a magic game that comes to life

[davidkramer]

So i had a cool idea. the programming side would propably be difficult but an online form of magic where each creature comes to life. and when u attack with a creature u can physically see one attack the other. So each creature would appear 3-d on top of each card. they could yell or grunt when attacked or blocked. and lightning bolts would actually incinerate the creatures. i am not even sure if someone could create a program such as this. but imagine a game that comes to life.  and i believe that any new idea for a card game could be done this way. and i believe it would be very succesful.

[europeanmatt]

it's been done. But that's not to say it can't be done again!

the one I've heard of is called Eye of Judgment and is on PS3.

[davidkramer]

so you are correct but i'm just talking about an online game where u don't have to lay your cards out in front of a camera but damn. all my great ideas are always about a yr. too late. lol

[davidkramer]

and also it looks like they put a buttload of time and money into that game. But now that eye of judgement has done it i'm sure MTG is brewing something up. staying up with the trends. I didn't know about eye of judgement but i checked it out online and the graphics look pretty amazing. i wasn't thinking as much in detail as that. those guys had my idea in my head beat. grrrrr

[reelhotgames]

I think Chewbacca and R2D2 played this game already ...

[Cyrus]

I think Chewbacca and R2D2 played this game already ...

qft

anyways, try for a second to think of how many unique creatures there are in magic. i almost gaurentee that the number is larger than what you are thinking of. This would be a ridiculously immense project for a company to undertake.
I could only see this happening on a console, or possibly pc I guess, but as a game that is sold seperately from mtgo and only contains a few sets or groups of cards to play with.

[sneaselx]

A program like that is possible, with a few number of cards. Set up a simple card manipulation program(like lackey's basic "move cards around.) GUI in python, throw in Blender3D implementation, and some functions declaring attack, block, cast, etc. to trigger animations. Take a lot of time, but not a whole lot of complicated programming for a professional.

[Tokimo]

Very few programs are complicated for a professional, they just take a crapton of time. Real time 3d graphics is a more sophisticated area of programing because of all of the APIs and threading.

[sneaselx]

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Tutorials/Game_Engine/BSoD
http://unity3d.com/

Both are free game engines that allow you to create 3d graphic interactivity without having to memorize huge reference manuals of C++. Unity3d uses javascript, and the BGE uses python, as well as internal Logic nodes. However, the engine itself manages most of the rendering and manipulations.
Not to imply that I could do it easily. Just that even video games are becoming a less daunting task for an independent.