Onward & Upward - Building Tools

Hello everyone,

I've been quietly working on some of the tooling we will use to help build out this game to our original vision. This week that comes in the form of a card builder/editor! Here's a quick little demo you show you what I've got so far:

• Ability to create "dynamic" rules text using a {{ }} syntax. E.g. "Buy {{ X + 1 }} Cards"
• A "variable" system to allow creator to define the variables used in the Rules Text and the underlying "effect" of the card
• "Effect" system crated in such a way that adding additional effects comes down to creating a new enum and writing the underlying implementation
• An "Actions" system that will effectively represent "Keywords" often seen in card game
• Single card import/export via base64 string
• Collection management - add/remove cards from a "collection", import/export collections as json
• An oversimplified, manipulable "environment" to allow playtesting the card within the editor

With this tool now in our tool chest, we will be able to rapidly build & edit cards and decks that we can drop into the main game for testing. I had a lot of fun designing this structure and building it out and I'm really happy with the results so far. I'm content with the flexibility it allows and confident it will provide the ability to support just about anything our designer can cook up. Looking forward to more work on this exciting project!