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My Experience With TCGs
Card games are one of my favorite mediums for games, I've always loved cards and collected all sorts as a kid, Digimon, Neopets, Pokemon, Yugioh and more. I've also always been designing card games, generally the rules were just something for me and my siblings to enjoy our big mix of cards or custom cards I made by cutting out art from magazines and instruction manuals for games. So now I am working on designing a game that is actually playable and fun for everyone, Soul Of The Hero. I've been working on this for years and It's changed formats a few times over that. However, with it's current design I do think it has the legs to finally do everything I want it to do. To get to this point I did a ton of card game research, I've looked at dead and alive card games, games I play all the time and games I'd never play competitively to really get to the heart of what makes them fun, special, and great.
Yugioh
Yu-gi-oh is a game I played competitively for years and have kept up with for most the time even after I quit playing competitively. There has been little blank spots but it's a game I am deeply familiar with. Which is why in studying yugioh, I found not a lot to learn from in a positive way, it was mostly a lot of what not to do. Yugioh has been improving as a game since they left behind anime tie ins and focused on making the competitive game it's own thing. However, the game is a bit of a mess, a fun mess but it doesn't really feel like something that I want to emulate.
Still that is an important part of the process of making something and I am sure years of playing Yu-gi-oh will somehow show in the final production of Soul Of The Hero. I love Yu-gi-oh, I just also think it's a mess and probably not worth diving into ATM.
Cardfight!! Vangaurd
This game is one that fascinates me always. It always felt like this might be the best designed card game around. Until the D series every card was a resource in such a perfect way that truly made Vanguard stand out from every other card game. There wasn't a lot of dead cards, there was less useful cards but thanks to shield values and boost every card can do something, every card is an important resource.
This is a game haunted by terrible management which really holds back it's potential to soar but when I am working on card games, I think about how this games so tightly designed. Having cards all have multiple uses means your players are never drawing a card and utterly dreading it, they might not prefer it, it might mean their going to lose, but especially in the early game every card can be used for something.
Digimon
This game has one of the most fascinating resource systems. You have a rather wide pool of resources you can use but the more you use the more your opponent gets for free. It's a genuine travesty that this game is utterly fucked for Color Blind players. artistically this game really is top shelf which is really impressive given Digimon's previous TCG outings were some of the ugliest games ever printed. The actual flow of play is also really great, it really captures Digimon as a series while making an engaging set of gameplay. It's a perfect use of Digimon for a game.
The biggest thing the Digimon TCG inspires me about is trying to bring out a unique identity through mechanics, to have mechanics that simply scream, this is my game, the simple act of using them is recreating the essence of it.
Pokémon
The Pokémon TCG is a strange and unique beast. I've played it a few times in my life and I've grow to really appreciate the game more as it's improved over time. The card games ability to draw massive amounts of cards, do big time disruptions and has totally unique mechanics. I love how it has a lot of mechanics each of which can give a bit more character to each creature. It's a card game that really makes use of every inch of space of it's design to give every card a unique essence.
Something I found enrapturing and I am taking into consideration is the Rapid Strike mechanic. It was just printed on the card art, like a little stamp and it becomes this key symbol and something that there is a lot of support built around. It's not something for so early in game design but it might be a better way of doing like Archetype titles then having every card be called "Darkest Warrior Knight" then name or whatever the fuck. I also really love how able you are to dive into your resources and think that is such a fun point of design.
Sentinels Of The Multiverse
I love playing co-op and this game is one I've sunk upwards of 300 hours on. This is a game I just a blast to play despite it many of problems. This is the game that got me thinking about two v two card games in a serious way and not as a tacked on extra mode.
It's team based play is also something I am looking to when I am looking at making a purely co-op mode for my game because I think it clearly does a lot really well in making fun challenges for a team to fight with creative decks.
Fire Emblem Cipher
This game really pushed me and inspired my design further. Fire Emblem Cipher's actual card design is just, gosh, breath taking in the way it communicates so much visually about characters very quickly and how those things about the character can then be brought back into the mechanics. A lot of games have lots of little flavor information about cards that sometimes get used as mechanics but this is so quickly visually communicated all while being colorblind accessible.
