New feature: booster packs in quest mode

[Max mtg]

I'm very excited to show you a new feature now avaliable in Forge:



That's it - now you can buy booster packs in cardshop.

What's yout opinion on that, how can we balance this feature? (which sets to offer, how much should it cost, how rare it should be ... and so, and so forth)

[Sloth]

Very nice feature, Max mtg!

I remember Dennis having some plans for Boosters in his Adventure mode: You start out beeing able to buy boosters from weak sets (Portal, Homelands, Saviors of Kamigawa) and unlock more boosters with more wins.

[Hellfish]

Looks sweet! A couple of points off the top of my head:

How is the price determined?

The type line should probably be changed.

[Rob Cashwalker]

Neato!

Scale the booster prices higher by age... Card prices equate 1 credit to 1 cent. Retail price of a booster is 3.99.. so how about most recent block (currently 2012) at 400, while Alpha could be 4000? Use a random price modifier, so the 400 price could swing as low as 350 and up to 450.

How many packs are available - related to the number of wins, which currently regulates the number of cards available in the card shop.

Sets represented by the packs - 40% of packs available can be random Standard (maybe latest set is always present) ; 35% random Extended (not including Standard); 25% random Legacy...

[friarsol]

I love this feature, but I think the boosters might get lost being in with all the rest of the available cards.

[Max mtg]

@Sloth, thanks. I'm only afraid Dennis will find the forge quest codebase too different from the what he is using at adventure mode development.

@Hellfish, Price is hardcoded for now. It's also hardcoded that a single M10 booster will appear each time shop is regenerated. To change type line - of course. Today it is a prototype or alpha, where only the core functionality is up.

@Rob Cashwalker, I can set any price to boosters. We can agree on prices and balance them somehow.
There's only one booster for now. I have no idea yet, how much packs there should be on the showcase and which should be their price. This is where your ideas are most welcome.

@friarsol, they won't be lost when I enchance the table to display groups of items.

I think we'll also need some pictures to display booster packs in the lower-right corner of shop. I can borrow some pictures from Magic Online - hope wizards don't mind Yet, we probably have to distibute these images with forge... but how?

[Jaedayr]

I saw this and immediately clicked on it but nothing happened. (r10448)

[Max mtg]

Jaedayr, booster purchase was enabled in 10449!

[Jaedayr]

I love this feature, but I think the boosters might get lost being in with all the rest of the available cards.

I always sort the card shop by type then color and the booster was at the top of the list. Now if I could just buy one...

[Jaedayr]

...so cruel, giving me a buy button that does nothing...

However, I just did another sync and can say I have purchased my first booster and it worked just fine.

[Max mtg]

I set base booster price to 395
If you want some boosters to cost less or more, just write that in res/quest/all-prices.txt

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Magic 2010 Booster Pack =198

[Max mtg]

At last! I'll have as many boosters, as I can open! (pay attention to the numbers)



No, I won't commit that

Link to booster images: http://www.mediafire.com/?bzetw87w1iky7i1
They were just taken from MTGO.

[Sloth]

I set base booster price to 395
If you want some boosters to cost less or more, just write that in res/quest/all-prices.txt

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Magic 2010 Booster Pack =198

I volunteer to add prices for those that don't cost 395. I think basing the prices on online seller's prices is a simple solution (example: Prophecy =299, Revised =2499).

[Max mtg]

I set base booster price to 395
If you want some boosters to cost less or more, just write that in res/quest/all-prices.txt

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Magic 2010 Booster Pack =198

I volunteer to add prices for those that don't cost 395. I think basing the prices on online seller's prices is a simple solution (example: Prophecy =299, Revised =2499).

That's very great!

I hope this template will be helpful to you: (although some editions from that list cannot produce boosters, like COM)

