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Published: 2014-05-03 22:18:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 3127; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 71
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I've started an epic attempt to make card templates for the MLP trading card game. This is the first draft of the first template I've made - the start side of the Mane card.This may be planning way far ahead, but once the templates for all the cards are made, the plan is to make a self-contained card creation package. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to make it as a Flash application or if I'm going to make it as a template for Magic Set Editor . The pros and cons for each are:
Pros - Flash App
* Completely self-packaged, no dependencies or other programs to download
* Nothing to download
* Easier to use (pending the program design, of course)
* Embed the app in deviantArt
Cons - Flash App
* Needs to be made from close to scratch
* Take longer to make
* Requires learning ActionScript 3 (I do know a fair bit, but I definitely foresee quite a lot of learning as I go)
* Card design only (for the first version of the app, anyway)
Pros - Magic Set Editor
* Very feature rich
* Powerful and flexible card design tools
* Easier to extend (the templates are just text and images; anyone who knows how can extend the package for future card types)
* Easier development (just need to make a template package, not a complete program)
Cons - Magic Set Editor
* Fair learning curve
* Less accessible (people would have to download both the program and the template package)
* Not the most intuitive program to use in the world
* A bit derelict (its still used, the last update for MSE was over 3 years ago and the dev has long since moved on to other things)
So as you can see, I've got a bit of a decision to make here. I would love to hear any opinions on the matter as to which I should use, as well as any feedback concerning my card templates. I'm sure there's a bunch of stuff still to fix, and my eyes can only spot so much until they get tired of looking at the same shapes for hours on end.
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Comments: 5
MSE! If you actually made something like this it would be awesome to have!
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MSE. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY I NEEED THIS IN MY LIIIIIFE.
o3o Also, font development isn't super difficult, I'm sure someone out there would help you with that.
ALSO I WANT TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT I CAAAAAN. ;A;
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Stick with MSE - if you're looking for good fonts to use, allow me to recommend a suite of Segoe UI, Segoe UI Italic, Segoe UI Bold, and Segoe UI Semi-Bold - which is what I use on my customts. Font sizes are usually 16-bold for title, 15-semi-bold for subtitle, 14 for body (14-15 bold for timing words/keywords), and 13 italic for flavor text.
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Not that I'm not also a fan of the Segoe font family, but I'm looking more for a font that would match what's on the official cards. Segoe is the same style, but it's not thin enough to be a perfect match. (If there was a Segoe UI Condensed version, that would be just about perfect.)
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