Lightbikes

I didn’t originally intend to release this program but it seems that a few were interested. Note that it’s just a shared board for 2-4 players to use. It features no AIs to play against.

This is a mini board game adaptation of Tron Light Cycles/Blockade/Surround. The S counts are used to record scores and the T counts are for turbos/jumps/any other powerups.

As detailed before, players are supposed to play this by deciding on a move (a direction, activate turbo, deactivate turbo, or resign) and on say the count of 3, reveal them altogether. This may be achieved online through a coordinated “send your message on the count of 3″, or in real life doing a rock, paper, scissors thing, or a deck of cards. Each player has by default 1 turbo.

The program does not have hard and fast rules, and a number of gameplay variants have been suggested in the instructions (and are supported by the program), so you’re free to enjoy the game using whatever rules the players prefer. I personally quite like the wraparound variant and where with turbo, you can still change directions. Please just have a read of the in-game instructions.

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