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5 months ago ::
Jan 03, 2013 - 2:57PM
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Fail, shrimp. Again. Must you keep embarrassing yourself by demonstrating what is clearly an unconscious attraction to me?
why would that be embarrassing? i'm not going to conceal my love for you
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Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
This definitely doesn't mean what you think it means.
I was referring to the painting The Treachery of Images.
I know.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 03, 2013 - 3:03PM
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Oh, just read it. What Mown said. The resource system is your balance. And make sure not to let one card be the "this card wins the game" thing.
Also, avoid making cards too parasitic. You know what I mean. *cough*yugioh*cough*
Clever deduction Watson! Maybe you can explain why Supergirl is trying to kill me.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 03, 2013 - 4:24PM
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Fail, shrimp. Again. Must you keep embarrassing yourself by demonstrating what is clearly an unconscious attraction to me?
why would that be embarrassing? i'm not going to conceal my love for you
Yay, dso I see 2 trolls arguing with eachother.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 04, 2013 - 2:13AM
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1: playtest everything
2: be wary of anything that's "free", no matter how insignificatly small it seems.
3: be wary of any cards that become better the more you have of them.
4: include reactive cards (cards that deal with other cards) at reasonable costs.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 04, 2013 - 7:20AM
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Everybody's been discussing the game, nobody's been discussing the pricing system. I think that's really the most important part when considering something like this, so here's my 2¢:
People do not like buying digital cards. There is a considerable number of people who feel that physical cards shouldn't cost more than a few dollars each, and that number only gets larger when you move to a medium where there aren't even any physical items for them to hold. This can be combined with 'People do not like paying a lot for an MMO with an uncertain future' since their money can spontaneously vanish if the devs go under.
You need to keep both of those in mind while building your game. The most important thing, I think, is to have a free to play system that actually allows people to play free. It doesn't matter if it would take 10 hours of constant play to unlock a single copy of the best card, as long as it's possible. Ideally players should be able to unlock at least one card an hour, even if it's sometimes junk. Players need to have a collection to be invested in the game, and since they don't want to buy into a game they aren't invested in, it's important to make sure the free players feel like they're getting somewhere.
Don't be too worried about the potential of players playing the game for free for an extensive period of time. People who play for a lot of time are invested players and they will help spread word of mouth for your game and that can be far more valuable to you than a few cheap purchases.
I suppose it's important to note that I've never done this sort of thing before. It's possible I'm way off base here, but I'm basically trying to convert my opinions as a consumer into what I would want to see in a game.
I recommend you go try Magic: the Gathering: Tactics if you want to see an example of everything you shouldn't do. Actually, I would recommend finding as many existing MMOTCGs as you can in order to figure out what is working and what isn't. Especially read the forums to see what complaints surface most often so you can get an idea of what irritates people the most.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 04, 2013 - 9:26AM
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People do not like buying digital cards. There is a considerable number of people who feel that physical cards shouldn't cost more than a few dollars each, and that number only gets larger when you move to a medium where there aren't even any physical items for them to hold. This can be combined with 'People do not like paying a lot for an MMO with an uncertain future' since their money can spontaneously vanish if the devs go under.
You need to keep both of those in mind while building your game. The most important thing, I think, is to have a free to play system that actually allows people to play free. It doesn't matter if it would take 10 hours of constant play to unlock a single copy of the best card, as long as it's possible. Ideally players should be able to unlock at least one card an hour, even if it's sometimes junk. Players need to have a collection to be invested in the game, and since they don't want to buy into a game they aren't invested in, it's important to make sure the free players feel like they're getting somewhere.
Don't be too worried about the potential of players playing the game for free for an extensive period of time. People who play for a lot of time are invested players and they will help spread word of mouth for your game and that can be far more valuable to you than a few cheap purchases.
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So much this ^^^
In fact, if you are doing anything at all with microtransactions, watch this video right now. Do it. Yes, not all of it applies directly to a TCG, but a lot of it does.
Actually, if you are doing any form of game design, just watch every video in that channel. Again, not all of them really apply to TCG type games, but you will be thankful for watching them anyway.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 04, 2013 - 9:28AM
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Fail, shrimp. Again. Must you keep embarrassing yourself by demonstrating what is clearly an unconscious attraction to me?
why would that be embarrassing? i'm not going to conceal my love for you
Yay, dso I see 2 trolls arguing with eachother.
Good in EDH
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5 months ago ::
Jan 05, 2013 - 6:26AM
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Actually, if you are doing any form of game design, just watch every video in that channel. Again, not all of them really apply to TCG type games, but you will be thankful for watching them anyway.
Except Religion in Gaming part 2.
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 05, 2013 - 9:12AM
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Actually, if you are doing any form of game design, just watch every video in that channel. Again, not all of them really apply to TCG type games, but you will be thankful for watching them anyway.
Except Religion in Gaming part 2.
Eh. The rest of it's good enough I'll give them a pass on one episode of... questionable quality.
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