Ok, here's the idea: Cards would replace trophies or stickers in Crusade. These cards would be usable in a separate game (Accessible from the main menu). This is a standard type of TCG, designed with Smash Bros and various TCGs in mind.

I feel like this could greatly help out Crusade by:

-Providing a different kind of collecting experience, instead of using trophies or stickers.
-Greatly increases your game's replay value.
-Helps attracts different fanbases.
-Adds some variation to your game by pretty much being a 2nd game.
-Kind of allows a way to play with characters that didn't make it into your game's roster.

These cards could be obtained via achievements, lottery (Ala Melee trophies), a shop, mini-games, or maybe even trading with other players! However you think is best.


I have a team of a few people together to design every card, as well as be able to balance them. Anyone who wants to join in is welcome to.



(Wall of text below, don't read if you don't want to know how to play)


Here are the the general rules:

- 40-60 card deck.
- Up to 4 copies of a single card in your deck.

Turns are made of:

-Start Phase = Draw a card from the top of your deck.
-Action Phase = Play cards and attack with characters.
-End Phase = End your turn.

Each player starts the game by:

- Drawing 5 cards from their respective decks.
- Having 5 stocks.
- Having 0 points.

-At the start of each of your turns (except the 1st turn of the player who goes 1st), you draw 1 card from the top of your deck.

-Whenever one of your characters is destroyed, you lose 1 stock. Whoever reaches 0 stock first loses the game.

-Points are used to play cards. At the beginning of each of your turns, you gain 3 points. You can see how much points are required to play a card in the lower right corner of each card.

There are 5 zones:

Deck
Hand
Field
Discard Pile
Removed Pile

There are 5 card types:

Characters
Events
Items
Music
Stage

Characters are the main part of the game.

- You can only play 1 character each turn (there are exceptions, such as Sonic shown above)
- Characters have 2 stats; HP and ATK.
- The HP stat determines how much damage the character can receive before it's destroyed.
- The ATK stat determines how much damage the character deals when performing an attack.
- Characters are not able to perform an attack during the same turn they come into play (There are exceptions, such as Sonic). This is known as summoning sickness in some card games.
-If your opponent doesn't control any characters since the start of your turn, you may do a direct attack with one of your characters. This causes your opponent to lose 1 stock. You may only do 1 direct attack each turn.

Events are cards that do an effect and are then placed in your discard pile.

-You can play any number of events each turn, as long as you have the required amount of points to spend.

Items are cards that you can equip to your character, giving bonuses and other effects.

-You can play any number of items each turn, as long as you have the required amount of points to spend.
-Characters can be equipped with any number of items.
-When the equipped character is destroyed, the equipped item is destroyed along with it.

Music are cards that stay on the field continuously, granting some effect while on the field.

-You can play any number of music each turn, as long as you have the required amount of points to spend.
-Music cards remain on the field, until a card effect removes it.
-You can have multiple music cards out at a time.

Stages are cards that grant an overall effect that affects both players.

-You can play any number of stages each turn, as long as you have the required amount of points to spend.
-There can only be 1 stage card out at a time (this includes both you and your opponent). Whenever a player plays a stage card when there's already a stage card on the field, that previous stage card is destroyed.
-Stage cards remain on the field, until a card effect removes it or another stage comes into play.


So that's it!



List of currently finished cards:

Characters:
Abe
Adeleine
Agumon
Aiai
Airan Jo
Albert Wesker
Alex
Alex Kidd
Alucard
Amaterasu
Amigo
Amy
Ancient Minister
Andross
Andy
Anthony
Arthur
Ashley
Bagura
Balloon Fighter
Bandana Dee
Banjo
Beat
Bill Rizer
Billy Hatcher
Black Knight
Black Shadow
Bomberman
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Bubbles
Captain Commando
Captain Falcon
Captain Olimar
Captain Rainbow
Captain Syrup
Cecil
Charizard
Chibi-Robo
Chocobo
Chris Redfield
Chun-Li
Cless
Cloud
Cody
Conker
Crash
Crazy Hand
Croc
Crono
Cross Stitch
Dark Link
Daroach
de Blob
Deoxys
Diddy Kong
Dillon
Dixie Kong
Doc Louis
Donkey Kong
Dr. Cortex
Dr. Mario
Dr. Robotnik
Dr. Wily
Dr. Wright
Dracula
Duck Hunt Dog
Duke Nukem
Earthworm Jim
Elite Beat Agents
Elza
Ende
Evil Ryu
Excitebiker
Ezio
Falco
Fawful
Felix
Firebrand
Fox
Frank West
Frogger
Funky Kong
G-Red
Ganon
Ganondorf
Geno
Ghirahim
Ghoma
Gillius
Giygas
Globox
Glover
Goku
Gooey
Gray Fox
Gruntilda
Guy
Hades
Ice Climbers
Ike
Isaac
Isaac Lightbrad
Ivysaur
Jack
Jigglypuff
Jill Valentine
Jill
Jimmy T
K. Rool
K.K. Slider
Kamek
Kazooie
Kefka
King Boo
King Dedede
King Hippo
Kirby
Klonoa
Knuckles
Kraid
Krystal
Lance Bean
Lara Croft
Lenneth
Link
Lip
Liquid Ocelot
Little Mac
Lloyd
Lucario
Lucas
Luigi
Lyn
M. Bison
Mach Rider
Mallow
Mama
Marco
Mario
Marth
Masked Man
Master Hand
Max
Maxwell
Maya Fey
Mega Man
Meowth
Meta Knight
Metal Mario
Metal Sonic
Mewtwo
Midna
Mii
Mike Haggar
Mike Jones
Miles Edgeworth
Missingno.
Morrigan
Mother Brain
Mr. Game & Watch
Mr. Resetti
Mumbo Jumbo
Nathan Spencer
Neku
Ness
Nightmare
NiGHTS
Pac-Man
Palutena
Paper Mario
Peach
Peppy
Petey Piranha
Phoenix Wright
Pichu
Pig King Statue
Pikachu
Pit
Pokemon Trainer
Porky
Prinny
Professor Layton
Pulseman
Q*bert
Quote
R.O.B.
Ragna
Raiden
Rash
Rayman
Ray MK III
Rhydon
Richter
Ridley
Riku
Ripto
Ristar
Rosalina
Roy
Ryu
Ryu Hayabusa
Saki
Samurai Goroh
Samus
Scorpion
Shadow
Shake King
Shantae
Sheik
Shulk
Sigurd
Simon
Slime
Slippy
Snake
Sonic
Sora
Spyro
Squirtle
Starfy
Strider Hiryu
Sub-Zero
Sukapon
Tabuu
Tails
Takamaru
Tamagon
Tetrimino
Tingle
Toad
Tom Nook
Toon Link
Travis Touchdown
Ulala
Urban Champion
Vaati
Vectorman
Viewtiful Joe
Vyse
Waluigi
Wargreymon
Wario
Wolf
Yoshi
Young Link
Zelda
Zero Suit Samus
Zero
Zoroark

Events:
Bomb Toss
Moon
Photo Op
Raving Rabbids

Items:
Beam Sword
Majora's Mask
Metal Gear REX
Onion

Music:
Super Mario Bros. Theme

Stages:
Battlefield
Final Destination

Sounds cool to me, but it'd likely be a pain to code. If it's do-able, then I'd be glad to help out.

I'm only worried about how much space it'll take up. The file is already pretty big, and the game isn't even complete yet.

Almost identical to MTG. I love it

EDIT

40-60 card decks would be too big to be strategically viable in a TCG of this nature. 40-60 is typical in MTG, but in MTG 40% of your deck is mana cards, which this game has no need of. Therefore, the proper deck size is 24-36 cards technically, but it might make more sense to use easier numbers such as 20-40, or maybe 25-40

I would love to help with rules, abilities, card wordings, and other things of that nature if this happens (I am extremely knowledgeable in the rulings of MTG, which this is obviously based on). Me and a large group of my friends are heavy MTG players, and I am usually the "go to" guy when things get really technical

I would prefer the characters were sprite based though, unlike in the OP.

No way, it looks much nicer like that

I was more thinking about filesize, but if you guys think it's fine I have no objection.

File size is the only issue atm. So yeah, it's a great idea.

Assuming 40 KB per jpg (pngs take about 5x as much space so use jpgs), and assuming 500 cards, that comes out to 20 MB. Maybe there will be more or less cards, who knows. All effects and sounds can probably be taken from elsewhere in the game, maybe take an extra few MB maximum... and coding doesn't take up much room.

The main problem I see is difficulty in coding, but that's up to the coders.



All I need is approval from Falcon before I really start working on this.

If it only takes that much, I see no reason to say no then. I'd love to help out with this project.

Music cards, I love it!! Idea seems pretty cool. The cards look good as well even though they are using borrowed graphics but whatever. Either way I enjoy this and if it's code-able, then have at it.

