About the Game
“Exotic Poker” is a free game where you can play various types of poker, including Texas Hold’em, against NPCs (AI). Unlike games where you bet cash or in-game currency (such as points in social games), the chips used in poker are replenished with each game and can be set to any value. Therefore, this game is recommended for those who want to enjoy poker purely as a game without spending money.
Regarding poker rules, you can play games with standard pre-defined rules (such as Texas Hold’em and Omaha), but you can also customize the rules of your own games. You can customize the rules of games in various ways, such as limiting your hand to three cards, adding a joker as a wild card, or limiting the betting rounds to two, etc. You can enjoy watching the NPC (AI) behavior respond to the game you have customized and playing the games against NPCs (AI).
Goals of Game Development
Unlike games provided by ordinary companies, this game is developed and provided as a personal hobby by the service provider. The purpose of the service provider providing this game for free is as follows (this is an excuse to say “we are not providing this game for any shady purposes, so please use it with confidence”).
- To provide an environment where the general public can try out poker games with unique rules that service providers have personally devised.
- The service provider develops poker algorithms (AI) as a hobby, and wants to provide the algorithms to the general public in order to create an environment where they can play.
In summary, I think about poker game rules and AI algorithms as a hobby (I post about them on my blog), but I feel lonely because I can’t let anyone experience them just by providing the content in text form on a blog, etc. Therefore, my aim is to provide a free game as a platform where the general public can experience them.
The Origin of the Name “Exotic Poker”
The name of the game, “Exotic Poker,” comes from the term “Exotic Derivatives,” which refers to derivative transactions of financial products that have customized and complex contractual clauses. We call the game “Exotic Poker”, because it’s a game where you can play poker with customized and complex rules. (If there are any issues, such as overlapping trademarks or company names, we may change the name before the service actually launches. Even in that case, we plan to call it “Exotic Poker ___” (where ___ is some suitable alphabet or Greek letter). However, since the homepage address has been taken, this seems unlikely…)
Release Schedule
Scheduled for November 2025 to February 2026