Card Proxy Generator
Games
card game prototyping
SHOW HN2018
162points
44comments
#241of 2,155 in 2018
Top 12%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
10 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Idea: 7 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clear UI that works in the browser without installing anything
From 2 comments
It combines quite a few popular trends: - diy - paper / offline - game / boardgames - simple & clear UI w/o flashiness - not monetized / no data slurping / no email required - no…
ballenf on HNHow printing goes after prototyping all depends... Some people shop their prototypes to publishers, some get the game to a more advanced state before shopping it to publishers,…
joemi on HN
Fills a real need for prototyping board game cards
From 2 comments
Awesome! Just the tool I needed. I am developing my own board game and the hustle to create the cards to print and test was getting in the way of actually thinking about the game…
soneca on HNI'm a tabletop game designer. This is useful to me. Other similar tools are garbage. Therefore, I upvote.
bovermyer on HN
JSON input is a good fit compared to GUI card editors
From 1 comment
There's a bunch of (usually pretty arcane) software for generating cards. I like this because it takes JSON, as opposed to having to click around a GUI. The real challenge though…
xixixao on HN
Objections
Download button behaves unclearly; blank window on some browsers
From 3 comments
Not sure if this supports mobile, but I’m just getting a blank new window when I hit “Save”.
pimlottc on HNExpect a pdf file download. Worked on my phone. ("Save" should be "Download" or something else more clear.)
Waterluvian on HNYeah, I wasn't sure what to expect after hitting the button. It does work for me in Mobile Safari, but not Chrome (iOS).
pimlottc on HN
Source was not initially shared with the Show HN post
From 1 comment
I'm surprised this community is not more adamant about source being shared alongside a "Show HN" post. It seems like a no-brainer to include source when showing a group of…
navls on HN
Requests
Support for images on cards via URL
From 2 comments
Agreed 110% on the ability to include images, maybe a key for an image URL and another key for the location on the card using a simple grid-reference? Great suggestion, hope OP…
iamdave on HNAwesome! Just the tool I needed. I am developing my own board game and the hustle to create the cards to print and test was getting in the way of actually thinking about the game…
soneca on HN
UTF-8 support
From 1 comment
it will be great to have utf8 support.
sleepylook on HN
Customizable templates and saving them, e.g. via remoteStorage
From 2 comments
Nice app. I guess this is a perfect match for https://remotestorage.io/ integration. People would be able to save and tweak their card templates without worrying.
fiatjaf on HNThere's a bunch of (usually pretty arcane) software for generating cards. I like this because it takes JSON, as opposed to having to click around a GUI. The real challenge though…
xixixao on HN
Questions
What is the project used for, and how does printing work after prototyping
From 2 comments
what do you use this for?
michaericalribo on HNThis is neat. I'm curious, how does printing work after the prototyping stage? Would you usually find a publisher, who handles it for you? Are there other tools like Squib for…
michaericalribo on HN
Alternatives named
Squib
From 3 comments
I'm using Squib (https://github.com/andymeneely/squib) for this at the moment. I have several of my current prototypes in Squib, with CI where it builds the artifacts (PNGs of…
shitloadofbooks on HNIf you want a more featureful tool, but still data-oriented and built with a programming-slant, I highly recommend Squib[1]. It has tons of rendering and processing options, and…
XaspR8d on HNI'm not the OP, but as someone who dabbles in tabletop game design, I find these kind of generators very useful for game prototyping. (The one I've used most in the past is…
joemi on HN
Headless Chrome with puppeteer for PDF generation
From 1 comment
Headless chrome and a print-to-pdf are the way to go, here. There’s a library (whose name eludes me) which wraps it all up very nicely in a JS lib. If you’ve got the html,…
nothrabannosir on HN
InDesign Data Merge
From 1 comment
I imagine it'd be pretty straightforward to convert that JSON into a CSV for InDesign's Data Merge feature, once you're past prototyping and ready for product-ready printing.…
trynewideas on HN
Magic: The Gathering card generators and hccd, pycard, cardpen
From 2 comments
Nice! Boardgamegeek has a list of card design resources: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/991506/resources-card-game-makers Most are of the painstakingly-click-and-type variety,…
twic on HNI built something quite similar to this for my brother, who plays Magic: The Gathering. He likes to build decks and test them before he commits to buying the cards in it, so he…
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