Hi guys,
Just got word from AW that I can't release my iPad spellbook builder. I initially created it for my own personal use but since it worked so well I wanted to release it as an app. I only mention it because I had spoken to some of you guys and I told you I was trying to get it released. I am sharing just to show you guys what I have working since you won't get to see it). Here are some of the features I added hopeing to release it. Don't hate on the design as all the artwork is placeholder which a professional artist and animator had started on replacing for me (see notes on this below).
1. Extremely fast to build a spellbook. One figer tap on a card adds one copy of the card to the to the deck. two fingers removes it. You can literally build the example spellbooks in under a minute. This is great for verifying someones spellbook in a very quick fashion to make sure they are not cheating (or simply that they can add an multiple properly)
2. Generates an alphanumberic code which will regenerate your spellbook inside of the app so you can easily share your book with someone. Also you can email it or post a link to twitter. This was my favorite as sharing spellbooks is Awesome but almost impossible currently as it would take forever.
3. Cards you can't add to your deck (Because of your selected Mage are faded out so you can still see them but your aren't distracted by them.
4. You can filter by everything on the card. Damage type, attribute, cost, benefit, (if it is on the card you can filter by it).
5. You can see detailed statistics showing how much each type of cards were costing you. (i.e Creatures, equipment, etc).
6. Each card displays the number included and the total cost.
7. You can just show your spellbook so you can quickly see your cards and remove any you don't want.
8. Resizable grid to any size and very fast vertical scrolling.
Stuff not shown in the screenshots and notes
- I had newer photos of work I had done but have lots motivation and for other reason (see next item) I can't release. as it will never see the light of day. That includes the filters shown are just the basic ones. I have a detailed sub menu showing these. Also this build it doesn't show the selected mage and uses a gesture to switch between them.
- I have a much better interface but was working with an artist and animator on a conditional release and cannot show his work since we were unable to get permission to release the app. It had some really neat effects and much better icons.
- It also runs on Android and Windows.
- I haven't shown the alphanumeric generator. I spent a lot of time on making sure the spellbooks could be generated in as few characters as possible so you could write it down without too much effort and I didn't want to give any of this away. I am sure someone could do it to just I thought I did some neat work in this area.
Notes: please note I really like mage wars and would like to have released this but I am in no way bitter or angry, (maybe a bit sad
, I just wanted to show you guys what I have done because it is really great to use and really helps me develop better spellbooks on my iPad.
So here are a few images with my prototype artwork:
