for powerful relics, spend gold to permanently raise your max energy, and more.

🗺️ Chapters

1. 第一章 · 辣味市集 — Curry Street Market (warm parchment)

2. 第二章 · 香料熔炉巷 — Spice Foundry Lane (red-tinted parchment)

3. 第三章 · 黑胡椒神殿 — Black Pepper Shrine (purple-tinted parchment)

Each chapter has its own background, pot, imp, and boss with unique mechanics.

✨ Features

• Card-roguelike gameplay with drag-to-play cards and juicy particle feedback

• 9 attribute spice cards (Spicy/Sour/Sweet × Basic/Multi/High) + 9 function cards + Masala fusion system

• 5 relics, 4 decision-based story events, chapter-specific events

• 3 chapters with distinct art, music, and boss mechanics

• Slay-the-Spire-style branching map with converging routes

• Full bilingual support (简体中文 / English) — switch on the title screen

• 18 AI-generated music/SFX tracks; AI-generated art for cards, pots, imps, bosses, and backdrops

• Beginner tutorial for the first battle and the first shop visit

🖥️ How to run

1. Download and unzip magic-pepper-curry-quest.zip

2. Double-click index.html (works offline in any modern browser)

• Or serve the folder: python -m http.server and open http://localhost:8000

🤖 Made with AI (Jam Requirement)

• Code: written with Cursor (AI pair-programming), pure HTML/CSS/JS — no game engine, no build step

• Art: AI image generation for all cards, characters, backgrounds

• Audio: AI text-to-audio for all music and sound effects

• The entire workflow — design, balancing, coding, art, sound — was directed through AI tools.

📸 Screenshots

See screenshots/ in this folder.