iBul

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iBul is now available for Symbian^3 and Meego platforms !!

DON'T MISS THE CHANCE TO KNOW iBul AN EXCITING AND ANCIENT MAYA GAME, THAT WE BRING BACK TO LIFE AGAIN!!!

LIVE THE EXPERIENCE OF AN ANCIENT MAYA GAME IN A FABULOUS TRIDIMENSIONAL SCENARIO WITH PRE-HISPANIC MUSIC !!

iBul was inspired from an ancient Maya game called Bul. iBul recreates this game in a 3D scenario with pyramids, corns, warriors and prehispanic music.

A RUNNING-FIGHT GAME THAT COMBINES THE MOVING MECHANISM OF RACE GAMES LIKE BACKGAMMON AND THE GOAL OF ELIMINATION-BASED GAMES SUCH AS CHESS !!!!

The game consists of two group of warriors, a road and four corns. The goal of the game is to catch all the warriors of the opponent by moving the warriors over a road composed of squares.

To move the warriors over the road the player throw the corns twice (the corns act like a dice) and after that he/she decide the order of their movements. To catch their opponent the warrior has to move exactly where their opponent is sitting and after that he must bring the prisoner to its base.
LIKE THE MAYAS YOU WILL DEFINE YOUR LUCK BASED ON CORNS.

Like many of the Middle America games, Bul was a game that used corns as dice. The corns were marked in one of its sides. The corns were thrown and after that the ones with the marked face up were counted.

BECOME A JAGUAR OR EAGLE WARRIOR

The game has two types of warriors: The Eagle and the Jaguar warrior. These warriors differ between each other in the way they hunt and walk. The jaguar warrior can hunt by walking forward and backward, while the eagle warrior as soon as it catches a prisoner it returns to its base.

TRUST IN YOUR LUCK AND DEFINE YOUR STRATEGY BASED ON YOUR WARRIOR AND THE OPPONENT

To win in iBul you have to define your own strategy based on the warrior that you choose and the opponent ! But you will also need some luck to catch all the enemy warriors!

YOU CAN FIGHT THREE TYPE OF BATTLES:
  • WARRIOR vs WARRIOR
    With this type of game you can play against one of your friends using only one device.
  • WARRIOR vs DEVICE
    Each time you won against the device you earn cacao beans. Once you reach 10 cocoa beans you enable the network game and you can bet your cocoa beans playing against your friends in a network game.
  • NETWORK GAME
    This type of game creates a Bluetooth network between two devices and let you bet your cocoa beans against your friends !! This feature is only available in devices that support Bluetooth.


BE BRAVE BETTING YOUR COCOA BEANS AGAINST YOUR FRIENDS IN A NETWORK GAME.
The mayas used to bet cocoa beans and the brave ones used to bet their freedom. With iBul you can earn cocoa beans (playing against the device) that later you can bet in a network game. This feature is only available with devices that support bluetooth connectivity.

ENJOY THE PREHISPANIC MUSIC OF THE GAME

ABOUT THE MAYAS

The Mayas were one of the most important and powerful culture of Middle America, actually many people know more about them due to the 2012 maya prediction.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT BUL ?

Take a look at these references:
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bul_(game)
  • Verbeeck, Lieve: Bul: a Patolli game in Maya lowland, p. 83-100. In: Board game studies: International Journal for the Study of Board Games, Leiden: Research School CNWS, 1998


Features:

  • It works for iPhone/iPod Touch with iPhone OS 3.1
  • It uses Open GL ES to provide an amazing 3D scenario
  • It uses the accelerometer to throw the corns
  • The network game is only available in iPhone/iPod Touch with Bluetooth capabilities
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