Shinoken: Martial Cards Web game

Overview

Shinoken: Martial Cards is entirely focused on predicting your opponent's next move. Each card played shifts the characters' weight and tire them down. Players must use feints to force the opponent to block in the wrong direction and land a critical hit.

The mind game only gets more intense as characters get tired and close to losing consciousness. Options become limited and any wrong step can mean defeat.

About the development:

I've been developing the game while trying to figure out a way to improve combat during Pen&Paper RPG sessions. As I tried to implement the kind of mind game that goes on during a real life sparing, I slowly came to realize that what I was developing would work perfectly as a stand alone game. And about one week later, here we are :)

If the game can get some traction, I am planning on creating different decks for different martial arts. I also want to add an AI and a single player mode, where the character would unlock cards as he improves his martial art.

Ultimately, I would like to go back to my original goal and create a version of the game that can fit right into a Pen&Paper RPG game, with stats etc, and eventually print the cards and a board.