I love the idea, and indeed, it's a totally separate game. Should be a fun thing to make.

Alright then, I'll start work on this as soon as I can.


Is there anything specific you can't code? Like any possible effects, such as negating, tokens, etc.

Alright, any requests for characters? Remember, all playable characters get character cards, and I have at least 70 or so more lined up. I'm planning on 200 total (Since 500 total cards).

With only 5 stocks and losing 1 to a direct attack or character loss, won't it be a little short?

It's not like the entire team is going to drop everything to work on this :/

Feel free to stop by here:

http://xat.com/web_gear/chat/go_large.php?id=11671048

This is generally where I'm working it.

I play Yugioh, so I don't think I'd be much help balancing a MTG based game XD. Good luck though, I'd love to play this. Hopefully online trading can be added with enough time. And there's always the option of DLC.

Of course you can help balance! We'll need a bunch of playtesters for that phase.

Here is the list of the currently-planned list of 200 characters in alphabetical order. Should I go to 250, or start replacing stuff if I need anything?... I'm not sure. I know I need Crazy Hand, Andross, M. Bison...

Also, would you guys like more characters from already-repped series or more new series? I tried to have a lot of new series here, but not sure if that was a good idea...


Abe
Aero
Agumon
Aiai
Albert Wesker
Alex Kidd
Amaterasu
Amigo
Andy
Arthur
Ashley
Balloon Fighter
Bandana Dee
Banjo
Beat
Bill Rizer
Billy Hatcher
Black Mage
Black Shadow
Bomberman
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Bubbles
Captain Falcon
Captain Olimar
Captain Rainbow
Captain Syrup
Charizard
Chibi-Robo
Chocobo
Chun-Li
Cless
Cloud
Conker
Crash
Croc
Crono
Cross Stitch
Daroach
de Blob
Deoxys
Diddy Kong
Dillon
Dixie Kong
Donkey Kong
Dr. Cortex
Dr. Mario
Dr. Robotnik
Dr. Wily
Dr. Wright
Duck Hunt Dog
Duke Nukem
Earthworm Jim
Elite Beat Agents
Elza
Ende
Excitebiker
Ezio
Falco
Fawful
Firebrand
Fox
Frank West
Frogger
Ganon
Ganondorf
Geno
Ghirahim
Gillius
Giygas
Globox
Glover
Goku
Gooey
Gray Fox
Ice Climbers
Ike
Isaac
Isaac Lightbrad
Ivysaur
Jack
Jigglypuff
Jill
Jill Valentine
Jimmy T
K. Rool
K.K. Slider
Kamek
Kazooie
King Dedede
King Hippo
Kirby
Klonoa
Knuckles
Krystal
Lance Bean
Lara Croft
Lenneth
Link
Lip
Little Mac
Lloyd
Lucario
Lucas
Luigi
Lyn
Mach Rider
Mama
Marco
Mario
Marth
Master Hand
Maxwell
Mega Man
Meowth
Meta Knight
Metal Sonic
Mewtwo
Midna
Mii
Mike Haggar
Mike Jones
Mr. Game & Watch
Mr. Resetti
Ness
Nightmare
NiGHTS
Pac-Man
Palutena
Paper Mario
Peach
Peppy
Phoenix Wright
Pichu
Pig King Statue
Pikachu
Pit
Pokemon Trainer
Porky
Prinny
Professor Layton
Pulseman
Quote
R.O.B.
Raiden
Rash
Ray MK III
Rayman
Ridley
Riku
Ripto
Ristar
Rosalina
Roy
Ryu
Ryu Hayabusa
Saki
Samurai Goroh
Samus
Scorpion
Shadow
Shantae
Sheik
Shulk
Simon
Slime
Slippy
Snake
Sol Badguy
Sonic
Sora
Spyro
Squirtle
Starfy
Strider
Sukapon
Tails
Takamaru
Tamagon
Tetrimino
Tingle
Toad
Tom Nook
Toon Link
Travis Touchdown
Ulalala
Urban Champion
Vaati
Vectorman
Viewtiful Joe
Vyse
Waluigi
Wario
Wolf
Yoshi
Young Link
Zelda
Zero
Zero Suit Samus
Zoroark

Looks nice, but can I please for the love of god have G-Red from Gotcha Force repped? It is my favorite game series, and if I want one character, I want him.

http://powudon.com/cg/cggallery/copyrightcg/G-Red.jpg


I know he's obscure, but I've been waiting 8 years for anything new for the series, and if this is the best I can do, so be it.