It's a shame this game never got a non Japanese release and that it died shortly after Three Houses release. I have not got a lot of play experience because of that but just reading translated cards and seeing the design is a major design inspiration.
Magic The Gathering
This is the classic TCG but it is also one I think is lacking to me. The act of playing down Mana, it simply does not jell with me. The methodical play of MTG is clearly a ton of people's thing but it is not mine. What I can appreciate is the modern exploration of aesthetics and themes they've been delving into. The mish mash of settings and styles makes the game instantly a bit more captivating.
I think Magic is another game where what I'm taking from it is mostly "what not to do". Like don't sell proxy packs for tons of money but also like just design stuff I don't really jell with. That is one of the best ways to learn afterall.
Wixoss
Sometimes something that looks bad can inspire you. I've not played this game but it just, really doesn't look like a game I'd enjoy, maybe I Would but until there is some kind of digital way to play I probably won't bother. I love girls and playing all girl decks but it seems maybe a bit too horny vibes with young characters to be a thing I wouldn't really wanna touch without some assurance about the game overall.
I have no idea how Piece cards work in Wixoss but what I can say is just the vibe of the piece cards inspired a whole new mechanic for me. Sometimes the vibes are strong enough.
Weiss Schwarz
I wish this game was more exciting but it is painfully boring for the concept of "a bunch of random ass licenses fighting against each other". The games far too limited in deck building with ugly ass screen shots and promotional arts used to make the cards. It simply is terrible only worsened by the like terrible clash of some of the IPs.
However, the concept of a bunch of clashing universe has always appealed to me from like the first time I played X-men vs Street Fighter on the playstation one and this card game reaffirmed it is possible to do it and get people to want to check it out.
Shadowverse
The app had fallen onto my phone several times but it wasn't until I played the game on my phone that I started to really understand Shadowverse. The game could be called anime Hearthstone but even if that was at it was it would be way better then that game cuz it's so ugly, I much prefer the art style of Shadowverse.
The gameplay however has a really exciting Evolve mechanic that stands out among all the card games. The ability to buff any card even if for some it is just a stat boost as a core mechanic is just super cool. I think it shows that there is so many dynamic ways to make cards variable resources.
Legends Of Runeterra
Who would have expected to fall in love with this game so hard. This might be the most interactive card game ever created. This game is strictly digital and it would be impossible to work into a physical game in any good way but that's great, it's using the medium it's in to it's fullest. Creating cards, adding keywords, the push and pull of the more you do the more your foe can do, it's a really really intensely fascinating card game.
I think the champion system is where I am really looking at the game for what I could pull from what I am doing. I think having conditions to unlock a stronger version of a card that a deck can centralize around is really neat. I don't know if that literally will work in what I am doing but I think I am at least looking at the heart.
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#TCGs#Soul of the hero#Legends Of Runeterra#CCG#Shadowverse#Weiss Schwarz#Wixoss#Card Game Design#TCG Design#Indie TCG#Indie Card Game#Card Games#MTG#magic the gathering#fire emblem cipher#sentinels of the multiverse#Pokemon#Digimon#cardfight!! vanguard#Yu-gi-oh#yugioh
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I love you MHA and I love you Katsuki and Izuku with all my heart. I hope you continue to be heroes and go on many adventures side by side for the rest of your lives.
#thank you horikoshi#thank you MHA#I’m going to miss them so much#bnha#boku no hero academia#my hero academia#bkdk#my art#mha#bakudeku#midoriya izuku#deku#bnha fanart#my hero academia fanart#boku no hero academia fanart#mha fanart#class 1A#todoroki shouto#denki kaminari#ejiro kirishima#rody soul#mina ashido#uraraka ochako#tenya iida#aizawa shouta#all might#eri#lots#tsuyu asui#momo yaoyorozu
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Anime hottie ❤️🔥
Credit: @tinasnowslut on “X”
#megan thee stallion#anime#anime edit#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#mha#my hero academia#soul eater#real hot girl shit#female rap artist#black girl moodboard#black girl aesthetic#gojo thee stallion#gojo satoru#death the kid#mirko#mha mirko#boku no hero academia#shoto todoroki#anime cosplay#meg thee stallion#megan pete
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@habken’s soul eater au has been giving me massive brainworms for a while, so I finally drew something for it! Enjoyyyyy
#nottsketches#mha#my hero academia#bnha#boku no hero academia#izuku midoriya#mha deku#deku#katsuki bakugo#mha bakugo#bakudeku#bkdk#nott makes an appearance#habken soul eater au#barkbarkbarrkkbarkbbark I love this au#I rewatched soul eater bcs of this au. several times#can you tell I adore katsuki as soul? bcs I do
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"Hey, Will?"
