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DECK — Pricing & Virality
Free Tier
- 3 dungeon runs per day
- 12-card starting deck (pre-built)
- Daily Trial participation (5pm ET)
- Win trophy card (shareable image)
- localStorage deck persistence
Pro Tier — $12/month
- Unlimited runs
- Custom archetypes (build your own opponent)
- Deck themes (5 palette options: Midnight, Ember, Jade, Ivory, Void)
- Legacy Mode: preserve your deck across a full season (90 days)
- Priority leaderboard slot in Daily Trial
- "Legendary" trophy card frame (animated gold shimmer)
Royal Edition — $19 one-time
- Cosmetic deck skin: hand-illustrated card backs with original art
- "Royal" badge on your profile and share cards
- Lifetime access to Royal skin (no subscription required)
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Viral Mechanic 1: Trophy Card
Built into the WIN state, not a separate feature. The moment you defeat a dungeon, a trophy card assembles on screen:
- Golden filigree border with CSS animation
- Your name engraved: "Harnoor — Run #47"
- Row of archetype glyphs for each opponent you defeated
- Your deck signature: the 3 cards that did the most damage
- "Tap to share" captures a screenshot via
html2canvas (CDN-loaded, no build step)
Result: every share is a status symbol. The card looks like an illuminated manuscript. People ask "what is that?"
Viral Mechanic 2: Daily Trial
- Same dungeon seed for all players daily at 5pm ET (seeded from the date string, no backend needed)
- Leaderboard shows top 10 run times (simulated for MVP, real localStorage + PostMessage for full build)
- Badge in the header counts down to next Trial: "4h 22m until today's Trial"
- "Daily Trial" label on the home screen is always lit in brass
Psychological driver: shared urgency + status competition. Duolingo proved this works at scale.
Viral Mechanic 3: Shadow Run Invite
- Every completed run is serializable: deck config + opponents + turn sequence = ~200 bytes of JSON
- URL-encoded into a
?shadow=<base64> query param on the invite link
- Recipient sees: "Harnoor beat this dungeon in 47 turns — can you?" with Harnoor's exact dungeon loaded
- Shadow opponent shows Harnoor's moves as ghost cards on the opponent side
Psychological driver: direct challenge + social proof + FOMO. The named friend creates personal urgency that generic leaderboards don't.
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Monetization Projection (conservative)
Assuming 1000 DAU after viral loop kicks in:
- 5% convert to Pro: 50 × $12 = $600/mo
- 3% buy Royal Edition: 30 × $19 = $570 one-time
- Month 1 floor: ~$1,170
Break-even on $25 build cost: Day 1.