ircnukes

About ircnukes

ircnukes is an online zero-sum game which blends strategic thinking and unthinking brutality set in the current, possibly terminal, era of human existence. It's based on the excellent nuclear war card game from flying buffalo.

The Software

This is an irc bot written in python. There are no official releases just yet but you can download ircnukes.tar.gz which is the current code base released under GPL v2. There are still bugs to iron out and features to add. Watch this space...

Failing that you can try #nukes on irc.quakenet.eu.org

Gameplay

Only one game may be played on any given channel. Gameplay is divided between the channel for warfare and propaganda and private messages to the bot for manipulating your hand and performing covert activities ;)

Somebody in the channel must create a game with !creategame
Players must !joingame, at this point they will be dealt a hand of cards and some population cards.
In your private message window, push 2 cards on to the queue
The bot will announce that you are ready
Once everyone is ready, any player may use !start
The bot will announce who's turn it is, the game starts in peace time
Each turn consists of one !flip command
After your turn, you will have a new card dealt in to your deck and must push a new card on to your queue before you can !flip in your next turn
In other words, "Turn one over, pick one up, put one down"
Retaliation turns require a series of !use commands, and you must use the !done command to finalize your retaliation and relinquish control (that means you olli)
If anyone survives, they are the winner

Command/Card Reference

Channel Commands:

!creategame - simple, creates a game for the channel
!joingame - another simple one, join the game
!start - when all players are ready, any player may use !start to start the first turn
!flip - flip the first card in your queue when it's your turn, this will automatically pick up a new card from the deck to replace it. Warhead and Propaganda cards require the nickname of the player you want to attack, eg. !flip jesus
!use - similar to !flip but used during retaliation, you can pick any card from your hand, eg. !use b70 / !use w50 jesus, note that bombers will be discarded if you youse your warheads in the wrong sequence
!done - used to end your retaliation turn and continue the game
!suicide - leave a game at any point
!status - get game status, optionally you may look at the status of a given player, eg. !status buddha
!listgames - list saved games
!savegame - save current game to a named slot, eg. !savegame freddy-vs-jason
!loadgame - load a saved game, there must be no game in progress or if there is then it must be saved first

Private Commands:

hand - Shows your hand
queue - Shows your hand
population - Shows your population
push - push a card, eg: push p20 / push b70 / push w50 / push warhead(10)

Cards:

w10 / warhead(10) - 10 megaton warhead
w20 / warhead(20) - 20 megaton warhead
w50 / warhead(50) - 50 megaton warhead
w100 / warhead(100) - 100 megaton warhead
polaris / polaris(10) - Polaris 10 megaton rocket
atlas / atlas(20) - Atlas 20 megaton rocket
saturn / saturn(100) - Saturn 100 megaton rocket
b70 / b70(50) - B-70 50 megaton bomber
p5 / propaganda(5) - 5 million propaganda
p10 / propaganda(10) - 10 million propaganda
p20 / propaganda(20) - 20 million propaganda