Supermodel Snapshot - The First Screenshots

• The Heat counter in the lower left corner is at 0, which is where it always starts. 
• The lower right says that this is turn 1 and that we're in the Challenge Phase (there is also the Action Phase, which is the second half of your turn). 
• The cards at the bottom of the screen are your hand, which starts at a size of 5 cards. At the beginning of every turn, your hand is automatically filled up to its limit again, so you can safely play as many cards as you want. 
• In the upper left corner is your deck, which contains all your cards (except the ones currently in your hand, obviously). 
• The upper right shows your discard pile, which is currently empty. You can freely drag cards there to discard them, but it's more common for cards to end up there automatically after they have been played and spent their effects. 
• The top of the screen shows the Challenge cards currently in play. The AI will draw one of these every turn, and at the halfway point through a match, it will start drawing two per turn. These cards are horrible and must be dealt with as soon as possible. If you cannot, the results will be painful. If you end your turn with more than 3 of these in play, you immediately lose the game. Much of your time playing Snapshot will be spent trying to eliminate Challenge cards effectively.
• The shaded area in the middle of the screen is the play area. To play a card, you will typically drag it here. Cards of the Engine or Upgrade type stay in this area while other cards do something and then get discarded. You can have no more than 5 Engines/Upgrades in this area at any one time, so you must think carefully about what cards will serve you best.

• Common (grey): When you start a new game of Supermodel (the full game), you will have nothing but common cards in your deck. These cards are not necessarily weak. They are meant to be the foundation of your deck and are both easy to use and understand. You'll replace some of these cards as you obtain rarer cards during gameplay, while others are likely to be central to your deck's strategy for a long time. 
• Uncommon (green): You'll start gaining the most of these cards once you begin to earn new cards during gameplay. They differ from common cards because they are often more specialized and situational. Played correctly, they will usually be more powerful than common cards, but they might not be a good fit for every deck. The uncommon card shown in this screenshot ("This is Fine") is a perfect example. It will probably never be helpful if you toss it into a random deck. However, build a deck around this card's strengths, and it could become extremely potent. This type of card is meant to encourage deckbuilding and combos.
• Rare (blue): Rare cards are like uncommon cards but even more extreme. You won't have many of these for a while, and you are unlikely to put more than one or two of each in your deck. The rare card you see here ("Turned On") is another highly specialized card that might never be played in a regular deck but could be very powerful in the proper context.
• Model (pink): These cards are unusual because you don't actively add them to your deck. Instead, the model you photograph temporarily forces them into your deck. Remember, Snapshot is meant to represent photo shoots where you take pictures of the superheroes in the game. In this case, we're photographing Vanguard (Ida Yasuda), and she has her own collection of 4 model cards that she adds to your deck whether you want her to or not. In the early game, model cards are so weak that they'll mostly just get in your way and be an annoyance you have to deal with. But as you keep winning matches, you will get opportunities to upgrade these cards until they eventually become powerful. These cards are meant to represent the model's experience. As she gets better at being a model in your photo shoots, her experience grows, and she becomes much easier to work with.