hi everyone! i'm michael/xiao xiao long. i'm a 21 y/o from guelph, canada, who started programming in the fall of 2023. i've been playing the pokémon tcg for over 8 years and i spent the last 3 months building ptcg-sim, a free tool for the community to use to test and play our favorite card game.

i publicly launched the sim on christmas and it has already grown an incredible community of players and developers. i’m planning on open sourcing the code this month and would love your support in the days ahead. there’s a lot more to do, and i could use as much help as i can get!

should you find joy in using the sim and wish to support its ongoing development, you can sponsor me/the project on my GitHub page. however, please know that sponsorship is completely optional. your enjoyment of the sim is contribution enough, and i’m thrilled to have you as part of our community :)

-XXL