"... hmm?"
"Name one child of Hades who was happy."
"..."
"You can't."
"I can't."
"... I'll tell you a secret."
"Tell me."
"I'm gonna be the first. Swear it."
"Why me?"
"Because, you're the reason."
"Swear it."
"I swear it."
"I swear it."
Solangelo × The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller
#this book broke my soul#happy pride 🌈#the song of achilles#solangelo#solangelo fanart#my art#will solace#nico di angelo#pjo#pjo fanart#hoo#toa#riordanverse#percy jackson and the olympians#heroes of olympus#will solace fanart#nico di angelo fanart#pjo hoo#pjo hoo toa#hoo fanart#toa fanart#percy jackson fandom
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a happy audience is the key to the academy's heart
shadow milk design by @catxolotlquoise
#fate connected them FAR before pv was chosen to be an ancient hero. change my mind#foils in life and death#by this point sm was obv already sealed away. but i like to think he still had an influence on things within the academy#ESPECIALLY pv. because they were destined to share a soul jam and therefore share personality traits interchangeably.#interpret the sm in these dreams as not really being *him* himself#but rather a projection of his younger self who held great pride towards his students#cookie run kingdom#crk#cookie run#vanilla milkshake#shadowvanilla#shadow milk cookie#pure vanilla cookie#white lily cookie#purelily#tell me why i COULD NOT stop listening to my september while making this.#u know what u did crowmise. u know what u did.
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Danny, burnout and exhausted of being the basically only one who can fight ghosts but still gets villainized and hated by the people he saved, decides he's done.
Because he's 14 he runs to another city, one where his parents and GIW cannot willy dilly do whatever they want. Yes, he runs to Gotham. Without telling anyone.
At Gotham, he ultilizes his intelligence in making fake ID and studies at a normal if a bit run down Gotham high school, not the fancy one where Tim or Damian is studying because 1) he's trying to lay low and 2) he hates the rich. He uses an old abadoned fire station as his home.
It's all fine and dandy. He doesn't need to intervene much since there are plenty of vigilantes in this city and he's free to just...focus. On himself, his education.
Meanwhile, Amity Park is literally and metaphorically under fire with his absence.
#why not more fics of danny going not my prob anymore#he retires from being a hero and a fenton#and his mental health improves somewhat#while at amity park vlad is regretting since he is the mayor and ghost attack complaints are getting longer#eventually this somehow gets the justice league's attention#and social media explodes#danny looks up from his coke and goes eh you poor unfortunate souls#and goes back to his homework#dpxdc#dcxdp
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this took a while but finally finished the color wheel challenge i did on twitter :D it was so much fun !!!
