Re: Making an accessible collectible card game
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game Hmm. These are all interesting ideas. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/507139/#p507139 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game Well'' I play Magic The Gathering now and then using brailled card sleeves. I know people could probably recognize the type of card that is on top of my library, but I keep my library in the box I keep my deck in. This way, it keeps them from falling all over due to the added hight and stuff, and people have to look over the small edge between the top of the box and the top card. I also don't touch the top card when I am not drawing, to reassure people, that I am not cheating.As for wearing out, not really a problem. I mean, sure, they get a bit worn out after a while, but if it is sleeves with a decent quality, it shouldn't be a problem.As for space on the card, I just write the name of the card, what type it is, with a selfmade code, and then mana cost also with code. And then power and toughness if it is a creature. Then I use an online database called Scryfall to look up abilities.One thing you have to be aware of, is to always buy the same sleeves. With brailled sleeves, you can't just put them in a different sleeve if you want cards in different decks, so all your cards must be the same colour and sleeve type.My methode has worked great for me, but I understand it wouldn't be good in all cases. I only play with friends or if not, then in cassual and relaxed environments, so people usually don't take it super seriously and mostly just want to play some fun games. Therefore I trust them not to take too much advantage, and they trust me to do the same. It would however, be a rather bad idea to show up in competitions with brailled sleeves, I don't even think it is allowed even though you can't see your braille markings yourself. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/506927/#p506927 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game Well'' I play Magic The Gathering now and then using brailled card sleeves. I know people could probably recognize the type of card that is on top of my library, but I keep my library in the box I keep my deck in. This way, it keeps them from falling all over due to the added hight and stuff, and people have to look over the small edge between the top of the box and the top card. I also don't touch the top card when I am not drawing, to reassure people, that I am not cheating.As for space on the card, I just write the name of the card, what type it is, with a selfmade code, and then mana cost also with code. And then power and toughness if it is a creature. Then I use an online database called Scryfall to look up abilities.My methode has worked great for me, but I understand it wouldn't be good in all cases. I only play with friends or if not, then in cassual and relaxed environments, so people usually don't take it super seriously and mostly just want to play some fun games. Therefore I trust them not to take too much advantage, and they trust me to do the same. It would however, be a rather bad idea to show up in competitions with brailled sleeves, I don't even think it is allowed even though you can't see your braille markings yourself. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/506927/#p506927 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game An interesting challenge, given a cards size and the types of games played with them. Braille when stacked with cards could potentially wear out if your stacking or shuffling them, which doesn't get into the possibility you might be able to tell an upcoming card as you feel the deck either, heh. I can think of a few ways that might work, the exception being you'd need a smart phone.The first is [QR Codes], there are a number of free sites around where you can print out a QR code that links to a URL when you take a picture of it. So you could create a URL that links to a particular description of a card and print it out and stick it on a sleeve or the card itself. This way if you get a card you just take a picture of the QR code, nobody can tell what the QR code means, or you could have it on the inside incase they remember the pattern.The other option that i've seen demo's of is [NFC tags], or Near Field Communications, a cousin of sorts of RFID tags. These can come as stickers or buttons that you can put on things, and you can read them with your phone. The difference is that they are much more straight forward for labeling, and can easily be renamed as well. So you can plant one of these stickers on a sleeve or the card itself and label it, and read it with your phone to get a description of it.Another possible low-tech approach could be [scratch and sniff stickers], while not descriptive, you could try associating particular cards with particular smells. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/506921/#p506921 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game An interesting challenge, given a cards size and the types of games played with them. Braille when stacked with cards could potentially wear out if your stacking or shuffling them, which doesn't get into the possibility you might be able to tell an upcoming card as you feel the deck either, heh. I can think of a few ways that might work, the exception being you'd need a smart phone.The first is [QR Codes], there are a number of free sites around where you can print out a QR code that links to a URL when you take a picture of it. So you could create a URL that links to a particular description of a card and print it out and stick it on a sleeve or the card itself. This way if you get a card you just take a picture of the QR code, nobody can tell what the QR code means, or you could have it on the inside incase they remember the pattern.The other option that i've seen demo's of is [NFC tags], or Near Field Communications, a cousin of sorts of RFID tags. These can come as stickers or buttons that you can put on things, and you can read them with your phone. The difference is that they are much more straight forward for labeling, and can easily be renamed as well. So you can plant one of these stickers on a sleeve or the card itself and label it, and read it with your phone to get a description of it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/506921/#p506921 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game
Re: Making an accessible collectible card game An interesting challenge, given a cards size and the types of games played with them. Braille when stacked with cards could potentially wear out if your stacking or shuffling them, which doesn't get into the possibility you might be able to tell an upcoming card as you feel the deck either, heh. I can think of a few ways that might work, the exception being you'd need a smart phone.The first is [QR Codes], there are a number of free sites around where you can print out a QR code that links to a URL when you take a picture of it. So you could create a URL that links to a particular description of a card and slap the sticker on a sleeve or the card itself. This way if you get a card you just take a picture of the QR code, nobody can tell what the QR code means, or you could have it on the inside incase they remember the pattern.The other option that i've seen demo's of is [NFC tags], or Near Field Communications, a cousin of sorts of RFID tags. These similarly come as stickers or buttons that you can put on things, and you can read them with your phone. The difference is that they are much more straight forward for labeling, and can easily be renamed as well. So you can plant one of these stickers on a sleeve or the card itself and label it, and read it with your phone to get a description of it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/506921/#p506921 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Making an accessible collectible card game
Making an accessible collectible card game I'm thinking of making a card game, but I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way to make it accessible. What do you all think? Any ideas? I've considered braille, but my experience with attempting to braille magic cards is that there isn't enough space to put such information, not to mension keeping the braille from leaving any marks on the back. Any recommendations?Also, sorry if this is in the wrong room. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/506911/#p506911 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
