PatientBarrage, more properly known by its full name: "Touhou Teidanmaku: -Patient Barrage-" (東方停弾幕 in Japanese) is the final project that I did for an Artificial Intelligence class along with my partner.  Unfortunately he was really busy at that time so I had to do most of the coding for the game myself, but he was still invaluable as a sounding board for design and game ideas.

The game is based on the Touhou Project series of "bullet hell" shoot 'em up games, and features Touhou characters, but with a twist: the gameplay is actually a 2-player (or 1-player vs. AI) turn-based grid-based strategy game, not a shoot 'em up.  The idea for this came up somewhat spontaneously as we were thinking about our shared interests along with what kinds of things might be feasible to make an AI for.

The game essentially proceeds like this: Each player controls a character that occupies one space on the 2D grid, and during your turn you can move one space (or not), face whichever direction you want, and fire off one of 4 different character-specific attacks.  The goal is to maneuver so that you dodge all of your opponent's attacks, while firing off projectiles that will trap them and force them to get hit.

Since it can be hard to tell exactly where a bullet is considered to be, red (for player 1's bullets) and blue (for player 2's bullets) squares are overlaid on top of the grid.  Solid red squares with highlighted outlines represent grid spaces where player 1's bullets are currently hitting, which solid blue squares that are highlighted represent grid spaces where player 2's bullets are hitting.  A space that's being hit by both players' bullets is marked by a teal outline and purple square.  Fainter squares are also displayed at the future positions of bullets, so you can plan ahead to avoid them knowing where they will go next.

-6 different Touhou characters, with 4 attacks each

-Difficulty setting affects the intensity of the attacks (Easy, Normal, Hard, Lunatic)

-Four different grid sizes, from 9x9 (Tiny) to 45x45 (Huge)

-Different AI agents and heuristics (though you should probably only use the default ones)

-Cool music that features the Touhou main menu melody

For something that looks like an actual Touhou game, try disabling the grid, hit overlays, and outlines, and watching an AI vs. AI match (turbo mode optional). =)

The main PatientBarrage song that plays during the game can be found at my Bandcamp site here.