openEtG

[BluePriest]

This turned out really well. Been working on a new main screen. Im going to try to figure out the coding to it. Instead of tiny buttons, it has awesome looking giant ones that also show off card art.

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Thoughts? Do you like the style? Hate it? Suggestions?

[MyNameIsJoey]

speaking of nymphs, how many does everyone have? i have an auburn

didn't even knwo nymphs were gettable. Which means, none.

Well then if nymphs are gettable, i should get a dark mark for my bday instead

[Zawadx]

Nymphs can be obtained from Oracle like normal EtG.

I got a Queen long ago. I think it might've been the first nymph on OpenEtG?

[treebeard xiii]

This turned out really well. Been working on a new main screen. Im going to try to figure out the coding to it. Instead of tiny buttons, it has awesome looking giant ones that also show off card art.

Spoiler for Hidden:

Thoughts? Do you like the style? Hate it? Suggestions?

seems good and then you realise out most of the cards the shards are the least fancy art cards.

so as not to double post how complicated is it to fix the experimental ai everytime i play with experimental ai the game freezes on the ais first turn, which wouldn't be so bad except i kill champs and mages

[inthisroom]

Has Zanzarino ever approved of this?

Or did some people just take his game and now do whatever they want with it, then are surprised that he doesn't work on the official game any more?

As far as I know, he always seemed very adamant about having decisional power on every aspect of his game.

The 1.4 update seemed well underway and Zanzarino seemed to show some enthusiasm for the new version, isn't it strange that all this work stopped right when some people thought they'd just did what they felt like with his game?

This EtG-farce seems to include everything the creator wanted to avoid, booster packs, trading systems, its just like every other mediocre CCG/TCG that's found out there and in my opinion it's an insult to Zanzarino and to the original EtG and has no place on this forum.

[Blacksmith]

Has Zanzarino ever approved of this?

Or did some people just take his game and now do whatever they want with it, then are surprised that he doesn't work on the official game any more?

As far as I know, he always seemed very adamant about having decisional power on every aspect of his game.

The 1.4 update seemed well underway and Zanzarino seemed to show some enthusiasm for the new version, isn't it strange that all this work stopped right when some people thought they'd just did what they felt like with his game?

This EtG-farce seems to include everything the creator wanted to avoid, booster packs, trading systems, its just like every other mediocre CCG/TCG that's found out there and in my opinion it's an insult to Zanzarino and to the original EtG and has no place on this forum.

I'm quite sure that Zanz absence has nothing to do with open etg. And I hope he knows that this is not intended to steal his game but to improve it and so on. Further more open etg is mainly a reaction to Zanz absence since while he wasn't here we had to create something to test things while he wasn't here.

Open etg can be used to balance cards test new cards and see if different functions could work however while doing this we also borrow his game. However I agree that we might need to step back and take a look at what we create and intend to create. I think it's up to the council what focus openetg should have. I personally think open etg is good but that Zanz should accept it.....

[Chapuz]

Zanz's acceptance is a matter of respect, OETG is running with all the lisences of an independant game.

This turned out really well. Been working on a new main screen. Im going to try to figure out the coding to it. Instead of tiny buttons, it has awesome looking giant ones that also show off card art.

Spoiler for Hidden:

Thoughts? Do you like the style? Hate it? Suggestions?

Cards for AIs look pretty good (add the shading art for the Champions, or other good looking creatures). For the rest I would pick only 1 art per thing. Golden goose for shop is a must. No idea about the rest

[Fippe94]

Has Zanzarino ever approved of this?
No, he have not said a single word about this. He have apparently looked at the topic though. Believe me, if there was any way to get zanz attention at all these days, I would love to hear what he has to say about this.
Or did some people just take his game and now do whatever they want with it, then are surprised that he doesn't work on the official game any more?
I have no idea what you mean with "take his game". The original Elements is unchanged, and I highly doubt we are stealing any potential players away form Elements.
As far as I know, he always seemed very adamant about having decisional power on every aspect of his game.
He has. OpenEtG is a different game than Elements, and I have no intention of "stealing" Elements.
The 1.4 update seemed well underway and Zanzarino seemed to show some enthusiasm for the new version, isn't it strange that all this work stopped right when some people thought they'd just did what they felt like with his game?
Are you implying Zanz stopped working because of this? Seems like a really weird conclusion to draw in my opinion. In fact I believe the idea of openEtG started because Zanz didn't seem to continue working on Elements.
This EtG-farce seems to include everything the creator wanted to avoid, booster packs, trading systems, its just like every other mediocre CCG/TCG that's found out there and in my opinion it's an insult to Zanzarino and to the original EtG and has no place on this forum.
"EtG-farce"? I don't even... Again, openEtG is a DIFFERENT game than Elements, and most of these stuff were added BECAUSE I wanted it to be different and not just a copy.

[BluePriest]

Has Zanzarino ever approved of this?

Or did some people just take his game and now do whatever they want with it, then are surprised that he doesn't work on the official game any more?

As far as I know, he always seemed very adamant about having decisional power on every aspect of his game.

The 1.4 update seemed well underway and Zanzarino seemed to show some enthusiasm for the new version, isn't it strange that all this work stopped right when some people thought they'd just did what they felt like with his game?

This EtG-farce seems to include everything the creator wanted to avoid, booster packs, trading systems, its just like every other mediocre CCG/TCG that's found out there and in my opinion it's an insult to Zanzarino and to the original EtG and has no place on this forum.

Notice that even the moderators have not only posted in here, but also talked about having a sub forum of the game. This is a completely different coding language as well. I dont know how much you know about coding, but changing languages isnt as simple as "insert the code into a program and you magically have a new language". It has to be built from the ground up. Zanz has yet to comment on this, because he is pretty much impossible to get ahold of. One of the reasons this doesnt have its own subforum yet is because the mods have tried to contact Zanz and ask what his thoughts on it having its own subforum would be, and they cant get ahold of him. I get a chuckle that you think that he doesnt work on the game BECAUSE of this though.

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Its now 10 months later and the latest patch hasnt been implemented. So Its been 16 months since the game was last updated. Thats the real issue.

 So Its been 16 months since the game was last updated. This started 4 months ago. Dont get me wrong, you dont have to like Open ETG, but you should check out what you say before you post it to see if theres ant merit to it.

[inthisroom]

So Its been 16 months since the game was last updated. This started 4 months ago. Dont get me wrong, you dont have to like Open ETG, but you should check out what you say before you post it to see if theres ant merit to it.

I stated most thoughts about Zanzarino's reactions to this as questions.

I stand to everything I wrote here, I'm not the only one who thinks so as this was discussed in chat several times already.

I may or may not be right, I still believe doing this here is offensive to the creator of the original game and should only be done with his explicit agreement.

I have no doubt people supporting this will find plenty of reasons to justify it, I do not.

[bripod]

Again, openEtG is a DIFFERENT game than Elements, and most of these stuff were added BECAUSE I wanted it to be different and not just a copy.

As this game is now (by your own admission) no longer EtG, and more or less being controlled by your own decisions and not the community, I would ask that you kindly lock this topic and create your own forum to handle discussion. Thank you for your consideration.

[serprex]

Odd that ITR was the person who spurred me to create openEtG because he implied that it was needed

Fippe has the largest impact on openEtG because he's the one writing code at this point. He's demonstrated consideration of what people believe is needed, & much of what he's done is implemented those ideas others have offered which he deemed manageable to implement. Not to mention he isn't one to turn down pull requests

Your worry is reasonable. But I think if anyone's to be making demands wrt infringement, it should be Zanz. He's an adult last I heard