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This is a fun side project where I intend to burn down my tokens between Claude & ChatGPT before each of their weekly resets. Growing up, I was always a bit of a card game nerd, enjoying Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, etc. in elementary school, and then hopping on the digital side of things with Hearthstone, MTG: Arena, Gwent, TESL. I haven't played any games in years (outside of the occasional Chess game), but that kind of systems and logical thinking has stuck with me.
A lot of games were discontinued because big studios wanted to focus their attention. Gwent, Elder Scrolls: Legends, Mythgard, etc. all shut down, but retained semi-active playerbases during their sunset years. Hearthstone is still super active as far as I know, and maybe Marvel Snap, Shadowverse, etc. I don't know too much about it today. I do think this area is worth exploring for a solo developer, as after being in these types of communities for years in my past life, I know what players want, what drives retention, and so forth.
I think this will be fun to help me push the limits of AI, help me realize what is possible, explore new ways to build, get creative, etc. and open up opportunities for game building down the road.
The end goal is a progressive web app, a browser-based game someone can login to from their phone, build a collection, etc. Monetization comes in the form of people paying to unlock "card packs", which is a pack of 5 cards that is added to your collection; premium boards/playing mats; and other in-game items/microtransactions.
As of now, I have the initial game scaffolded, people can play against the AI, build a collection, etc. Mostly using placeholders for everything until I figure out the system that I'm building. All art is SVG, will use ChatGPT images to create real cards down the road.
The only limitation with AI right now is not thinking big enough.
A lot of games were discontinued because big studios wanted to focus their attention. Gwent, Elder Scrolls: Legends, Mythgard, etc. all shut down, but retained semi-active playerbases during their sunset years. Hearthstone is still super active as far as I know, and maybe Marvel Snap, Shadowverse, etc. I don't know too much about it today. I do think this area is worth exploring for a solo developer, as after being in these types of communities for years in my past life, I know what players want, what drives retention, and so forth.
I think this will be fun to help me push the limits of AI, help me realize what is possible, explore new ways to build, get creative, etc. and open up opportunities for game building down the road.
The end goal is a progressive web app, a browser-based game someone can login to from their phone, build a collection, etc. Monetization comes in the form of people paying to unlock "card packs", which is a pack of 5 cards that is added to your collection; premium boards/playing mats; and other in-game items/microtransactions.
As of now, I have the initial game scaffolded, people can play against the AI, build a collection, etc. Mostly using placeholders for everything until I figure out the system that I'm building. All art is SVG, will use ChatGPT images to create real cards down the road.
The only limitation with AI right now is not thinking big enough.
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