GCCG what?

Ok, so I have this pet project. I didn't make it, but I get to tinker on it (and so can you, if you want! Ask me how!), and I enjoy it for some twisted reason.

This project is called GCCG, the Generic Collectible Card Game (engine). Here's a picture of how awesome it is:

This is a screenshot of the Magic: The Gathering lobby. There were 27 players on when I took this screenshot, and there are usually quite a few on at any given time.

Anyway, what this program lets you do is play card (some) card games online. Games currently available are Magic: The Gathering, Middle Earth: The Wizards, Lord of the Rings, NetRunner*, and Call of Cthulhu*. (*Games available from svn.) Magic is by far the most popular, followed by Middle Earth. NetRunner is also fairly popular, but generally games have to be arranged (not many people hang out in the lobby).

GCCG is ©Tommi Ronkainen

So, that's a basic intro to what GCCG is. Now, you ask, what is my part in this? Well, there are a lot more collectible card games than the ones mentioned above. I work to make other games those available. I must admit, however, it takes me a long time to implement a new game. I've been working on the Star Wars module for over a year, albeit alongside INWO and Star Trek 1E.

Ok, that's it for now. More later. Eventually.
-Samedi

Games I Play!

Ok, this post is dedicated to letting you all know what games I like to play (specifically in GCCG, but also elsewhere).

GCCG:
Netrunner
Magic: The Gathering

Elsewhere:

Illuminati: New World Order
D&D
Wyvern
Star Trek CCG (1E)
Heroscape
Warhammer (Fantasy and 40K)
Battlefleet Gothic
Legend of Zelda (Up to Ocarina, after that I don't have a new enough system).


Let me know if you want to play with me!
-Samedi

First!

Ok, so I've decided to create a blog which measures the progress I am making with GCCG.

For those of you who don't know, GCCG is the Generic Collectible Card Game engine (available at http://gccg.sourceforge.net). I'm not really a developer; at least, I don't work on the core program. Rather, I implement game systems in the engine.

My current projects include:

Star Wars CCG (Decipher)
Star Trek CCG (Decipher, 1st edition)
Illuminati: New World Order

Projects I intend to start (and hopefully finish!) are:

Doomtrooper
Wyvern
Who knows what else!

Ok, that's it for now. More to come eventually.
-Samedi