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General Category => Website Support and Feedback => Topic started by: pixelgeek on August 13, 2013, 06:38:58 PM
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Work is progressing on the new Spellbook Builder.
Just a quick question for people who used the previous one
http://mw-deck-builder.herokuapp.com
Did anyone use the CSV or PDF export options? Or the upload feature?
Are there any other export features you would have liked to see in that app?
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Yes on the CSV no on the PDF. I like the CSV as I can bring it into Excel. A text output would also be desirable say for Tournaments .
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Not much reason to have PDF if there's a good print CSS - I'd love that though
A BBCode export would be lovely, too.
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I'll look into adding both
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Update on this please
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An alpha version is currently being tested internally. I need to fix some issues with the card list filtering and then finish adding the export features. We also need to make it look pretty
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Awesome, am about as excited about this as I am for Druid vs Necromancer! :)
An alpha version is currently being tested internally. I need to fix some issues with the card list filtering and then finish adding the export features. We also need to make it look pretty
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Any updates on when it will be released?
(sorry, scheduling a tournament for our group.) :))
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No eta yet. We're doing internal cross platform testing now and I need to finish adding all the current cards and fix a pretty serious bug with the filtering
And we need to make it look pretty :-)
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Looking pretty is a secondary issue though and I will discuss releasing it as is once we get all the cards added and the bugs out
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Take your time with making it look easy on the eyes as well, public perception is swayed more by looks than functionality I found :-P
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Quick question for those who used the old SBB, is it necessary for the spellbook builder to show a picture of the Mage and allow you to view their ability card? Or can this be dropped?
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I'm not too worried about the picture of the mage, but I do like pictures of the spells.
The mage ability card does have a bit more info that's sometimes handy to check against - but mostly more as a new player. I can imagine that it won't be long before I know them and the abilities well enough I don't have to check - I'm thinking of things like how often can I remove conditions with the Priestess, vs a purify spell etc.
At the same time, this could be captured by text as easy (or better?) than the card image?
I thought I'd refer to the school types etc more than I do. In the end I just add cards that look interesting and swap them out when I see their cost, rather than looking for spells by school.
Quick question for those who used the old SBB, is it necessary for the spellbook builder to show a picture of the Mage and allow you to view their ability card? Or can this be dropped?
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I agree with Moonglow, much more interesting stuff on the stats card than picture of the mage. Maybe needed depending on how you display things with the onscreen layout. I.E. if the card is not displayed, can I pull it up to view it?
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The cards will all be viewable. I just am thinking of removing the Mage images and making them a pop-up or smething similar
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Me and my friends are just waiting for this and then we're all game to go and play MW again. :D
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News?
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News?
Alpha version with the new layout and controls will be going to testers on Monday or Tuesday.
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Goodluck then, still haven't been able to play wth my friends (deconstructed everything cause we're waiting for the builder for a more competitive gameplay) so I hope it will be released as soon as possible. I would love to try it even though it's on its early phases too if I could. :|
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How does not having an online spellbook builder stop anyone from playing? You can still play, and I actually like building my spell book by looking through the actual cards anyways (but I'm maybe more tactile and like to feel/look at the options in my hand). In either case the game works just fine. The only kind of putzy thing is adding up spellbook points when you get the cards you want to use together. But in reality by the time I put them in a spell book builder I could have done the math and added up the points myself anyways.
Also the spellbook builder at http://www.gameknight.org/MageWars/
works pretty well. It has ALL of the cards (including the newest expansions minus Dru v Nec) you can search for and view the actual card (including art), plus it calculates all the spell book points for you automatically (which is super handy).
What I've done with that one is gathered the cards I want to use for various deck strategy ideas and plugged them in and it keeps track of how many points. Also every card you enter it updates the summary of how many points you have available to spend at the top each card. So you can see how you are doing as you get close.
I'm still looking forward to this one coming out but it certainly wouldn't prevent me from playing the game at all.
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How does not having an online spellbook builder stop anyone from playing? You can still play, and I actually like building my spell book by looking through the actual cards anyways (but I'm maybe more tactile and like to feel/look at the options in my hand). In either case the game works just fine. The only kind of putzy thing is adding up spellbook points when you get the cards you want to use together. But in reality by the time I put them in a spell book builder I could have done the math and added up the points myself anyways.
Also the spellbook builder at http://www.gameknight.org/MageWars/
works pretty well. It has ALL of the cards (including the newest expansions minus Dru v Nec) you can search for and view the actual card (including art), plus it calculates all the spell book points for you automatically (which is super handy).
What I've done with that one is gathered the cards I want to use for various deck strategy ideas and plugged them in and it keeps track of how many points. Also every card you enter it updates the summary of how many points you have available to spend at the top each card. So you can see how you are doing as you get close.
I'm still looking forward to this one coming out but it certainly wouldn't prevent me from playing the game at all.
We are medical school students and we do not have the luxury of time to make a new spellbook manually every time we play. :(
And we wanted to play with different builds every game so we wanted to do it in an efficient and faster way. Otherwise, we would play other games that would be faster - hence my need for this builder. XD
Oh nice! Thank you for this! Now it will be easier. :)
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Holy cow, that's a nice spell book builder! Where has that been hiding?
As for "needing" a spell book builder, I don't think anyone "needs" one, we just "want" one. It makes experimenting around with builds SO much easier and it also assures you that your points are accurate (I've made mistakes counting manually before, as I'm sure others have too). Plus, an online builder is something that some of us would like to have access to when not at home when you don't have the cards right in front of you.
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News?
Alpha version with the new layout and controls will be going to testers on Monday or Tuesday.
Can we get in on that?
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Can we get in on that?
The first round of testing is just going to be UW staff and a handful of the more active playtest group.
Once I have a beta version I will be doing a public beta.
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Also the spellbook builder at http://www.gameknight.org/MageWars/
works pretty well. It has ALL of the cards (including the newest expansions minus Dru v Nec) you can search for and view the actual card (including art), plus it calculates all the spell book points for you automatically (which is super handy).
Just wanted to say thanks for the excellent spellbook builder!