hi,
I'm playing mage wars for more than two years now. I wasn't active in the forum but regular visited it for deck and strategy inspiration. Until Academy came out here in Germany I used the online spellbook builder to build my decks, because it was accessible and relatively simple. I also liked the iPad app but both are outdated for quiet a while now, much to the disappointment of the community. OCTGN also includes a decent spellbook builder, I used it briefly, but for me as a Mac User its not really accessible and running OCTGN under wine is not really stable which leads to frustration. I'm aware of other ambitions people who are developing spellbook builders. As a Java Programmer I thought about this myself, I really appreciate many new features in OCTGN or in the builders that are being developed but I also would be satisfied with a updated version of the official spellbook builder. So lets update it ...
Since it is a web application 95% of its source is accessible and can be downloaded and modified. Adding new sets, mages and cards is relatively easy. As you can see here, I already did this partially:
https://pl.vc/7w0vvThe actual work lies in getting and formating the card data and images for all academy sets and PvS. OCTGN could be a source for both although image quality there is quite bad.
I could convert the set.xml files from OCTGN but i currently don't have access. If arcane wonders could then place all card images of the academy sets and PvS into
http://forum.arcanewonders.com/cards/ where all the other cards can be found, the update would be complete.
In near future i also think that further features are possible like: adding the promos in a new set, display only academy cards or even a language selection.
to summarize: I looked into the code and already fixed most of the stuff that needs to be done. (like adding new sets, mages (academy)). I could aid in the update of the official spellbook builder if AW is interested. Updating the SBB is really simple and the community seams to be willing to help.