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Limited Edition Alpha Booster Pack =395
Limited Edition Beta Booster Pack =395
Unlimited Booster Pack =395
Arabian Nights Booster Pack =395
Antiquities Booster Pack =395
Revised Edition Booster Pack =395
Legends Booster Pack =395
The Dark Booster Pack =395
Fallen Empires Booster Pack =395
Fourth Edition Booster Pack =395
Ice Age Booster Pack =395
Chronicles Booster Pack =395
Homelands Booster Pack =395
Alliances Booster Pack =395
Mirage Booster Pack =395
Visions Booster Pack =395
Fifth Edition Booster Pack =395
Portal Booster Pack =395
Weatherlight Booster Pack =395
Tempest Booster Pack =395
Stronghold Booster Pack =395
Exodus Booster Pack =395
Portal Second Age Booster Pack =395
Urza's Saga Booster Pack =395
Urza's Legacy Booster Pack =395
Classic (Sixth Edition) Booster Pack =395
Urza's Destiny Booster Pack =395
Portal Three Kingdoms Booster Pack =395
Starter 1999 Booster Pack =395
Mercadian Masques Booster Pack =395
Nemesis Booster Pack =395
Starter 2000 Booster Pack =395
Prophecy Booster Pack =395
Invasion Booster Pack =395
Planeshift Booster Pack =395
Seventh Edition Booster Pack =395
Apocalypse Booster Pack =395
Odyssey Booster Pack =395
Torment Booster Pack =395
Judgment Booster Pack =395
Onslaught Booster Pack =395
Legions Booster Pack =395
Scourge Booster Pack =395
Core Set - Eighth Edition Booster Pack =395
Mirrodin Booster Pack =395
Darksteel Booster Pack =395
Fifth Dawn Booster Pack =395
Champions of Kamigawa Booster Pack =395
Betrayers of Kamigawa Booster Pack =395
Saviors of Kamigawa Booster Pack =395
Core Set - Ninth Edition Booster Pack =395
Ravnica Booster Pack =395
Guildpact Booster Pack =395
Dissension Booster Pack =395
Coldsnap Booster Pack =395
Time Spiral Booster Pack =395
Time Spiral Timeshifted Booster Pack =395
Planar Chaos Booster Pack =395
Future Sight Booster Pack =395
Core Set - Tenth Edition Booster Pack =395
Lorwyn Booster Pack =395
Morningtide Booster Pack =395
Shadowmoor Booster Pack =395
Eventide Booster Pack =395
Shards of Alara Booster Pack =395
Conflux Booster Pack =395
Alara Reborn Booster Pack =395
Magic 2010 Booster Pack =395
Zendikar Booster Pack =395
Worldwake Booster Pack =395
Rise of the Eldrazi Booster Pack =395
Magic 2011 Booster Pack =395
Scars of Mirrodin Booster Pack =395
Mirrodin Besieged Booster Pack =395
New Phyrexia Booster Pack =395
Commander Booster Pack =395
Magic 2012 Booster Pack =395
Innistrad Booster Pack =395


[Sloth]

Here is the list compiled with the data from five different sites (SCG, mtgfanatic, magiccardmarket, channelfireball and trollandtoad):

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Tenth Edition Booster Pack =395
Unlimited Edition Booster Pack =24999
Revised Edition Booster Pack =2499
Fourth Edition Booster Pack =699
Fifth Dawn Booster Pack =399
Fifth Edition Booster Pack =479
Classic Sixth Edition Booster Pack =429
Seventh Edition Booster Pack =379
Eighth Edition Booster Pack =279
Ninth Edition Booster Pack =299
Shards of Alara Booster Pack =349
Alliances Booster Pack =979
Apocalypse Booster Pack =559
Alara Reborn Booster Pack =349
Arabian Nights Booster Pack =17500
Antiquities Booster Pack =4980
Betrayers of Kamigawa Booster Pack =349
Champions of Kamigawa Booster Pack =459
Chronicles Booster Pack =399
Conflux Booster Pack =379
Coldsnap Booster Pack =379
Dissension Booster Pack =519
The Dark Booster Pack =759
Darksteel Booster Pack =599
Eventide Booster Pack =399
Exodus Booster Pack =599
Fallen Empires Booster Pack =199
Future Sight Booster Pack =659
Guildpact Booster Pack =519
Homelands Booster Pack =199
Ice Age Booster Pack =459
Invasion Booster Pack =379
Judgment Booster Pack =379
Limited Edition Alpha Booster Pack =55999
Limited Edition Beta Booster Pack =55999
Legends Booster Pack =5999
Legions Booster Pack =399
Lorwyn Booster Pack =659
Magic 2010 Booster Pack =349
Magic 2011 Booster Pack =319
Magic 2012 Booster Pack =319
Mirrodin Besieged Booster Pack =319
Mirage Booster Pack =599
Mercadian Masques Booster Pack =499
Morningtide Booster Pack =459
Mirrodin Booster Pack =459
Nemesis Booster Pack =329
New Phyrexia Booster Pack =319
Odyssey Booster Pack =399
Onslaught Booster Pack =399
Portal Second Age Booster Pack =919
Prophecy Booster Pack =299
Planar Chaos Booster Pack =519
Planeshift Booster Pack =459
Portal Booster Pack =579
Portal Three Kingdoms Booster Pack =6999
Ravnica: City of Guilds Booster Pack =799
Rise of the Eldrazi Booster Pack =329
Starter 1999 Booster Pack =1079
Scourge Booster Pack =499
Shadowmoor Booster Pack =429
Saviors of Kamigawa Booster Pack =279
Scars of Mirrodin Booster Pack =329
Stronghold Booster Pack =599
Tempest Booster Pack =1149
Torment Booster Pack =399
Time Spiral Booster Pack =499
Urza's Destiny Booster Pack =849
Urza's Legacy Booster Pack =849
Urza's Saga Booster Pack =1279
Visions Booster Pack =479
Weatherlight Booster Pack =499
Worldwake Booster Pack =749
Zendikar Booster Pack =399

Some of the boosters are clearly unaffordable, but maybe with time we will add some ways to earn more in quest mode.