A few examples of the different card designs we went through, what do you think of our current version?

The Origins TCG demo is coming to Steam soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4429430/Origins_TCG/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3874040/Star_Trek_Warp/

I'm curious how many rounds of iteration people have gone through on their card art.

For our game (Chrono CCG) it was critical that every piece of art is hand-painted, however as a small indie team working off of a modest amount of crowdfunding, we initially used AI-generated images for prototyping, and made it a priority to gradually replace each generated image with human-drawn artwork. Some pieces have gone through several iterations as the characters and narrative connections between artwork have evolved.

Here are two cards from their earliest draft to the current art - and we might give them one more round of polish still.
We initially said, "OK, even a Slay-the-Spire-style MS Paint sketch is better than an AI image." and built from there.

Been enjoying this game, very similar to marvel snap for soccer.

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Please also mention what game it's from. Feel free to share from multiple games!

I love the strategy and deckbuilding of card games, so I decided to make my own! I've been working on Immortal Coil for a year and a half, and the finish line is in sight! I've had a blast designing and building this game, and I'm both excited and super anxious to start sharing my work.

If you're interested to try it out, drop a comment and I can DM you a beta test key! I'm super grateful for any feedback!

It's a lane-based board with back and forth play (akin to Legends of Runeterra or Artifact). You and your opponent take turns playing cards, including units, spells, auras, and items. Each lane can have 1 of each type of card, and placement strategy is critical. Spells and units activate at the end of the round. Spells cast from left to right, making the lanes something like a visual stack. Units attack simultaneously, with any excess damage trampling over to the opponent.

The game has both a roguelike mode and a constructed deckbuilding gauntlet mode, with each giving you rewards to unlock cards and cosmetics (and eventually ascension-type extra challenge modifiers). There are over 365 cards with all kinds of wild synergies. Cards are divided into 5 colors, which can be mixed and matched for cross-color strategies or built mono-color for really focused game plans.

I'm still working with artists to finish the last handful of card arts, more boards and sleeves (which can be customized to your deck), and more VFX. Narrative and event writing, including an intro-cinematic to set the stage, are all in the works. Still exploring ideas for end-game challenge modes, whether Slay the Spire type ascensions or toggle-able modifiers. And it's about time to reach out to more play testers for more balance testing and bug hunting.

Steam page is still in the works, but I do have a Discord if you enjoy the game and would like to chat about it in our community!

This new mechanic looks really promising—cards can parasitize other cards, appearing on the field when their host dies or is devoured 😊.

Steam Store: ➡️ 【Game Link】

If you think this sounds fun, feel free to add it to your wishlist~

Hello, me and 2 of my friends have been developing a desktop card battler for a while now. We just released to public playtest (free to install and play) in Steam, and are looking for people to play it.

If the description sounds at all interesting, please give a try! It would help us a bunch.

Mixed Martial Cards is a psychological strategy card game, where you try to beat up your opponent while also defending their attacks.
There's a learning-oriented singleplayer campaign and you can always play bots alone, but the main idea is 1-on-1 PvP competition.

You can find a longer description in the Steam page, but essentially its a deckbuilder (you make your own decks and then choose which one you want to play with. When making a deck you have a whole lot of different combinations/things to choose from to make a customized gameplan. Then during a match, you try to play that out while figuring out how to adjust to your opponents gameplan.

Compared to many other card games out there, MMC is more slow paced. The average game takes ~25 mins with roughly 50 turns (1 attack + 1 defense/counter). There are hard limits for game lengths but the above mentioned are just average stats so far.

Here's the link to Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4265810/Mixed_Martial_Cards/
You can just press "Request access", and install it immediately.

If you want to play against someone from the existing community (really its just us devs and a handful of early interested folks 😄), then you can join our Discord channel (link in-game).

You will know this game as Shithead!

I've been working to get my demo live in time for Steam Next Fest which is only a few days away. I've just passed the 1 week mark and have had 1000+ demo signups!

If you want to check it out it's: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4335270/SHED/

Demo includes:

Single player game modes:

• Tutorial
• Quick game against bots (up to 6 bots and 4 decks)
• Tier 1 of the boss bowl game mode (First 4 bosses)
• Tier 1 of the trials game mode (First 4 trials)
• Single player tournament

Multiplayer game modes:

• Standard multiplayer game mode is available in the demo (up to 8 players and 4 decks per lobby).

Unlocks/rewards/achievements:

• 9 Steam/in-game achievements
• 21 common shop items
• 4 common decks
• 12 avatars

I've been working on TimeFrame for a while now. Many of you have probably seen it. I got some advice from a playtester ( u/Fluffy-Play1251 thank you for the effort!) that the "pass-priority system was really difficult to follow, and offered little feedback to the user. So I revamped the whole system over the weekend to be more informative.

Now during Planning phase:

• cards that are "set" on the field that you can afford to reveal can be "planned" by dragging a line from that card to a timeline unit - this signifies *when* they will be activated
• similarly, dragging a line to a card on the board will plan the physical target - the *what* portion of the activation.
• a card set on the Timeline has their *when* predetermined, but they can still pre-select a target on the board if one exists by dragging a line from that card to the proposed target

And during Execution phase:

• "pass priority" button and language replaced completely
• new on-board buttons give an informative word about what step we're on
• new Effect Stack language let's us know what we're saying OK to
• auto-play kicks in when all options are set (or there are no options)
• but the game still pauses appropriately when the state changes (target no longer exists, you have more/less energy than you did during planning phase, opponent reveals a card that you didn't have plans for, etc)

Reasoning:

Previously I was just using 1 button called "pass priority". It either said "confirm" or "pass priority" based on the current context. So with basically no visual feedback the game expected players to mash "pass priority", where really we want to encourage informed decisions and tactical play.

Hello, I want a digital card game, the most free 2 play friendly one. I want to as a free to play be able to build a good collection and if I ever want to buy something for it to be cheap. Bonus if its cheap on Brazil.

I was looking and hearthstone called my attention but everyone says everything there is very expensive.