Introducing pyCoup

Coup is one of my favorite board games. It's a game where you, the players, are politicians. ....corrupt politicians! The objective of the game is to expose the other players as more corrupt than you.

Here is a pristine image of the game box taken from boardgamegeek. It looks nice.

Now, here's my box after 11+ years ¹.

You can see the cover have seen better days, the box have been sat on, the flap at the back is broken, and I'm missing one reference sheet.

How did my game became …

Categories: Games, boardgames

Fighting EX Fighting Layer from the perspective of an Street Fighter EX noob

I didn't play Street Fighter EX when it first came out. I grew up in the province and have limited arcade selections. It doesn't help that I rather play Xmen vs Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes, or Metal Slug (going for the 1CC) whenever I'm at our local arcade.

After moving to Metro Manila, I hang out with friends to play Fighting Games at our weekly casuals. A new game was released: EX Fighting Layer, and we got to play it on day 1. I immediately told everyone that I have no experience with the series …

Categories: Games

Global Game Jam 2010: Psychic Fighters

Deception-based Fighting Game. Two Psychics slug it out!!

Game description

Psychic Fighters is a two player game of deception. The goal is to outsmart your opponent with feints. The game is played in turns, with one player being an attacker and the other player being the defender.

How to run

1. To play, first download or clone the game from my Github repo.
2. Download Python (preferably Python 3.4+). Either put the python executable in your path or include the path when running the shell commands
3. Change directory to the game. If you …

Categories: Games, Global Game Jam