A new variation introduced in the Facebook game is "Elephant, Mustard, Teddy Roosevelt, or Dracula", where the answer to the question will be one of those four items.
In DisOrDat questions, players are given a list of seven words or phrases, and must determine if they belong in one of two categories, or in some cases, both.
For example, players may need to identify if phrases like "Don't Spill the Beans" are names of children's board games or advice given by Dr. Phil.
The final question is always the "Jack Attack": here, the player is given a clue phrase prior to the round that indicates some relationship.
Real-world money can also be used to buy Enhancement boosters that increase the player's earnings for a limited number of games when they are used.
[4] In August 2012, the game was revamped to include a token system, moving away from dealing with Facebook currency; tokens are earned along with in-game money for each round played, as well as for gaining experience levels, and then subsequently used to buy additional games beyond the one-free-per-day, Enhancements, and the like.
This also allows Jellyvision Games to offer temporary discounts on these items, and plan to add more features to use these tokens.
Players are not required to log in through Facebook, but will be limited to playing against random opponents as opposed to friends.
The Facebook version of You Don't Know Jack follows from the success of the 2011 video game for consoles and personal computers.
General manager for Jackbox Games, Mike Bilder, noted that "we kind of fell into that middle zone of not a digital download, but not a premiere title that gets the marketing attention and shelf space".
[3][4][8] They have employed a proprietary system that allows the writers, the voice actors (primarily Tom Gottlieb as "Cookie" Masterson), and the music and sound effects team to work quickly and collaboratively from remote locations to complete each episode.
[9] In August 2012, Jackbox Games announced they would be moving away from using Facebook credits directly, and introduce the concept of tokens as in-game currency.
Ben Kuchera of Penny Arcade Reports claims that You Don't Know Jack is "the rare game that is actually better" on the Facebook and mobile platforms than the traditional console gameplay, leveraging the platform's "unique strengths" and using a common sense monetization model for both the developers and players.
[4] Kyle Orland considered the title as "proof that Facebook can be used to add real social competition to strong, proven game design", noting only that the "pay to win" nature of using real world money to buy Enhancers taint the game's success.
[1] Griffin McElroy of The Verge considered the title as "a trivia game that remains true to the series' roots with a handful of clever, unobtrusive social mechanisms tied in".