🗺️The world

Pearl Run turns the Gulf into a cartoon sea chart. Abu Dhabi's islands, Reem, Saadiyat and Yas, sit in turquoise water, and every shop that joins becomes a port on the chart. Between the ports stand lighthouses at places everyone knows: the Gate Towers, Saadiyat Beach, Yas Bridge. A single dhow carries the player from port to port.

The currency of this world is the pearl, a nod to the trade that built these cities long before oil. Pearls are never bought and never sold. You earn them the way divers did: by going out and winning them.

Your rank climbs as your pearls do:

🧭How a player plays

1. Open the chart. See which ports have treasure open, how many scrolls are left, and which fleet is leading this week.
2. Pick a port and challenge the Port Master. Five questions about that shop's products. Both of you race to answer; the first correct answer takes the point. You can play by voice.
3. Win the duel, win the scroll. Beat the Port Master and the treasure scroll is yours. Lose, and you still take a few pearls home. Either way, your island's fleet gets the pearls.
4. Spend it at the shop. Show the scroll at the counter, or pay inside Botim. The discount is applied and the shop collects the rest.
5. Earn more on the way. Check in at the counter, or share the challenge to your group chat, and the Falcon drops a few extra pearls. Lighthouses offer pearl-only duels, so there is always something to play.

🏪How a merchant plays

1. Open a port. Shop name, island, category. Done.
2. Say what you want to sell. One sentence to the Falcon: "I want to clear 50 headphones this weekend, budget 1000 AED." It comes back with a full treasure plan: coupon value, number of scrolls, budget cap, a Port Master persona, and five questions written from your product list. Edit anything. Nothing goes live until you tap Publish.
3. Watch the chart fill up. A challenge card lands in your customers' group chats. Players duel, win scrolls, and walk into your shop to use them.
4. Redeem at the counter. Scan the scroll. Valid: the discount applies and the balance is collected through Botim Pay. Expired, already used, or from another port: the app says exactly why and charges nothing.
5. See what it did. Duels played, win rate, scrolls issued and redeemed, check-ins, sales made with scrolls, budget reserved. When the chest is empty, the challenge pauses itself.

⚖️Rules of the Gulf

These rules keep the game fair for players and safe for merchants. They do not bend.

• Pearls are earned, never bought, never cashed out. They buy rank and bragging rights, nothing more.
• Treasure is funded by the merchant and capped by the merchant. A challenge can never spend more than the budget behind it.
• Duels test knowledge, not luck. Nothing is wagered. Every scroll shows its value before you play for it.
• The Port Master plays fair. Its difficulty is set when the challenge is published, shown to every player, and never changed to protect the budget.
• Limits keep it honest. Three duels per port per day. One scroll per port per week. A daily pearl cap for everyone.
• AI never hides. Port Masters and the Falcon Guide are always labelled. No bots pose as players, and no fake crowds are shown.
• Nothing personal leaves the ship. A nickname and an avatar are all a player needs. No contacts, no location, no ID. Landmarks are landmarks, not sponsors; a brand appears on the chart only after it has signed up.

📖Glossary

🗺️世界观

Pearl Run 把海湾画成一张 Q 版海图。阿布扎比的三座岛，Reem、Saadiyat 和 Yas，浮在碧绿的海水上；每一家加入的店铺，都是海图上的一个港口。港口之间立着灯塔，位置都是大家熟悉的地方：Gate Towers、Saadiyat 海滩、Yas 大桥。一艘单桅帆船载着玩家，在港口之间往来。

这个世界的货币是珍珠，致敬石油时代之前养活了这些城市的采珠业。珍珠不能买，也不能卖。你得像当年的采珠人一样，自己出海把它赢回来。

珍珠越多，等级越高：

🧭玩家怎么玩

1. 打开海图。看看哪些港口开着宝藏、还剩多少卷轴、本周哪支舰队领先。
2. 选一个港口，挑战港主。五道关于这家店商品的题，你和港主抢答，先答对的人得分。也可以用语音来玩。
3. 赢下对决，赢下卷轴。打败港主，宝藏卷轴就是你的；输了也能带几颗珍珠回家。不管输赢，珍珠都会计入你所在岛屿的舰队。
4. 到店里用掉它。在柜台出示卷轴，或者直接在 Botim 里付款。折扣自动抵扣，店家收取余额。
5. 顺路多赚一点。在柜台扫码打卡，或者把挑战分享到群聊，猎鹰会多给几颗珍珠。灯塔提供只赢珍珠的对决，所以随时都有得玩。

🏪商家怎么玩

1. 开通港口。店名、岛屿、品类，填完就好。
2. 说出你想卖什么。对猎鹰说一句话：“这个周末想清掉 50 副耳机，预算 1000 AED。”它会给你一份完整的宝藏方案：券的面额、卷轴数量、预算上限、港主人设，以及根据你的商品清单出的五道题。随便改，点“发布”之前什么都不会上线。
3. 看着海图热闹起来。挑战卡片会出现在你顾客的群聊里。玩家来对决、赢卷轴，然后走进你的店把它用掉。
4. 在柜台核销。扫一下卷轴。有效：折扣抵扣，余额通过 Botim Pay 收取。过期、已用过、或者是别的港口的：应用会告诉你原因，并且不会扣一分钱。
5. 看看效果。对决次数、玩家胜率、发出和核销的卷轴、打卡数、用券带来的销售额、已预留的预算。宝箱空了，挑战会自己暂停。

⚖️海湾规则

这些规则保证游戏对玩家公平、对商家安全。它们不会让步。

• 珍珠只能赢，不能买，也不能兑现。它换来的是等级和面子，仅此而已。
• 宝藏由商家出资，由商家封顶。一场挑战花掉的钱，永远不会超过它背后的预算。
• 对决比的是知识，不是运气。没有任何下注。每张卷轴的价值在你开始玩之前就写明了。
• 港主光明正大。难度在发布时就定下，对所有玩家公开，不会为了省预算偷偷调高。
• 限制让一切保持诚实。每个港口每天三次对决，每个港口每周一张卷轴，每个人都有每日珍珠上限。
• AI 从不隐藏。港主和猎鹰向导永远标注为 AI。没有机器人假扮玩家，也不会展示虚假的人气。
• 个人信息不离船。玩家只需要一个昵称和头像。不读通讯录、不读位置、不要证件。地标只是地标，不是赞助商；品牌只有签约之后才会出现在海图上。

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