How to play
1. Read the face. Each turn, the other person speaks — and their face shows their mood: calm, uneasy, annoyed, furious. The right reply depends on the mood: a joke lands when they're calm and falls flat when they're uneasy; an apology sounds fake when they're furious.
2. Observe. Tap 🔍 Observe to spot a tell — a glance, a fidget, a word they keep coming back to. It hints at what they really care about: respect, speed, money, family, safety. Observes are limited per level (buy +1 with coins).
3. Choose your words. Pick one of the replies. A good pick lowers Tension and builds Trust. A bad pick spikes Tension. Three bad picks — or Tension hitting the top — and they walk out.
4. Close the deal. Survive all the turns and the deal is yours. Stars: ★★★ for no bad picks and no Observes used, ★★ for one bad pick at most.
5. Harder levels are timed. From the Market onwards the clock runs on every choice — hesitate and Tension rises.
6. Non-Stop. After the ladder, keep going — rounds keep coming, the clock shrinks, Observes get scarcer, and starting Tension creeps up. Your best streak is saved.
The golden rule: answer their interest, not their demand. The loudest ask is rarely what they actually want.