#mha#katsuki bakugou#kirishima eijiro#denki kaminari#izuku midoriya#monoma neito#tenya iida#shinsou hitoshi#shoto todoroki#rody soul#my hero academia#bnha#boku no hero academia#draw#color wheel challenge#oboro shirakumo#natsuo todoroki#mezo shoji#tokoyami fumikage#tetsutetsu tetsutetsu#sero hanta#mirio togata#tamaki amajiki#ok i think thats everyone
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Themmmmm
#art#digital art#fanart#bnha#fan art#boku no hero fanart#gayart#rody soul#bakugou x kirishima#kiribaku#bakugou katsuki#denki kaminari#kirishima eijirou#izuku midoriya#tododeku#mina ashido#todoroki shouto
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✈️ rody doodles
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#anime#polls#my polls#Yu Yu hakusho#inuyasha#fullmetal alchemist#bleach#my hero academia#yugioh#naruto#jujutsu kaisen#one piece#dragon ball#<- my exact inspos in that order#soul eater#death note#mob psycho 100#kill la kill#kekkaishi#were all also influences#with a special appearance from#sailor moon
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spire of deceit & truth: soul revue
#for heroes there are trials#for saints there are temptations#for me there is you#//#me thinking about anything: how can i make this about revue starlight 😈#i wouldnt say theyre kuromaya coded buutttt#pureshadow final battle is a play sm sets up and pv is forced to go along w/#that paints sm as the hero and pv as the villain trying to steal his “soul”.. only to have his soul AND heart stolen at the end :3c#the reality is ive just been dying to draw a ship as kuromaya soul revue for like several years now#<- the party ended 2 years ago and theyre still here#cookie run#cookie run kingdom#crk#shadow milk cookie#pure vanilla cookie#vanilla milkshake#shadowvanilla#pureshadow#my art#clip studio paint#2024#its 2am goodbye
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DPx DC AU: Danny learns that he can change his summoning ritual and decides to go chaos mode with it i.e. A viral tiktok trend.
Danny ascends the throne and it's honestly pretty alright as far as new jobs go. He states a few opinions, makes sure no one goes to war and is slowly integrating a community service sentence to Walker's prison. It's not a bad gig, and considering the troves of gold he's now owner of, it doesn't pay too shabby either.
His main problem with the job isn't even his constituents (he likes to think they would vote for him over pariah), it's all these loony death cults! They keep summoning him with Pariah's old cold sign and it's driving him insane- After a very unhelpful smirk by CW, a long study session in GW's library and some help from Ember (she knows drama like no one else) Danny finally has a new summoning ritual.
Of course he swapped out the blood and bone for like, sour gummies and random shit he had in his backpack at the time. A TI-84. And yes, the Latin chant is that one super-fast bit of Rap God preformed to a BTS dance at speed.
But rather than keep this to himself, he gets Sam (who has a thriving plant and protest community following) to record her completing this ritual and Danny being summoned. Why? Cause it was a very specific to Sam skill that they didn't know if people could replicate and it gives Danny some plausible deniability that he tried to make it difficult when CW asks.
Posting it makes it very quickly go viral as people attempt to call it fraudulent but sure enough, Danny is now traveling the world at a moments notice.
Which is great cause it's summer and he's bored in Amity anyway (He's going to change it before he starts university in September, duh), and its even better because the second a lame ass death cult brings him forward to, like, destroy the planet, a slumber party or influencer has already summoned him away. Shit, he even met a few celebrities this way! Plus, turns out that most death cultists aren't able to rap!
Reality hit him pretty hard when he got summoned to an office space that is clearly a base of operations and the summoning spell locked him in. Literally, he has no idea how to get out of this binding spell- Danny definitely hadn't realized that was an option. Taking in the Justice League members in front of him, plus one trench coated menace, Danny groaned for a moment before thinking to ask:
"Wait- Which one of you was able to do Rap God? And the dance? Please tell me someone thought to film that!!"
#dcxdp#dpxdc#danny phantom#dc x dp#dp x dc#dc crossover#dp crossover#summoning au#ghost king danny au#Danny: Fine instead of waiting to be summoned at random ill just be summoned all the time everywhere#Danny: I will go zero to one hundred because fuck it we ball#Sam is very talented in this and i will not explain#pick ur fave hero for the performance lmao but you lose points if you pick a side kick/ younger hero#also thinking about this as the john constantine method like going from a whole soul to sooo many pieces#Danny denies starting the viral trend when they interrogate him but he doesnt deny preferring this to boredom
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i miss u rody
#mha#bnha#my hero academia#boku no hero academia#world heroes mission#rody soul#deku#izuku midoriya#rodydeku#rddk#art#my art#fanart#froggiesir art
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live laugh RODY ❤️
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GUYS I DID A THING AND WANT TO SHARE
#rodydeku#bnha#rddk#rody soul#digital art#gay#mha#fanart#cute#boku no hero#THEY ARE MY WHOLE LIFE JESUS
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