The Geekothon: Tongits The Game!

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Tongits The Game!

Jepoy showed me the website days ago, but due to hardware "malfunction" I was just able to test the game today. Hmmm what is tongits anyways? its one of the popular card games in the Philippines. Its akin to gin rummy but more mah jhong like. It was allegedly brought by the Chinese to the Philippines. How popular is tongits in the Philippines? Its like our poker for the masses(I remember an uncle who won't go home for days just to play tongits).

People who are familiar with tongits or those who are just beginning would love the no frills interface, reminiscence of the old windows solitaire(only much much better). The AI is fantastic responding to each card you drop and the GUI is intuitive and probably idiot proof. I have tried to play this for hours and its really addictive(actually considering registering the game) Its really hard to bluff your way into winning here.

Who is the Genius behind the game? He goes by the name Rico Zuniga and I applaud him for making a great game. Recommendations? Aside from adding girls in skimpy outfits, I'm sold!

Screenshots after the break

Requires Adobe Air to function. Tongits website(link)